Money Evaluation

This is my induction sequence called Money. For this sequence I had to meet several criteria and I feel that my group and I managed it very well.

- Mise-en-scene "What's in the scene"
This is working out what is in the shot when you are filming. The 'Deal' was meant to look industrial as it's sort of a hidden thing and not supposed to be out in the open. This is evident in the screen shot below.

In these scenes you an see that there are quite a lot of industrial materials; Wooden racks, boxes, scraggy cloth and big lights - This connotes a rough setting, a place where a deal would normally take place.

- Lighting

The lighting in the piece was also very influenced by the industrial 'back alley' look, his allows the audience to imagine the sort of place where the deal would be held and immerses the audience into he video. You can see this in the screenshot below.

- High or Low camera angles

In 'Money' we only really used one high shot. It was taken with a Jib and was the most difficult shot of the piece. This gives the audience a nice clear view of what's going on and perhaps some foreshadowing; The camera lowering could signify the downfall of the subject.

- Different shot distances

In the piece we used a variety of shot distances, anything from an extreme close up to a long-shot. You can see an example in the screenshot below.

- Camera Movement

We were allocated one, and only one, camera movement. We decided to use a Jib shot as it allowed a lot f movement in a short space of time, and allowed for very smooth transitions without editing at all.

Click THIS link to see an example of camera movement

- Fades, Dissolves and Wipes

There were many transitions used in this piece, from a cut to a wipe. You can use these transitions in different ways to express different things. See below to find a good example of one of the transitions that we used.

- Continuity

In a film, you have to be very careful to not have any teleporting props or rotating boxes. Unfortunately there were many errors in out piece; One being a box magically disappeared. I'm sure if you look carefully enough you will find some more. I know I did. In the future I aim to take more care in creating a piece and carry out proper pre-production paperwork.

- 180 degree rule

We didn't really use this rule much as there was only one scene where speech or interaction was applied. but we were conscious of camera position and movement and placement. If the 180 degree rule is broken, it can greatly confuse the audience and throw them off of the plot of the short film

- Establishing shots

These shots are used to introduce the audience to the characters and scene in which the short takes place;

As there were only 2 subjects, we only needed to have 2 establishing shots. You can find one of them below. In this Establishing shot, you find out who subject 2 is, but not much about them.

- Match cuts on action

Match on action enables the audience to 'Zoom in' without it being to jarring or distruptive, the audience can see objects on close inspection and get to see every little detail.

Match on action is very important when cutting closer to an object or a subject as it would be confusing for the audience if a phone or drink is suddenly placed in someones hand without any explanation. See below an example of Match on action.

- POV shots

POV is a good way of showing the audience what the subject is feeling and/or seeing - It can immerse the audience and let them have some insight into the mind of the subject.

Point-of-view shots are a good way of showing the audience exactly what the subject/object See's, we had to use one in this piece. As you can see by the screenshot, the subject is looking into a box of fake money.

Thank you for reading my evaluation, I hope it gave some interesting information about the short.