Review of other students work 2

Harriet Richardson Thriller Project

 
Thriller strengths 
Camera angles 

• Slow pan across the photos of the murder. This works as an establishing shot to represent what has happenend to draw in the viewer. 
•   Extreme Close up of photos and string attaching it, this works to provide extra information for the vierws. 
• Close up of both girls faces and extreme close up of eyes. Shows a comparison between the two girls and perhaps links them.

Editing

Begins with slow paced cutting, this strecthes out the lengths of the scene making it come across as more time consuming and stressfull for the detective. Towards the end of the scene as more inforamtion is suggested about the killer, it becomes more fast paced cutting. this created chaos in the scene. Overlaying with fade was used as the detectivewas pinning the photos onto a board. This was a good affect as it helped to connote time moving forward.
Sound
non-digetic of the phone call works really well to draw the viewers in straight away and ge tthem hooked. It begins forcing the viewers to question themselfs like "who is the girl on the phone? whos on the other side?"
more non diagetic sound used was a police radio which is muffled, this works affectively as it shows the extent to which the siuation is and connotes that the proagonsit in it may be a police officer investigating the murder. 
Use of ambient sound which have been over layered was a good idea as it makes the extract seem more professional. This is because if they had acctually used the real sound then you could be able to hear all of the background fuzzy noises which contradics the instense incidental music.
Mise en scene 
It is ovbious that alot of thought was used in deciding the locations. They are used affectively to ensure verisimilitude.
Titles
The titles are presented in sans serif. The first set of titles appear on the screen seperately and in different colours of purple and white. The white font establishes the name of the production company, to represent that this is an important title it is shown with big lights streaming off the letters; this makes it very extravagant.
The names of the actors/actresss appear in a thin black sans serif at the corners of the screen, this is good as it dosent take attention away from the clips but stands out enough that it is still seen.

Thriller weakness 
Camera angles
At the end of the project when the girls faces are in Extreme Close Up, they are presented in slightly different angles. However these angles are only slightly different but not contrasting enough to make a statement. So it looks like a mistake.
Editing
Pehaps too much rapid flickering shots of the muder and murderer. The pace is so fast that you cant concept what it is your looking at and dont have the oppotunity to take it all in.
Mise-en scene
Within the room which is meant to be the 'office' where the detective is working you can see aspects of it which suggest it is a family house. This dosent create verisimilitude.
Titles 
There is a flickering title which is too different from the others. It is distratcing and looks unprofessional.

 From this photo screenshotted of Harriet's blog it demonstrates that she took alot of pride in her presentation. The background is filled with colour and personality. She has used alot of photos wihtin her work and lots of detailed writing. She also uses alot of different sources of website to present her work, an example of this would be her 'emaze'. I think Harriet's blog is a good example.