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EVALUATION: Preliminary vs Final Project

                              

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'Blurred Lines' Preliminary Production

'Red Tide' Practical Production - Final Version

There are a few pivotal differences between 'Blurred Lines' and 'Red Tide', all of which work in the latter's favour. The production flaws of 'Blurred Lines' really helped us develop a more polished and better quality film. This blog will discuss how we learned from our errors in the preliminary stage, and rectified those flaws for our final production.

Editing was a key area of improvement. The cuts in 'Blurred Lines' are not too smooth, especially when the American character enters the room, the movement of opening the door lacks fluidity, and does not look like a smooth motion. These flaws in cutting can detract from the experience, and clearly needed more polish. The cuts in our final piece are a lot more natural and fluid, and the effect is a much more seamless sequence. The improved editing in 'Red Tide' also improves continuity and consistency.

Camera work is improved in our final production too. Our preliminary had poorer image quality, because we used inferior equipment. This takes away from the film, and makes it look amateurish. In 'Red Tide' we were careful to use better equipment, especially with the camera, and the benefits of this can be seen in abundance. Also, the camera work is much more static and basic in 'Blurred Lines'. This does the job of capturing the scene, but it is not really creative or stylised, but I beleive those are key aspects a film should have, and wanted to include in 'Red Tide'. The camera work in 'Red Tide' is, as a result, much faster, more varied and far more inteseting to watch. This engages the audience, and is more likely to sustain their interest.

Realistic settings are important in film, and 'Blurred Lines' lacked this quality. The premise is clearly one of a police/law enforcing sort, but the setting is clearly a school, with posters and mise-en-scene features that one would not find in a police station. This can not only be detracting from the experience, but can almost be amusing for the audience, which is not the desired effect. We were able to learn from this mistake however, and were much more selective about our setting for 'Red Tide'. We needed to find a realistic and therefore more immersive setting, and I believe we achieved this.

There are also general improvements in our final production. Just in general, 'Red Tide' has a look and  feel of a more proffesional film, and this was probably because of time. Our preliminary was somewhat rushed, and this is very clear in the overall quality. We then saw the importance of time and effort, and were much more thourough and involved with 'Red Tide'.

So in conlusion, the flaws of 'Blurred Lines', our preliminary piece, were almost imperitive in the process of making our final production. They unveiled flaws, and gave us something to compare our project to, and thus rectify issues.

 



EVALUATION: Challenging the Forms and Conventions, Audio Commentary

 

This post is an audio commentary where I discuss how we challenged the forms and conventions of the war genre, specifically with Vietnam films. Accompanied by screenshots of 'Red Tide' and some of our inspirations, be they other films or historical sources, the video runs to around 9 minutes.

If the pictures distract you from the audio commentary, you may wish to look away from the screen. Enjoy!

Apologies for the low picture quality.

 

Despite filming on a small scale, I also feel that the fast paced and intense nature of our action sequences maintain the lure of a big action film, despite being smaller scaled and more tightly focused.

EVALUATION: Representation of Social Groups in 'Red Tide'

EVALUATION: Who Would Distribute 'Red Tide'?

EVALUATION: How We Attracted Our Target Audience

EVALUATION: Who Is Our Audience?