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Evaluation Activity 1
Evaluation Activity 1
Conventions
Conventions are the widely recognised way of doing something
which is to do with the content, form and style. Much like codes,
there are also types of conventions Technical conventions and
Genre conventions and written and sound conventions.
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At the
beginning of
the
year
I had put together a range of ideas including a thriller, a drama,
and a romance but in the end I decided to go with a hybrid genre
and join my idea for my drama with the idea for my romance and
fix up any flaws in the narrative in order to fit it into a five-minute
piece. The general synopsis of the film revolves around two girls
and their confrontation following a tough break up and cheating
scandal. Steph, an 18-year-old sixth form student and Natasha, a
19-year-old university student have the all-important climatic
conversation in order to decide where to take their relationship
next. Natasha was in fact found cheating on Steph with her best
friend Tia a number of times and continues to blame Tia instead of
herself. The audience are faced with the final question as to
whether the girls will fix their relationship or whether its time for
Steph to walk away from her unfaithful love interest.
Setting/ Location
The setting of the production was the library. This was due to the
fact that it reflects the age of the two main characters and shows
that theyre both students that are in some form of education. The
other locations used for the flashback scenes included the library
again, the park and the bathroom of Stephs house. These
locations were to put emphasis on how close the two girls were
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this, it also showed the unity between the two girls as in the
flashback, they sat on the library floor together, reading the same
book, showing their relationship with one another as something
more than friends.
Editing
Editing is a vital part of any production as it plays a huge role in
putting together the final product. For example, if you were to try
and build tension between characters you would use slow paced
editing and sound effects gradually changing into fast pace editing.
Also, juxtaposition of shots is another part of editing as it helps
ensure the production has good continuity throughout and is in the
right order of events allowing the audience to make sense of what
is going on. The use of the flashbacks enabled us to create a
variety with the locations in order to meet the convention of using
diverse settings. As well as this, it also made the production more
interesting as it allowed the audience to see what the relationship
between the girls was like. The most used editing techniques
throughout the production were shot reverse shot and match on
action. The shot reverse shot was important as most of the scene
consisted of a conversation between the girls making it beneficial
as it allowed the audience to feel as if they were a part of the
conversation as well as bing able to see the facial expressions of
each character. Match on action on the other hand is important as
it emphasises the props and shows their importance through the
extreme close up. It also helps with continuity again as it enables
transitions to flow smoothly between scenes and locations.
Shot
Characters
Reverse
Shot
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Other aspects
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