Peer Review blogs

Cambridge: Sugar Rush:

1.       A couple cool elements I liked of the “Sugar Rush” was the establishing shot of the Everglades and the logos of the companies which produced and/or distributed the film.

2.       What I found odd was adding a bright background with the title of the film as it completely sets off the tone and mood in which the film had developed.

3.       This film (opening scene) did well in letting the audience know that it was an opening scene but not to what would happen next in the plot.

4.       When the characters were getting interviewed, they were discussing about the “candy man” which gave clues about the plot, but they also mention about not having something in Florida but rather in California which was most likely said to mimic a resident living in Florida (specifically the Everglades) but still has or seems to have no connection to the rest of what has been said, confusing me with what the story Is about.

5.       I would suggest the producers of the film opening to not let the establishing shot to go on for too long.

     

     Monday – AICE Media Studies Film:

1.       The arc camera movement and the voiceover are great elements which help the consumers to depict what the rest of the film might be about.

2.       When a screen popped up with a question it made the video seem more of a trailer than an opening scene.

3.       The majority of the film looked like a movie opener until the viewers would get to the part with the question on the screen; although, it did make the consumers want to know more about the plot of the story.

4.       At first I believed the film was about a melancholy romance as it displayed lowkey and high-key lighting, along with the music being slow. It was towards the end of the film that I understood what the story was possibly about, that being how two people switched bodies.

5.       A couple suggestions I have for this movie opener is use the inside voice (what the person is thinking) when showing the other persons action as it’ll hint to the viewers that the souls were swapped into different bodies.

    Sunday:

1.       The sound effects for when the protagonist got knocked out and the single long point of view shot were a great choice of elements used to clearly display the situation of a person freaking out meanwhile someone else is chasing them/harming them.

2.       The film does use lowkey lighting to exaggerate the gravity of the problem, but it seems to be too low for the viewers to make out what’s going on for certain parts of the movie opener.

3.       The clip does seem to portray itself as a movie opener since it shows the title of the movie, by who it’s from, and how a white screen shows up (after the protagonist got knocked out) to leave the viewers off on a cliffhanger.

4.       This movie opener is pretty straight forward with what it shows; there was nothing confusing and only leaves the viewers wondering what will come next.

5.       The film was alright all throughout, but I would personally suggest to add a little more lighting so that it’ll be more visible to the audience.

Up the Score:

1.       The establishing shot of a school building, ground level shots taken when a character was dribbling the ball, and the close-ups of the faces of the characters are all film elements which were used well to develop the opening scenes.

2.       Nothing in this film seems to need any necessary improvements or suggestions to make the film opening better.

3.       Because of the beginning credits and the cliff hanger at the end, along with the phrase “15 years later” the viewers can comprehend that this clip is only the beginning of a film and the audience does not know what will come next other than the story having to do something with a soccer player.

4.       There wasn’t much in the movie opener to be confused about since, the clip only showed a struggling match for a certain player.

5.       I would suggest displaying captions or raise up the volume for when there’s dialogue as it gets a little challenging to completely hear what the actors are saying.

Late Arrivals:

1.       The Dutch angle used when introducing the antagonist and the fade-in and fade-out shots were well implemented to add an uneasy feeling as if something ominous is looming just ahead and a feeling of being in a hurry.

2.       A ground level shot was used for the majority of the movie opener and though it does do well with following the characters in the film through the hallways, a regular mid shot (meanwhile tracking) or long shot would’ve been just fine as all the characters were already revealed before, defeating the purpose of the ground level shot.

3.       The clip looked like a movie opener as it displayed at the very beginning who participated in the film and how it reveals the title of the movie towards the end.

4.       What left me a bit confused was if the antagonist was in the same hallway or not as the protagonists were running out of the school.

5.       Instead of using a ground level shot when the students were running out of the school, a tracking camera movement at a mid-shot level could have heightened the feeling of rushing out of the school.