Preliminary Production Evaluation

The brief was met really well with our preliminary exercise as we achieved all the things required; the girl opened the door, there was a match on action shot, the girl spoke to another girl and exchange a few lines of dialogue, there were over the shoulder shots (which were not exactly achieved well) and there were also interesting other shots that we included to make it more interesting and visually appealing. The script we devised was really simple and it was easy to follow it, however the layout of our script was not exactly professional. The storyboard was very rushed but again it got the different shots across and it was really simple to follow the storyboard and the different angles and shots that had been written. Although, both the script and storyboard were not exactly detailed, they were efficient to use on this preliminary exercise, however for the real thing they must be more detailed and more in depth in order to create an even better production. In addition to this, the shot-list was again very simple, however we didn't refer back to all 3 pre-planning exercises so it meant our preliminary production was not exactly what we planned. Therefore, next time we would definitely have to refer to all our planning in order to create a more in depth and better planned production, which would potentially make it run smoother.

The dialogue in our production was very clear and presented a clear narrative. The timing of the music was cut really well and the choice of music was parallel to the narrative. The focus was also very good and the use of angles and different shots was really good, in terms of continuity editing too. Overall, the production met the brief really well.
The weaknesses however were; there was a humming sound in the background when the two characters were talking and when Aliza got up and left the room there was just silence, which made the production feel sort of incomplete and peculiar. The over the shoulder shots were not framed well at all, there was a lot of unnecessary space and the shot was more a behind the person shot as most of the back of the character was seen rather than just the shoulder. Also the focus on the character, who was the most important, wasn't great as she was not the main centre of attention. There was also a shot when Aliza sat down and it cut from that to an over the shoulder shot, which looked really odd and jumped weirdly. It didn't flow as smoothly as the rest of the production and it made it stand out like a sore thumb.

The genre of this production would be a friendship genre or revenge and the representation of the protagonist, Aliza, presented her as a sort of 'bitchy' character - the stereotypical jealous girl, the blunt one, who says what's exactly on her mind. The use of the hair flick, when she walks into the room, portrays her as that carefree individual, who would definitely not allow anyone to walk all over her. The audience are able to infer this immediately due to her character. The other girl, Ria, seems like more of the innocent character, the one who knows she can't get her own way. Her body language sort of speaks for itself, whilst Aliza sits quite confidently, with her back straight against the chair, Ria sits almost huddled up and cross legged, like she has something to hide and is holding her guard up.

Overall, the preliminary production met the brief and was very simple yet effective. There were many mistakes, which would be taken into consideration for next time and therefore would be much better next time.