Greg's Evaluation

I thoguht the scene was a clever way to star a film it portrays the main character early but doesnt give away the genre, it than slowly sneaks visual gags into the scene and we than become aware of this comedy. I liked the opening sequence, opening the door and walking through the house, i thought this was great use of a point of view shot. The only criticsm i have of this sequence is the use of zoom, i felt although with a proper film camera can be effective, in this instance it did not create an effect that i felt suited the film.

Andy's Evaluation

What i liked about this film was the comedey with boyzie dancing and singing in the mirror. There was a good use of camera shots and the mise en scene was also good. I liked it well done.

Our film

to the respsonce of cat and Abbies comment. I Feel the same about how it is quite a typical comedy starting scene, and i also agree that maybe the zooming needed to be steddier. I can see that the zoom scene is abit wobbly and jerky. To maybe improve on that, we could of done more takes of the zooming shot or to take a close up of the clock. this would eilimate the zoom, give us a steady shot and show off different type of camera shots.

Rachel, Lucy, Nikki and Helen

We thought your film had a good variety of shots and was very comic!The song made your film light hearted and makes the auidence want to watch more! Our favourite shot is the mirror shot, we think it was very well done. The handheld shots make your film seem like a real life documentary.We really liked your film, well done! :)

Zoe's Evaluation

I thought this was really creative, in the shots you have used and the soundtrack. It works well together, and fits in to make a great opening for a film.

Cat and Abbies evaluation

What we like about this film beginning is the fact it reminds us of typical film openings in past comedies. We like the idea about having the film opening centred around the main character and how the personality of the character is clearly portrayed. We especially liked the over the shoulder shot of the charcters face in the mirror because we feel the lighting compliments the character and allows the audience to see his comedic facial expressions and personality clearly.
We do feel however that some of the shots could have been a little steadier. In particular, the zoom shot of the clock seems a bit jerky. We also feel a wider variety of shots could have been used.
Overall, the comedy genre was displayed clearly and it is a good beginning that helps the audience understand and guess what may happen in the rest of the film.

Good & Bad

Posotives of our finish piece would be...
1. I feel that we have deffinatly got the whole comedy genre and it worked well.
2. I think that the location was good to film in as it was realistic
3. I liked that we have used the music fading in and out i feel it worked really well
4. I believe that our piece was good because of the characters they really played their part well.
5. Finally i really enjoyed making, filming and editing Brians Life.

However... I would have changed:

1.I think we should have used a few more camera shots and angles
2.The filming should connect more especially once getting up from the bed
3. I think we should have finished it a bit more sutterly like ending on a better note