The document provides feedback on a trailer for a toy story. It summarizes that the backgrounds and props created an effective story through cinematography, editing, and sound. Specifically, it praises the strong mise-en-scene for making the film visually effective on a small budget and thinking outside the box. It notes that the tea lights shot on water and use of fairy lights were good ideas for recreating shots, but the occasional visible backdrop edge made the background seem unrealistic. Areas for improvement include lighting the rotating boat shot brighter and using higher key lighting in the sunny shot.

1. All of the backgrounds are really
good at setting the scene. They
are a good replacement for real
locations. The props/characters
although all toys still create an
effective trailer and tell a story
through their movement and
through the support of
cinematography, editing and
sound.
What went well...
The mise en scene is probably one
of the strongest parts of the
trailer. It shows how you can
make an effective and visually
effective film on a small budget.
We thought out of the box on
how a trailer many thought would
be impossible to recreate could
be.
The tea lights shot on water is a
very good shot and is a great idea
of how to recreate the lanterns on
a lake shot in the real trailer.
The fairy lights wire was not as
obvious in the starry sky scene at
the end of the trailer. It is small
things like this that must be taken
into consideration and how props
and materials needed for
production do not appear on
screen when they are not
required to. This is because they
can often ruin a shot or draw
focus away from what is
happening on screen.
The occasional edge of a backdrop
was seen. This makes the
background/location seem even
more unrealistic.
Even better if...
The lighting on the rotating boat
shot was a little lighter, but still
dark. This could have been
achieved by covering a torch
with a tissue which gives a faded
light to the shot. The lighting
could have been brighter also in
the sunny shot at 1:10. A high-
key lighting would have set the
mood better.