Analysis of Previous Students Work 2

I have again referred to the OCR marking criteria once again to analyse this students work of 'Paradise (cover)' by Modestep. They have shown evidence of technical skills and included elements of mise-en-scene. The students camera movement isn't very smooth which highlights the basic level of professional feel to the video. There are various camera angles such as mid-shot, point of view, over the shoulder, close up and high/low angle, however referring to the OCR criteria the student has used these camera angles to a very basic level. The student has used two main lightings which are natural and artificial lighting, which again referring to the OCR marking criteria has been used to a basic level. However, despite the basic technical skills, the narrative of the video is very clear and has been performed to a professional level, especially the blonde male actor. There are various locations for this video which shows that the student has put a lot of thought into the filming process and have a clear idea of what they want the finishing product to look like. The body language and the facial expressions of the actors and actress are very strong, which makes the narrative of the story seem very real. The blonde actor puts emphasis on his body language and facial expression which marking it with the OCR criteria would go under excellent.

Despite the excellent narrative, the only things that I would change is the camera control and how the directors manoeuvre the camera, and also the costume of the actors/actress in the video because I don't think much attention was paid to the wardrobes.