1. AS Media - Evaluation

2. I think my camera work, mise-en-scene and sound as
improved vastly between my preliminary task and my final
product. Although I used some similar shots, I improved on
camera movement and the angles of my shots. One shot
that I used within both pieces is something I called ‘The
Bum Shot’.
I liked these shots because they added intercuts between
long shots, making them seem less slow, but also not taking
away from the story with something random. I re-used this
within my final product because it added range to the shots
and angles that I was using.

3. During both films I used a pan to capture the protagonist
walking across an area. You can see a major difference in
quality between the preliminary and the final product.
During the preliminary task, the pan wasn’t as smooth as it
could have been and also the sound of the lens zooming
was very noticeable and distracting during the final
preliminary film. Within my final product my pan was much
smoother due to no zooming in or out. I was also able to
eliminate the worry of hearing the camera moving due to
the fact that I was removing the sound from the footage
anyway. It was also much easier to keep the protagonist
within the whole frame during the pan on my final product.

4. The mise-en-scene within my final product was much more
improved from my preliminary task. I used a lot more props
and locations which made the mise-en-scene much more
effective. Within my preliminary task we used one room and
a corridor. The room was a large hall that didn’t really tell
you much as to what it was. This was different to my final
product where I used locations such as a common and an
office. The common was fitting to the piece because it
made he girl seem isolated. The common helped to present
this feeling to the audience. The office was used within the
detective scenes where props such as a laptop, a mug and
a lamp were used to create an image of an office for the
audience. I used low lighting and shadows within these
shots so that there was nothing much in the background to
draw the audiences attention away from what was actually
going on, and therefore kept he mise-en-scene strong. I
also had my actor dressed in smart clothing that naturally
you would see a detective wearing. The mise-en-scene
was minimal but effective.