Teachers Feedback

13th November
Mr Anstee
Ellie

An excellent first day of filming, this looks great. Useful still shots of settings and the first day of filming; I like the "good/ bad" examples.

Next, aim to develop your explanation and evaluation a little further. Link your comments back to your plans/ audience/ genre. Make clear why you were using each of the effects you created in the sports hall and then evaluate how successful they were/ how they show progress/ what you have learnt. In places, you seem to follow conventions and in other places you seem to challenge them - this is great, even greater if you explain how and why!

Mr A

We decided not to use the first shot because the artist looks uncomfortable and unnatural in the shot (which doesn't conform to the conventions of the genre, because within our genre the artist should be passionate and lively about their own song, which is what our artist doesn't portray.). We also feel that the artist standing there makes the viewer focus more on the actual artist rather than the shadow singing those lines of the lyrics. 
The bad shot of the artist in the red back ground wasn't effective because the artist was too far over to the right and would have made it difficult for the viewer to see exactly who the artist is. Especially because these shot have the short duration of only 1 second anyway. The shot of the water being projected on to the artist and the stars, was bad because you couldn't see the mouth movement clearly enough whist she was lip syncing. Whereas, the pink cloud projection, you can clearly see the artist's face, which also attract to the target the audience because they want to see the artist fully, especially if they're are new to the industry.