Evaluation - Mythical Crimewatch
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Andrew Goldman
Evaluation
For this unit, our task was to create a short film featuring news conventions
reporting a crime or incident committed by fairy tale creatures. My group
consisted of Rory, Will, Owen, Josh and I. For this evaluation I will be exploring
the ways in which my piece could have been improved and also what went
particularly well. From this I will be able to identify ways to improve for a
future piece.
Pre-Production
When given the task and made our groups we began brainstorming ideas for a
storyline, a fairy tale/rhyme and a way to present it to the audience. This
worked well as we were able to put fantastic ideas forward into a big pile and
work around them and find any links or correlations between the ideas
created. Eventually we finalised a title ‘Goldilocks and the 3 assaults’. However
we crossed that over to 3 deaths and making Goldilocks a greatly feared serial
killer. We added Humpty Dumpty and the kings men into the story to add
variety which I think worked. The convention of news we added was based on
the TV show Crimewatch, involving interviews and reconstructions of the
crimes that occurred. Thus creating ‘Mythical Crimewatch’.
The film
After successful filming and editing my finalised project had some great
elements and conventions of news reporting and TV show presenting. The
opening image is that of the BBC ONE logo. This feature in my
opinion could have been exploited more and better used. Perhaps using a
moving image that you see before most BBC shows for example the swimming
hippos. It’s just too bland for me so a tip for next time would be to feature a
moving image of an actual BBC opening. Then it cuts to me as the presenter of
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Mythical Crimewatch as I introduce the show with the logo in the top left hand
corner throughout the 5 minute film. This works well within the film due to
that being a figure in many TV shows and keeps the audience within the shows
boundaries. As the interview commences scenes are cut in a way of the
interview following the reconstruction as it happens. For example the
interview is on the topic of Goldilocks shooting the General and while they are
talking the audience can actually watch this happen as the reconstruction
which helps to separate reality and fiction with the audience. It’s a clever
feature which is a much used convention of television. It also creates an aroma
of tension because the audience knows they survive the attack, but they don’t
know how. The usage of the small but noticeable reconstruction sign at the
bottom left of some scenes is also important as it creates a distinct difference
between what is the interview and what is the reconstruction although I regret
not having this sign throughout all reconstructed scenes because the audience
may feel slightly confused about the separation of what they’re watching.
Luckily however with the structure of the interview, with me as the presenter
and with Will and Owen as the two soldiers possibly the reconstruction sign
was not as necessary as first thought. You may just have to rely on the
audience’s knowledge and understanding of my character as the presenter as
opposed to me playing Humpty Dumpty and the General. I think that I gave my
characters different personalisation which I hope helped the audience. The
final convention I will evaluate is that of the default stills I used to
communicate to the audience by them reading stills. This element worked in
certain areas and failed in others. Firstly ways in which it didn’t work, it’s not a
feature you see often in television and I believe that I used it too much. The
audience would probably get bored of continuously reading them. I must
admit it’s not a convention used too often so next time I would certainly
shorten them. In contrast it did work in some cases especially the final one
which happened to be the final shot. It features the classic ‘what happened
next’ flashcard, telling the audience what the current situation on the story is.
That is a key and well used convention used in TV as it enlightens the audience
about the final report on what they’ve just watched. That along with eerie
music in the background makes for a good ending to Mythical Crimewatch.
Andrew Goldman
Conclusion
To conclude this evaluation of Mythical Crimewatch, I think that I successfully
used TV and news conventions in my programme and that I’ve identified flaws
and also ways in which I can improve on them next time I make something like
this.