Self evaluation

From the teacher feedback in which I recieved I was very pleased with the results we got from our rough cut. The positive areas of our text outwayed the things in which we needed to improve on. This was good because it meant that as a group we could focus all our attention to the certain areas of improvement.

Personally, I felt that the improvements and suggestions we were given meant that we knew exactly the things that needed changing. In order to improve the quality of our product, I have decided to research more sound effects to determine what will best fit within our text. Through doing this I believe it will strengthen the text and help best meet with the generic codes and conventions of an action/thriller genre.

In order to make the extract consistent and consise we have decided to cut our actor Will from the text. I am hoping that it will increase the 'thriller'ness of the text because Matt is never in contact with the suspect/criminal. Therefore making the audience more engaged and kept waiting for something to occur.

The editing of the action/thriller text will need to be closely looked at. We decided that the shot from Matt dropping the cigarette after Will's scenes (and soon to be title sequence once certain shots are removed) was too quick. This was due to the use of cross dissolve as part of the transition that separated the two shots. Consequently, meaning that the audience missed the majority of the shot because of the rapidness of it. Therefore we will either use a different transition/re-arrange the shots/ re-order the sequence.

As part of my self progression I am pleased with the time and effort in which I have contributed. I have thought of ideas consistently to enable the editing, narrative and entire sequence to progress. I can also understand the improvements in which have been given and will therefore make a consious effort to re-evaluate the text to ensure it can perform its best to meet the generic codes and conventions of a thriller genre.