Evaluation Question 5 and 6

5)

I attracted my audience by engaging them with action in the first two minutes in the form of a murder. The action will attract the audience because it already makes the scene fast paced, and make the audience want to see the murderer unmasked. I also used hard cuts between the murder and people talking to put the audience on tenterhooks as to what is happening in the other scenes.

The cutting between scenes also introduces them to unknown characters, and engages them further. The lack of speech also intensifies the atmosphere, using dark themed music to hide speech, and also add to the murder scenes.

The overall effect of the first two minutes is to engage the audience by showing a murder and also increase atmosphere with the assumption of what is happening in the scenes, while they are not shown.

6)

I have developed my knowledge of technology, focusing primarily with the use of the recording equipment, i.e. cameras, to achieve the desired effects in my film. I used my camera handheld to record the murder scenes, which I had not done previously, and was unsure whether it would achieve the desired effect, however, if I were to recreate my film professionally I would use a dolly to achieve a less shaky effect. The development of my proficiency in using the video recording equipment has also allowed me to develop the running of the film, although there were some mistakes, The development of my camera skill has allowed the effect of my filming to increase As the majority of our editing was done on IMacs, I have learnt the use the of effects to add atmosphere to scenes. I have also learnt how to add a soundtrack to a film, and how to change the tempo and loudness in the editing software IMovie. I became much more efficient when using IDVD allowing my piece to be burned on to a DVD and then made playable on a DVD player. If I were to create my film using professional recording equipment I would have used a camera dolly to allow me to follow Diana and Louise as they walk down the corridor, instead of having to zoom after them, this may also have been useful while filming scenes one and three as I would be able to move the camera around the desk without cutting or moving by hand. I would also have used a microphone on a crane to pick up the talking I wanted more easily. If I could have used more subtle lighting I would have used two or three dim lights in scenes two, four and six, because even though in black and white it came across quite light in the background, this would also have been useful in scenes two and four because it would have reduced the glare from the window. The use of proper set and the ability to pay for locations would have given my film the realistic feel that it seemed to lack, a budget would also have allowed to me to buy a suit for the news reader screens in the background of the news room that televised news rooms usually contain. To improve the lighting of my film, I could have used either spot lights in order to brighten the scene, or cover the light source to darken the scene.