Film Review

 

My film was reviewed by one of my friends. I told them to give an honest review with no bias because I needed to know where I should improve. Once they finished watching, they said that it was better than they thought. It obviously has a lot of errors but they said it was decent for a first film. They named the negatives first and the positives second. To start, they said that the sound quality was bad and that it was hard to understand the dialogue. So, when I go back and make changes I'm going to see if I can lower the background noise. The next thing they said was that during some of our tracking shots the camera wasn't held steadily. There isn't really a way to fix that so in my future projects I am going to have to work on my camerawork skills. Also, they said the editing wasn't bad, but there were instances where we overused edits and should use a variety. This was good constructive criticism because I can easily change that when I go back and make changes. Lastly, they said that some parts of the movie didn't connect or make sense. For example, In the elevator scene, I got off on floor 7 and then when I got to the staircase it said I was on the 6th floor. Another example would be on the roof scene, I am in the middle of arguing then all of a sudden I end up at the edge of the rooftop. They said that I should include a scene of me running to the edge so the entire ending makes sense. So, I can just shoot that scene when I have some free time and then add it in. One good thing they said was that the acting was believable and some of the emotions felt real. This was good to hear because I've never acted before and now I know what I am capable of for future projects. Another thing was that the storyline was interesting because they were actually feeling suspense about what was going to happen to the briefcase. Also, they said the costume for Yousev was good because it makes it seem more dangerous when the antagonist is wearing all-black. I am happy with the review I got, I am not disappointed because now I can go make the changes to improve the film.


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