1) One of the most annoying thing about this video is the whole concept with the car at the very beginning of the sequence. The camera positioning was reallly bad for this shot, as the position captured Amy's granddad driving the car. There was no real way to get around this without going back and re shooting, which unfortunatley wasn't an option. If had been available that day, I would have reduced the size of the tripod down, as well as angling the camera so that only the front of the car was visible, with the possibility of a tracking shot. That way, the driver won't have been able to be seen, making the video much more realistic when Amy got out of the driver's seat. This is definatley the problem with not being able to make a shoot for your own film.
2) I think that, in my opinion, the shot were Number 2 is moving towards the camera is too long, although feedback from another classmate said that he believed the sequence looked "drawn out but in a good way" (whatever that means?). However, if I was to redo the shot again, I would either use a zoom to focus in on Amy walking the same location but for a smaller distance, or move the whole camera and tripod closer towards the indivdual. That way, with the straight cuts used, the sequence will look significantly better, and the viewer won't lose interest in the 22 seconds it takes for Amy to stroll across a large field.
3) Another problem I REALLY wanted to get rid off, but couldn't, was the scene, again, where number two walked towards the camera. Careful viewers will realise...cancel that anyone with eyes will notice that Amy starts laughing just before the cut to the next shot. Believe me, I tried every possible way to try and edit it, but a few seconds before wouldn't have lloked as smooth when it straight cuts to the next scene. The things is she laughs in EVERY. SINGLE.TAKE. Definatley need to make sure that the nect time me and Amy do a shoot, make sure she doesn't get a fit of giggles before we start rolling...or maybe just whack her with a stick everytime she laughs.
4) I LOVED the crane shot that I filmed, and was really proud of the fact that it worked so well. I think the only problem with this shot was the fact that Amy's costume became really muddy, which overall ruined the shot. Ither than that I thought it was a great tracking crane shot and I'm really proud of it.
5) Its the shot after the crane shot that went wrong a little. At the beginning of the shot, you can here me ever so slightly as I try to direct this actaully really complicted scene, where number 2 recives a phone call (but who from?!). There really was no room for adding or taking away a second of footage, as this would have ruined the whole clip. And none of the other takes done of this clip where any good compared to this one. Sometimes these things can't be helped, but I definatley need to be more careful when shooting next time.
End of Evaluation Part 1 (yes there's MUCH more to come)
