Other Student Work Evaluation

Student Work's : Group T2-62
Thriller's name : The Reckoning

Camerawork:
There is a large variety of shots, such as close-ups, mid and long shots. They use many, many different angles for the movie. Moat seem to be steady, so on a tripod. There are a few shots which are not steady at all, but there supposed to be like that, put in by an editing technique.

Sound:
The music throughout is very much how a thriller's soundtrack should sound like. If i had to compare it to another, it would be James Bond or Mission Impossible. It's very fast paced, and builds up to a climax, very much like a true thriller.

Editing:
Again, all the video clips are put together really fast, to give a feel like the story is moving fast. The unsteady camera footage, that i talked about earlier, was all faded together to give the impression that there was more people moving than there actually was; this worked very well.

Mise-en-Scene:
There are a variety of props used throughout the video, from briefcases to guns. These all compliment the movie very well. Also the characters in the video wear suits and balaclavas. This also, compliment the overall feel of the video.

Titles:
The titles are quite specific in there lacing throughout the video. They only appear at the top and bottom of the screen, but are placed left or right, depending on what the video shows at that time. They are in white font, and quite big, probably around 40 font size. Also they just appear and then fade out, so no fading in. The title that's up, never stays for more than one shot, so if the clip behind them cuts, the title would have faded out before the end of it.

Overall:
The opening is very well made with all the different camera angles and great music. It's one downfall is the fact that it just isn't an opening, its a trailer. This one fact just happens to mean a great deal, because the task was to create an opening.

Written By:
George Marino,