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 exchanged a few lines of dialogue. However, there were certain shots that weren't framed particularly well, e.g. the over the shoulder shot during the conversation between both girls. Furthermore, the layout of our script was not professional but it was quite simple and easy to follow without any difficulties. Also, the storyboard was not done efficiently but still gave a clear idea of what the shots would look like in the clip and what angles were going to be used. 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. Additionally, the shot-list was again very simple therefore during the real thing we need to ensure the planning is sufficient enough for us to refer back to in order to create a better production. 

On the other hand, the dialogue in our production was very simple and easy to follow but we could've made it more interesting because the whole idea was very basic. The timing of the music was cut really well and the choice of music was parallel to the narrative. The different shots were really good, in terms of continuity editing as it followed a chronological order. Overall, the production met the brief really well.

The weaknesses however were that 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 incomplete and strange. As I said previously, the over the shoulder shots were not framed correctly at all, there was too much empty space with nothing going on. This also made the character speaking in that shot seem very distant as there was unnecessary space surrounding them which therefore diverted the attention from the central focus. In addition to that, there was also a shot when Aliza sat down and it cut from that to an over the shoulder shot, which looked really odd as 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 relationships, specifically friendship between two girls. The main protagonist is portrayed as a 'bitchy' character who is very blunt and directly says what is on her mind. The hair flick when the character walks in makes us as the audience interpret that she is a confident and strong character who allow anyone to overpower her. However, the other character Ria seems innocent and afraid of Aliza. This is further shown through body language when Aliza sits quite confidently, with her back straight against the chair but 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.