Technical Evaluation of Ultra Short Film

Appropriate technique (Montage)

Montage is a collection of shots which have been put together like a showreel without any break. This is often used mainly in music video to create excitement and thrill for the audience. These montage could be relating to what happened in the past from somebody mind perspective and how they felt. I used the montage editing technique at the end of my ultra short film to illustrate what happened in the past leading up to the boss death. This is done between the time of 1:38- 1:57. This indicates that I have used stand the effect that this have has on the audience is sympathy as it reflect the story of a boss' life.

Appropriate transition (Dissolve)

A fade is when the editor adds dissolve to reflect time passing. A fade is used in between shot within film especially the opening of the film and the end credit of the film. This often used to tell the beginning of the story and ending or sometime to reflect a past. I used this technique within my ultra short film. This is done 1:39 onward where a montage of a past leading up to the boss death illustrates multiples of fade to create sympathy of the events that happened within the boss' life.

Appropriate convention (Cutaway)

It is when a scene cuts to filler shot to show what is happening around the subject and this will stops the jarring happening within the scene in the film. These cutaway shot would show what the subject is looking at giving the audience the information on what the object or a person looks like. However they are not always used for that, they are used to guide the audience reaction. I used this technique in my ultra shot film during the time of 41-43 seconds. The effect that this has on the audience is that it guides the audience to laugh or to be shocked.

Effective Pacing

It is when the editor make one part of a scene and the other scene to be quite fast. Editor may use slow editing pace within  a conversation scene where the editing may use fast pace editing in a car chase scene. In my work I used fast pace editing and slow pace editing, the slow pace editing is used in whole one scene between the time of 0:00-0:33 where it show that there is a conversation going on between the boss the and the applicant. The applicant wants to get the job but the boss says declines him as his employee. The effective that this scene has on the audience is that is makes them feel the flow of the scene and nothing serious is happening. I used he fast pace editing within the chase scene which is during the time of 0:40- 1:03 to illustrate action is happening within the scene. this keeps the audience engaged and excited.

Convey information effectively

It is when the editor use editing technique to put across information to their audience and to make meaning within the scene. Editor could use an editing technique such as motivated cut as the audience would be able to see the the subject thought and the thought of what the subject has will guide the audience reaction as it will make they feel part of the film. I used jump cutting editing technique within my film to convey information effectively to the audience. This is shown between the time of 1:02-1:10 where it convey information effectively. This is because the audience are able to see that the boss is not able to skate and that he fails to skate multiple of times through the use of jump cut. This would make the audience the audience as it shows the boss cannot skate at all.  

Use Sound to create impact

It is when the editor use sound effects to make an impact within the scene to make the audience feel it and kept engaged. This is mainly used in a fighting scene when the actors are not actually punching each other but the voice over of the sound effect make it sound like he punched him or they are punching each other. I used this within the last part of the chase scene. This is done during the time of 1:31-1:33 where i used the sound effect of the skateboard actually hitting the boss. The reason why I chose to use this sound effect to make the audience hear the impact of the hit of skateboard. The effect that this has on the audience is that it make them believe that the boss got hit hard. 

mix soundtracks 

It when the editor use more than one soundtrack within their whole film. These soundtrack would often create meaning of what is happening within the subject and match the action that is happening. An example of scene would be a from an action film, the fight scene. This is where the soundtrack would start to create within the scene to make the scene look intense. I used more than one soundtrack, one of them was used at 0:10 this was so that the audience would feel sympathy for the applicant whom got rejected for the job he wanted to do. The other soundtrack was used at the time of 0:46 to create some sense of humour. The effect that this has on the audience is that it will guide their reaction because soundtrack does create impact within  the scenes that I made.

Overlap sound

It when more than one sound has been put in place within the film. These could be dialogue and a soundtrack as it it most of the times used there. Sometimes they are used in chase scene in horror film where the killer is chasing a person and his' or her' friends at the same time and the chased character exchange dialogue with each other. This when a soundtrack would come into place to intensify the scene. I used this technique within my ultra short film. I used this technique within the time of 0:10-0:14 where the audience can see that there is music playing in the background of the boss dialogue 'By looking at the CV I'm afraid you have not got the job.' What this scene done is that it made the audience feel sympathy of what is happening around the applicant.

Offline edit/ online edit

Offline edit is when the editor uses an editing editing decision list to decide which clip he want to use which. It is also to with the shooting script as that is a rough sketch on what shot will be put in to make the film. Where online edit is different it is when the editor actually decide to edit the actual footage. I have done offline edit and online edit. The effect that this has on the editor is that it makes it easier for them to film and edit.

This is my offline edit

 

This is my online edit

On screen text

It when the editor use graphic to explain what location, time and period it is. This could be used to say what happen about 3 days ago or be forward in time like 3 hours later. This is often used in action film where they explain the area that they are in investigating. I used this technique within my film to set a time period this is used at the time of 0:34 where it illustrate graphic. What this did in my scene is that it cut the film shorter and it gives the audience relevant information that they need to know.

image editing

This is where the editor decides where to put the clips that he has made and this is where he also decide where to cut the clip of what is happening around the subject. This is also where he has to decide what shot to put in between the shots. I used this technique within my film to show that I edited the clip I also adjusted the lighting within it so it would look even throughout the scene. This was specifically done during the time of 0:05-0:07 where it shows a shot of the applicant giving the CV to the boss. This effect just make s the video look more aesthetically pleasing to the audience.

audio editing

It is when the the editor adjust the volume of the audio to make it sound some time he or she rearranges the audio and adds effects such as making the audio fade in and fade out, the editor sometimes also makes the audio louder or quieter than it was before, so it can improve the film. I used this within one scene this is used at the time of 1:14 where I adjust the volume of the car engine so the audience could hear what the actor is saying 'what was that'. This create a flow within the film as the audience would be able to hear what is happening simultaneously.