Film peer assessment

25/02/16

Speedrun by Daniel Milsom


I guess I liked the tracking and over the shoulder shots, because respectively it follows the character throughout the film and I liked seeing the letter left to Ryan. In my opinion, the audio was too quiet with the exception of background noise. No dialogue can be heard, but then again, not all short films have to have speaking. The music was a little too dramatic for something that nobody knows of what is going to happen. If I were to do this differently, I would try to change the establishing shot, because it was too slow. I would make the hooded guy come out unexpectedly instead of him appearing out of thin air and slowly walking towards Ryan. I can give Ryan a lightning quick reaction to the hooded guy. Overall change to the film, is try to show a bit of plot. The genre must possibly be action-thriller like The Bourne Identity, but I'm not really sure.

Unknown Caller by Aaron Chandler


I particularly liked the opening of the film  -the panning shot of old buildings in Bath and the dramatic music worked well together. The audio was dominated by the dramatic music - there was no other sound. I would not have used dramatic music for the entire film - some different music or periods of silence or background noise would have varied the tone more. I think there are elements of thriller and mystery, partly because of the final scene in which the 3 characters stare at each other but nothing is said - there is an air of menace but also of mystery. The opening shot was a panning shot; the medium shot where he takes the phone call was effective, and the medium shot of the protagonist meeting the caller and his assistant was also effective.