Past Student / Thriller

On this post i will be judging 3 past students short films. The rating numbers are:

1 - Poor
2 - Basic
3 - Good
4 - Excellent



The Routine-
The story line to 'The Routine' made perfect sense to me. The camera shots they used were good as for example the camera placed on the floor to see his feet when he woke up every morning & the time when we see the victim drop on the floor, they both show the body language of the victim and show what he is doing and what is happening with him. The sound at the beginning suits his daily routine, and when everything starts to change the music stops and we only hear drum beats when something bad happens which makes it more dramatic for the viewers. They have used the props properly and carefully to make everything seem real.






The hunter -
I rated this a 4 because they had a good use of camera,props and sound. They had lots of different camera shots which made it interesting to watch and when the PE teacher hits the detective with a baseball bat the the camera was in front of the detective so we didn't exactly see the hit but the way the camera was positioned made us believe he really did get hurt. The sound was suitable on most of the shot that they used sound in which made it more interesting to watch.




Power cut -
Power cut was a short film that was shot on the last minutes which from my point of view is an example for the other students doing their films of what to not do while shooting.
The film is in black & white which is not necessary as it has nothing to do with olden days or anything that the colour black & white should be used.
Camera was unsteady in some shots, sound was used appropriately with the high and low volume which put the audience in suspense. As a overall the story line didn't make sense to me as a viewer so for that I gave it a 1.