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Review of year 12 video at the media award

video : Outisder

Genre: Horror

The basic background of the video is that it starts off with a girl in bed rolling around feeling really stressed and uncomfertable, we then see a flash back as we see a group of boys in a alley way where the same girl passes them, where they follow her later on by the shot we get the idea she is raped. as to then we are back to the present time we see the boys in a house and we see the girl is now back to the house but as a ghost who wants to kill them.
they used many iconographies that made this look like a good and real horror movie trailer. the first is the editing we see alot of jump cuts to give the idea of the fast pace and the mystery theme as to not show everything to the audience. also the colours used were very dark eg. red and black giving the depressing and horror theme, and the black and white theme showing the flashback. also the costume of way the girl was dressed her eyes giving a more a ghostly look as well as her white long dress, and her long hair covering her face showing she is hiding herself giving a sense of mystery.

www. they used alot of different iconographies to reflect the horror theme. also good editing to make it look like a real trailer and to give it the horror theme. and good acting :)

Ebi.   use a larger variety of camera angles.


Review of year 13 video at media awards

video: hoverfield high

genre: british teen drama

The video is a opening for a teen tv drama. its a basic story of a group of friends and how within that group there are 2 girls in a group who have a secret and the secret is their close intimate relationship however they cannot speak about it as they have their own boyfriends and it is to embarssing for them to tell anyone about it. later it shows how they deal with their normal lives as suddenly one of their friends see a picture of them together. it ends on that note. where we see the credits starting.
They used alot of good camera work like panning, or at the begining they have a shot of people walking in the streets of london and the camera is really shakey trying to make the audience feel that they are in the crowd. Also they use close ups, camera movements such us camera moving up from the ground  ( proffesional) also the p.o.v shot used when rosie is looking at the boy to give it a more relastic feel to it.also the over shouldar shot when megan is talking to her boyfriend gives us a feeling we are in the scene. Also the end to show the credits as they introduce the characters with their names and a short fottage of them with the theme music, and also at the end they show the whole cast is shown in a real authentic tv program style. futhermore the way they dressed was also really simple to give that student look. futhermore they use a more soft focus to give us that more natural feel like it is a normal day. And the lighting is also very natural .

www. great camera shots and movements it looks really professional, good use of locations and good acting:)

ebi. if they put the end credits as introducing themselves with the theme song etc. was shown at the begining with their names