Depict Reviews

Toxic Haircut: https://www.depict.org/2018/toxic-haircut/?category_request=2018

Toxic Haircut is one of my top 5 because of the way the narrative changed throughout. The original idea you get from the film is that the lady is going to be the one who is dangerous to the other character, but them you find out that she is being over ruled by something too. The lighting used is really effective as it adds to the feel of him being in danger to go for a haircut, when actually he has walked into a place where they offer people to get their ears cut off. The sound used on top of the clips also helps with exaggerating the genre - which i would say is a thriller. I feel as though the editing and the quick cuts used makes the film move quicker and makes it seem more tense. There is the typical style of sound effects, sound track, and lighting to set the style of this film - ensuring it stays within the genre. Overall, i liked this one because of the twist it has in the middle of the film, and the editing used on top of one of the last shots to give it an animated theme. 

Scare Crow: https://www.depict.org/2018/scare-crow/?category_request=2018

Scare Crow uses a good range of shots including establishing shots, tracking shots, panning, and drone shots to create a sense of the girl in the field being watched. This one also uses a good depth of field shot to focus on the initial shot of the scare crow - it makes the audience realise that the scare crow has an important role in the short film, and entices them to watch it further. I thought that the use of changing the colour scheme when the scare crow comes to life was really effective as it draws attention to that particular shot and the film is likely to be remembered for that shot. I feel as though the use of the drone shots to follow the girl running really helps with the film keeping its pace as it is a sturdy shot and clearly shows the action that is happening. In conclusion, i really like this one particularly for all of the different shot types it uses.

Induction Task - Evaluation

Our short film follows the classic Hollywood narrative - there is a beginning, middle, and an end - which runs in order. The narrative for our film overall is very straight forward. a 'boy meets girl' story. the story concludes with them sharing a kiss. During post production, we decided that the narrative would suit a comedic background better than a more serious one. We were looking through sound effects and adding music, then we found a short clip of music which would have helped with the comedic effect. I feel as though the continuity within our short film is ok as a whole, but there are some small issues. Such as, the scene where J takes B's hand is ok, but then as the shot cuts to her hand running up his arm, there is a slight issue with the hand positioning. J's hand looks as if she isn't touching B's arm on the close up of her hand running up his arm, however on the previous shot, she has her hand wrapped around his arm fully. We could have thought deeper into this in the editing process to ensure that the film runs smoothly with clean cuts and clear shots. There was another shot where it was slightly out of frame - the one where J walks towards B in the glass hallway. As she stops, the framing is slightly too far to the right, meaning that B and J weren't central to the shot. B's legs were marginally out of shot. This was due to using a steady cam to get the desired shot. This meant holding the camera lower than eyesight meaning it was difficult to see what was in frame and what wasn't. When we identified the mistake, we tried re-taking the shot multiple times because we didn't have previous experience with the equipment, we were unable to get the perfect shot.

Induction Task - The Exchange