Feed The fish

Feed the Fish Evaluation

Me and my group discussed themes for the feed the fish film, and eventually decided on British Gangster with the use of irony. We use inside and outside when filming, we felt this would make it more mundane and widespread. The kitchen scene was the prime example of when we wanted to include irony where 'feed the fish' meant edible fish fingers. However to give it variety would put a story line behind it with impressionable dialogue that made the film more complex and less comedic. We all brought in suitable clothing on the days of filming, mostly being formal to fit the 'gangsters' role.

We had to ensure that we all were available through certain days of the week such as lunch times and after school. Rosie brought inn her own camera with good lens to make sure the film was high quality, and I think this really benefited the film after editing; as it made it look more professional. We all worked well in a group, almost everyone took part as characters or through filming, so the morale was fairly good when the task came along. Everyone had opinions on what they thought it should include and luckily we were all very appreciative of each others ideas.

Before shooting each clip we verbally planned the camera angles we wanted to use, however when it came to filming we had a few jump cuts from where the acting needed to be cut. We used the computer to display a rainbow fish at the end of the film, this was with the aim to make it humerous and also use some sort of visual technology to make it seem less simple. Furthermore, we filmed a scene after school one day with Rosie's car, filming inside and outside and zooming up on details to cause tension and excitement. However when it came to the editing we didn't feel the scene was relevant or compulsory for the film, other factors also included the weather change from mid day to dark which didn't fit in with the time frame planned, so we decided not to use it.

During peer assessment when the class had to watch each others film, we received lots of constructive criticism. They felt there was one or two jump cuts which should have been prevented, they also thought that the part with dialogue in it was not steady and appeared to be shaking. Furthermore the lighting was far too bright in most scenes and it gave it less high quality, although it was very hard to avoid in the time scale we were given. It was also noticeable that the frames were cut, however we explained that during editing we could not flip the shot without it being cut.

Moreover, they stated that there was lots of irrelevant background noise, however this could not always be prevented as we had to use available rooms that could not drain background noise. Although at the start of one shot someone said 'cut' which should definitely have been noticed and re-shot if we had more time.They also felt that there was no symmetry in the camera angles and needed more suitable and variety shots. There is also one scene that we had to use two different characters for one person, although there was effort to avoid this being noticeable some people still noticed this error. On the other hand there was some postitive feedback from peers, some saying that the acting was at very high standard and are use of clothing and accents were very entertaining.

Overall I think the film went well, we worked well as a group and the film came out in good quality. If i had the chance to do it again I would make the actors/actresses freeze when camera angles needed to change, as it would reduce jump cuts to make it look more smoothe. All critisisms given by peers I would avoid doing again, but this task has been very useful in learning and progressing.