Isaac - About A Girl Evaluation

 

"ABOUT A GIRL" - BRIAN PERCIVAL (2001)

 

Brian Percival

  

Class Accent/vocabulary – she uses slang words and phrases such as ‘Dead good’, ‘Thingy’ and often can’t think of the correct words to use. She also swears a lot for someone aged 13. This conveys the feeling that she is not particularly well educated and her mother has not necessarily been a good influence on her, although we are not actually told so. Costume – The young girl does not look as if she is particularly well groomed or well dressed, wearing a cheap, functional headband and coat. She also has an inexpensive hairstyle and big hoop earrings which again conveys her class, showing her family may not have money to spend on unimportant things. Current time, walking along canal This style of clothing is then seen again as we revert to her past and see her parents. We see her dad wearing a set of tracksuits which is a stereotype clothing. Daughter and Father in flashback Sound/Dialogue - We hear from the dialogue that her dad is looking for work, Although when she says it, she doesn't seem to serious, meaning he is on benefits and is planing to stay that way. This shows that there is no proper income coming into their family which might make them an underclass family rather than a working class. It also shows the lack of motivation in the family which might be more apparent in a higher class family. ‘knock off beer’ ‘Do I look like a fucking bank’ Mise en Scene/Setting - Canal filled with rubbish Mise en Scene/Setting - Terrace houses Mise en Scene/Setting - Boarded up house windows Mise en Scene/Prop - Graffiti Dialogue/Sound - Thinks Bacardi is a posh drink

Age Editing - Percival uses jump cuts to enforce how children think. Dialogue/Sound – she say’s she’s 13 Pub – only allowed a coke Big goals – rich and famous Dialogue/Sound – ‘I’m not a kid anymore’ Dialogue/Sound – always changing subject Singing with her friends on the bus Camera - Handheld camera

 

Evaluation of Foundation Portfolio Thriller Openeing

Evaluating your own Foundation Portfolio Thriller Opening.

Assessment Criteria	What went well	What did not go quite so well
Shooting material appropriate to the task set;	· Thriller conventions such as,	· Low key lighting could have been done better which would have given a better image quality
Controlled use of the camera	· P.O.V shot was hand held. · Dolly used whilst filming scene of Phoebe tied up · Lots of stationary shots using a tripod	·
Attention to framing	· We tried to prevent the audience from seeing toms face straight away, this was allowed to happen through framing.	· Banister in frame of CCTV scene · One scene where part of phoebe’s head is cut out of the frame
Variety of shot sizes	· Lots of different angles were used	· Not nearly enough variety of shot distances
Close attention to mise en scene	We used lots of and thought a lot about: · Props – tools, table, gloves, chair….. · Costumes – shoes, suit, dark clothes… · Makeup – scar on tom’s face, dark makeup on Phoebe….. · Setting – The house (which was difficult to achieve)…. · Hair – phoebes hair was greasy and back combed….. · composition	· Facial expressions and Body language were not fully explored
Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer	· Blur effect to show that Phoebe was fading in and out of consciousness	·
Making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects	·	·
Recording and editing sound with images appropriately.	·	·