DYM HOMEWORK FEEDBACK

This is a confident comparison, Despina. You demonstrate very good technical and thematic analyses. It's a shame the work was late.

BLK hwk feedback

An excellent evaluation Despina, in all respects. Well written using a high standard of terminology, including technical terms. Very thorough and reflective.

A great start!

shot denototation & reflections.

1. The shot is a MS of a young, white male wearing a grey zip-up hoody with the hood over his head. The hood casts a shadow across his face which coveres his right eye so that just his left, blue eye looks up at the camera. He is sitting slumped up against a brick wall and is in semi-darkness, a 'torch-light' shining onto him, creating an interrogation-style effect. His right eye looking up almost menacingly at the camera is horror signifier, as well as the dead-pan expression on his face and the fact that the shot is very dark and shady, connoting mystery. His shadow is also cast onto the brick wall which his also looks quite 'horror-like'.

2. The shot was acheived using a Lexus camera? and although a lot of the other shots we took at the time were taken using a tripod this particular shot was hand-held so that I could get in closer to the character. The torch-light affect was acheived using a hand-held pag light, without any filters used over the light.

3. I think one of the strongest points of the shot is the way the one exposed eye is shining in the light and the rest of his face is masked by shadow, this creating a very shady and horrifying effect. I like how the shot is angled so that it looks like he is looking up, almost victim-like, into the lens.

4. In hindsight however, there are quite a few things I would change. The setting with the brick wall was not ideal, as despite the fact that it provided an effective backdrop, the floor was not fitting with the whole 'image' so it had to be shot from a certain angle so as not to include it in the photo. Given the chance to take the shot again I would consider the location more carefully beforehand. Also, I would try and create a more defined outline on the 'torch-light', by going in closer with the pag-light, so it looks more edgy and is more obvious what it is intended to be.