Research and Planning: The Chase

Sound: The sound wasn't great on the sounds matching the scenes, we used mainly non-diegetic sounds as in our version of The Chase we had hardly any dialogue. We used humourous non-diegetic noises that we edited to merge in well with the scenes and to get a better understanding of how to shorten longer sounds to match the shot we wanted the sound to be on e.g the Willow Smith - Whip my Hair part where we edited it to the chorus so it was better than waiting through the whole song. We just wanted to experiment with the creativity of the mix of sounds in the video we created. We, me and my group, all had input to the sound.

Editing: Our editing was mainly straight cuts, jump cuts and we also used match cuts. We tried to vary the editing to try out new ideas for future reference. We also used a few shot-reverse-shots. Also, we played around with the transitions to work out what worked well and what didn't. The use of them in ours was experimental and I feel some work well, for example the fade-to-white at the climax of the video as it is used often in films and scenes of glory, however I feel this transition doesn't work well when the character dropped the buss pass and we put the fade-to-white transition before it. These minor errors are what I have learned from and will improve on in the future.

Mise-en-scene: The mise-en-scene was probably the least media element we prepared for and used due to the little time we had. Our scene was supposed to be somewhat of a bus station however we had to use our College and the places that most looked like a Bus Station to an extent. We did use a main prop which was the Bus Pass which is classed as mise-en-scene however the costumes and other props were not used for any purpose towards the video. The lighting was also very poor and dim. For future reference, I would definitely look more into the mise-en-scene when doing my film trailer as I think it is a key element to how good a piece is.

Cinematography: We tried to vary the cinematography, using varied shot types and camera positions. I feel Cinematography was our strong point, however I feel it still could have been better. I like how we used close-ups on the buss pass and also the hand on the railings, we took extra time to figure out to make the cinematography more creative than one-dimensional and boring. We could have varied the angles a lot more, however we did use high angles and low angles on the staircases. We also used a point-of-view shot when the two characters run after the other character (from which point of view it is) who has the bus pass. I feel this was our strong point, however there is still much room for improvement which hopefully we will achieve with practice.