Evaluation - oblivious

Decisions and revisions made in editing

Revisions we made to our opening sequence were the inclusion of non diegetic sound in the form of tracks from garageband and copyright free music from youtube. We also cut a lot of unnecessary footage out so the pace increases and tension and suspense increases as the feedback from the showcase told us the audience felt some of the shots were too long which made the sequence drag on slightly

Evaluation Commentary

It was important to create a multimodal evaluation as opposed to the traditional essay form. As a group we chose to create our evaluation as a multimodal powerpoint with text, audio and video. We all had input in answering our questions which we filmed and then imported into the powerpoint so our filmed answers follow each evaluation question along with slides and images which we feel are relevant to our film and our question answers.

Oblivious - Final Version Commentary

We have uploaded the final complete version of our opening sequence, with better edits and sound onto Youtube, the group blog and our own individual blogs. The final opening sequence is much more effective as we took on board the feedback and comments from teacher and peers when we showcased our sequence and used it to improve the film.

Oblivious - Group Q (Final Version)

Rough cut of 'Oblivious' opening

Problems faced in Group work

I don't feel that we had many problems working as a group as we all get on well and communicate effectively, at the beginning of each lesson we all discuss what we're going to do and what needs to be done. The main problem, for me, was timetabling. We all have different timetables so outside of our media lessons, it's not possible for us to all meet up as a group during free periods and work on the film. To counteract this, we sometimes stayed behind after school or at lunch to work on the project.
Initially there were also slight problems with managing the work, if a member of the group wasn't in but had important work that we needed then we all had to find something else to do so this was inconvenient at times.

Film Opening Screenings - Audience Feedback

We recently showcased a rough cut of our film to our media class. This was very productives as we received positive feedback and good suggestions as to how we could improve our opening sequence.
During the critique the class told us that whilst the characters,continuity and the control of the narrative was good as they were able to follow the narrative and understood the themes,there were unnecessary shots and the duration of certain shots were too long which made the sequence drag on slightly and took away the element of suspense.
It was suggested that we cut a lot of this unnecessary footage out,cut more frequently to set a faster pace which will add to the suspense. Another suggestion was to add non diegetic sound as the current film only has diegetic sound. Adding non diegetic sound will add drama and tension and will generally give the sequence a more professional feel. The soundtrack to the film will become one of our main priorities as we wrap up the editing. We are currently searching for copyright free tracks and making our own music on Garageband to add into the film. The group also felt that our credits needed more work as the names flashed up too quickly and the font didn't fit in with the theme of the film.
The film's title has been changed from 141 to Oblivious as we felt it had more relevance to the film.