Personal Evaluation: George Evans

Use Of The Camera:

Our shots throughout the film are completely steady because they were affixed to the tripod at all times with the tripod on the floor steady, no use of 'shaky cam' techniques were implemented, we framed all of the shots properly sticking to the rule of thirds principle during rehearsals and positioning of the camera.
We have used a variety of different shot types, including close ups and point of view shots, we had originaly intended to have a large amount of canted shots in order to replicate or model, however due to time restrictions only one of these made the final cut, we have also attemted the use of the 180 degree rule, although there are some continuity errors in the final cut that we did not have sufficient footage to replace.

Use Of Editing:

The shots did flow together well during the first half of the film, although unfortunately towards the end there are a few issues with inconsistancy, firstly when Ewan falls over, the next shot shows him in an entirely different location, also during the scene in which the humans jump over the fence they appear on the other side without any footage of them jumping over it.
We have chosen appropriate editing transistions, the scene in which chris jumps over the fence is paticularly well edited because the amount of useless footage between the two involved shots came collectively to 1 minute 34 seconds.

Selection of Content:

The costumes worn were that of everyday clothes worn by civilians, which I believe made the film appear more realistic, the make up was for the most part good, although our film was to be re made, I would have suggested a more blue-ish tone to the skin on the zombies, we did not use any props.
The film was set in a dark wood, which is a perfect setting because it conveys forboding feelings and mystery, also the area led to a dead end so there were minimal interuptions from passers by during the filming.
The actors in the film worked very well during the filming process, our team has used actor George Peat before and achieved a good result, so he was cast again as a zombie and along with the rest of the cast played a rather convincing role.

Self Assessment

I personally selected the part of the film that we were to copy, and recorded the shot times on a sheet, I then used this data to create a storyboard and we used this storyboard during filming, I was the camera man and assistant director, although admittedly Callam was in charge during most of the filming process.
I think that the finished film is ok, although there are a few things I would change, for instance there are a few continuity errors that need to be adressed, and we do not have sufficient footage to rectify this, the scene in which the humans jump over the fence suddenly cuts to them on the other side, I would also have the clothes worn by the zombies slightly torn to give the impression of a violant struggle.
In the final coursework film I will do a great deal more planning and put more work into the costumes, I will also attempt to record a lot more footage in oreder to ensure that segments with continuity errors can be fixed.

- George Ernest Evans