This term in media I have not been very attentive towards my blog. But I am going to fill in all the blanks in this one. 

We began the unit with our ideas and began to film them. We, I believe, got some very good shots, but when we showed the class they found the film a bit confusing, this was partly because we lost a fair amount of footage. Because of this we spoke with Mr Andrews to see what he thought we could to make it flow better, and be less confusing. We decided to re-film some scenes to make them more clear, re-film the lost scenes and also add in some more to give the audience some more information about the film and story. 

When we were to start the new filming Claudia was away at the Ekka. This caused some problems as it meant we were down one team member and made it hard to film as we have two characters leaving only one person to work the camera and lights. We tried to overcome this problem but found it too hard so had Mr Andrews come to one of our filming sessions and help with the lighting.

We have now completed the rough of our film noir film. It has turned out ok, but there are many flaws which we will need to fix for the good copy. We also lost quite a bit of our film, as it did not load off the SD card properly so we will need to re-film the missing scenes.

As a class we watched each others films and analysed them, this is the feed back we received for out film

Can the viewer identify the genre easily?

Crime

No

No

Mystery?

Yes

Does the story make sense?

No

Not really

The start is very confusing but I feel like it is supposed to. At the end it starts to make sense.

Yes, so far

It would if footage wasn't lost

Does the story flow well?

No

Not really

Kind of

Yes

Yes

If there are any plot elements or moments which are not clear, explain how these could be improved.

Majority of the film

Who is Elain? Whats going on?

-

Not really

Start. Paper shot goes on too long

Does each scene have clear establishing shots to develop the mood or introduce specific characters and plot elements?

No

Looking around the room/ going through papers are too long

Some, not all

The shots were there are pages and photo of Elain goes for to long, but apart from that, yes

Not really 50/50

Are there clear links between the edited shots throughout the film?

Yes

Some

Yes

Yes

Yes

Do the selected shots engage the viewer and create a continuous story?

No

No

Sort of

Yes

Yes

Has cinematography been constructively used to convey meaning?

No

Sometimes

Shots are really long

Good colour scheme, over and under exposure

Yes, but perspective shots bit too jolty

Has the group used the elements of mise-en-scene to effectively establish the mood and other necessary information?

Yes, shadows etc

Lighting isn't used to well

Yes

Costuming is good! Good use of props and setting

Yes