Film Assessment Criteria

Our film opening is marked on the quality and techniques used when filming. For a level one there must be minimal evidence, basic evidence for a level two, evidence of proficiency for level three and excellent evidence for a level four.

This is the assessment criteria I need to meet and how I meet it:

- Holding a shot steady where appropriate.
I have used a tripod to keep shots level and steady especially if filming one shot for a long time. For short shots such as a closeup on the hangers in the wardrobe I kept the camera steady by standing still in a good steady stance while supporting the arm with the camera at the elbow with my other hand so that it caused minimal or no movement and camera shake.
- Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate.
Before hand, I planned out a storyboard showing me how each scene/shot should be framed and looked at a sheet explaining each shot and what elements should be included and excluded. I positioned the camera correctly to include/exclude elements where appropriate and hopefully this shows though in my opening.
- Using a wide variety of shot distances where appropriate:
In my film opening, I have used a wide range of shots and types of shots. I think I have used a lot, including Extreme long shot, Mid shots, Closeups, Extreme close ups, Tracking & Panning. I have experimented with different shots for the same scene then choosing which looks best when it came to editing the clips together.
- Shooting material appropriate for the task set.
For my film opening, I used my storyboard to guide me through which shots and what material I needed to shoot each session. I shot this primarily however, I shot extra footage incase something didn't work or had an idea that could be added into our film but would still be relevant to the overall story and synopsis I decided on earlier.
- Selecting mise-en-scene, colour, figure, lighting, setting and objects:
I selected appropriate mise-en-scene that was relevant to what my film opening was about and that followed typical conventions of similar genres. I filmed in a forest for the horror scene of my film opening as this is a typical location of horror films. I set the date scenes inside having dinner as this is a typical scene in romance films. I had a female and a male to act in my film opening as in romance films this is typical when they are dating or like each other and in horrors the male is usually the bad guy and the female the victim of the story. We used natural and quite dark lighting for the outdoor horror scenes to show the progression through the day and the darkness to show horror. The lighting for the romance scene is very soft to contrast to this.
-Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer:
I have made our film concept, a girl who has visions, apparent to the viewer by choosing to have different times eg the present, past and future, in colour and black and white to separate them and make each clear to the viewer. I have also used different pieces of music for different scenes of my opening to give each a different and clear atmosphere so the viewer knows what is happening or what may be about to happen. 
- Using varied shot transitions and other effects selectively and appropriately:
I have used the fade in, fade out and cross dissolve transitions between shots to make the transitions much smoother and softer to make my film opening flow much nicer and makes it more pleasant and easier to watch. However I have also decided to use jumpy, sharp cuts where appropriate to give a much different mood to the opening.
- Using sound with images and editing appropriately:
I have chosen to use sound in my film opening and have matched the music I have used to what is happening in the shot. I have chosen not to use dialogue in my film opening to keep the characters quite mysterious. The tracks I have used to accompany my different shots is relevant and appropriate to the mood I want to create in each section of my film opening.
- Using titles appropriately:
I have used titles appropriately by selecting a reasonable number of titles that we can use and are relevant such as institution, actors and directors and added these into my film opening at appropriate times, for example the actors titles show up when they are introduced into the film.