- The use of music throughout the piece which makes certain scenes calm and relaxed while other scenes more energetic and fast paced.
- The smoothness of the camera movement in the present dialogue scenes worked really well while the flashbacks give more energy and adrenaline with the speed of the pans and match on action.
- The use of pop culture and video game references/sound effects I think played well with the flashbacks and hopefully allowed certain audience members to connote that in our hero's flashbacks he imagines those noises as a way of inputting parts of his subconcious for example: he felt his stair fall was like a "Street Fighter" K.O. (Yes a very deep meaning behind what people may see as a few cheap gags.)
- The use of the 180 degree rule.
- The chase scene (,although short,) i felt gave a quick energy bump in the story.
BAD POINTS:
- The acting was a big letdown and although may not have been terrible (hopefully) I believe brought down the quality of the piece.
- Occassionally the sound would dissappear in scenes because we had to erase certain background sounds.
- Sometimes the camera would shake and make the piece feel very amateur. Although I still used the footage I would have liked to have filmed it again. Hopefully though the footages shakey look blended in well and makes it seem intentional that its' shaking withour exhausted character.
- I will from this point on ALWAYS film a shot as many times need be until I get the shot I want or I will take it out and put in a new shot that's either on the same standards as my original shot.
- I'm going to make sure I have more active role in our piece of work when it comes to developing ideas because I believe if my heart isn't in an idea it won't be as good as I could have it be.
- I'm going to be much more creative in shot types because the piece seems to lack much creativity in the use of camera techniques.
- I will also have a MUCH better wildtrack and will definatelty use it more.
- I'll get a much better script which has more of a storyline because this piece lacked in that department.
