4 Hour Film Challenges

Film challenges:

Editing challenge: 

Positives:

• Brief met 
• Entertaining concept
• Very creative
• Focusing on the technical aspects rather than the narrative
• Good choice in song
• The beat of the song goes well with the jarring jump cuts 

Constrictive criticism:

• Could have been longer 
• Slightly out of focus 
• Should have exported it in better quality
• Aspect ratio could have been adjusted 
• Maybe a change of location and or movement 

Unusual perspective challenge:

Positives: 

• Very unusual concept 
• Colours were a good idea
• Good camera angles 

Constructive criticism:

• Checking the focusing and the ISO
• Executing the filter idea could have been done better
• Unmotivated sounds that could have been more effective if had more thought

1920's style challenge:

Positives:

• Playful narrative 
• Good starting with a close up on what the story narrative is about
• Fits the aesthetic well with the grain
• Font fits well with the period

Constructive criticism:

• Could have had more varied shots
• Text boxes were too long and could have been shortened 
• Some more stylistic composition with the shot types could have been used
• More dialogue would have made the narrative more interesting
• Could have been more scenes to further the narrative 

Found footage music video challenge:

Positives:

• Good choice in music (fits the tone of the video)
• Nice choice of theme 
• Good shots used that portray meaning through the lyrics
• Good length 
• Good fading of audio and video

Constructive criticism:

• Could have been exported in a better quality 
• Could have examined it and focused on more than one character
• Could have used more of a variety of shots instead of reusing some of them