eval

Evaluation For Drama

At the beginning of this rotation the class was split in half to form two groups for us to work in. Within these groups we were each assigned individual roles, I was assigned as the Art Director. Each of us gave in scripts with our adaptations of an Aesop’s fable, two were chosen, one for each group to perform. Our group was given Gemma’s adaptation of The Lion And The Mouse. As the art director it was my job to consider the locations in which we were going to film, the Mise-en-scene we were to use, how it will work within our drama show realism and also to create atmosphere and display emotion. The way each character is presented in the drama is important in order to make it effective and easy to follow. The characters in our drama all have different personalities, so I wanted to make this obvious through the clothes each character was wearing. I think the mise-en-scene we displayed within our final product was successful.

We read and rehearsed the script. I choose to act as Mick in our drama. I was also assigned as boom operator for all the shots I wasn’t in, so I shared this role with Ayo and Rob. After we were happy with rehearsals we started to do all the post-production paper work. In the edit we decided it would be effective to slightly desaturate the colour at the beginning sequence of the drama, we thought that this would help display the negativity and lone presence of Mick. Keeping this in mind, we thought that towards the end of the Drama we would choose to remove the desaturation of colour as the story became more positive. We decided as a group to film our drama at Christ Church Park and the College, we chose these locations because the park allows us interesting background scenery and lighting. The particular areas of the park that we shot in were fairly secluded; this was a good thing because we were able to shoot our footage without interruption. The drama establishes with Mick walking alone in the park, this gave us a realistic narrative to work with. The props that we use in the drama helped deliver the element of realism. The cup and straw plays a vital part in the narrative, as do the Headphones, which lead to Mick’s lack of concentration.

On the first day of filming we went to Christ Church Park to film the opening sequence of Mick walking in the park listening to his music, this went well. We shot the sequence from as many angles as we could to give ourselves a lot of choice when it came down to editing. As the boom operator it was my job to ensure that every microphone was placed in the best position for a production, allowing all dialogue to be heard without interfering with the visual aspects of filming. I think that I worked well as the boom operator, although if I was to play this role again I would confirm with the camera operator that the boom was not in shot, I say this because in our final piece, the boom can sometimes be seen. Although, I do not take full responsibility for this because I shared this role with Ayo and Rob. As well as operating the boom, I played Mick in our drama. My role as Mick was decided early on in the production, when we were rehearsing the script. I think I acted well and played the role successfully. We shot each scene from as many angles as we could to give us a variety to choose from when editing, we were patient with the actors on set, and when they made mistakes we started the scene from the top. By the end of the first day we had finished most of the filming, this included the opening sequence and the confrontation. Our group was very organised, we arranged to meet at the college the next morning so we could shoot the rest of the drama, we all arrived on time. All that we had left to film was set inside the college. Again we made sure to film each sequence a few times from a variety of interesting angles to help with the edit. Once we had finished it was time to edit what we had captured. i enjoyed filming our drama becuase i enjoy acting, i aslo enjoyed my role as boom operator, i had fun with the group i was in. If i was to film again, i would take extra care with the continuity and making each shot have a purpose.

I worked with Rob to edit our footage. The first thing we had to do when editing was batch capture all of the footage off of the camera, he first time we etempted this it didnt work for some unknown reason. But it did eventualy. After we had the footage we made a rough edit. For the rough edit we basicly just cut all the shots we wanted to use into the correct order, once we had done this we shew Peter. With Peter's advice we desided to remove and cut down some of the shots and We were happy with the outcome. We added audio and desaturated some of the colour in the opening section of the drama which proved effective and people liked. Although our edit was not the best, We received possitive feedback from the group and i am pleased with what we accomplished. If i was to do the edit again, i would try and keep it more simple and make it even easier to follow, but there was only so much i could do with the shots we filmed. Over all i enjoyed this rotation.