Evaluation Question 1

I believe the continuity in our film was done to a correct and sufficient standard . Upon reflection, I believe there were slight continuity errors; although they were barely noticable, they still were apparant after we read our audience feedback. One example which was given was that when Holly runs away from Harley's house, the bag she ran down the stairs with dissapears when she runs out of the house. To rectify this we would have had to re shoot the shot, something which we did not have time to do. Moreover, there is a shot right at the start of the film where a man appears behind Holly, but in the close up he is no longer there. However, again it was barely noticable. These errors could have easily been corrected, they did not affect our films quality. We did not break any continuity rules however on purpose, as this did not fit with our films narrative.

Our film genre, being drama, does challange some conventions sof a normal drama film. For example, in my expirience, dramas generally contain adult characters, as adult characters provide greater depth in their character, more can be done with them compared with a teenager for example, the adult generally has more life expirience hence more to talk about. We see this with the 2009 film 'Uncertain' which contains two adults as its main characters. However our film only has teenagers in it, no adults are present at any time. Morevover, our film challenges the genre by the relatively happy ending we have, Normally in drama films, there is a sense of tragedy, revenge, or some sort of dark theme. Although our film does have some of these features (the main character is a thief), our films ending is resolved easily, with no complications. Most drama films end on uncertainty, you only have to look at the Italian Job which ends on a cliffhanger, even the original Rocky, where Rocky loses the fight but still gains pride, it's a bitter sweet ending, however our film is resolved clearly.

Our film sticks to drama conventions also, by having twists and turns throughout the narrative, tense scenes, and scenes of sadness, such as when our main character Holly breaks down and cries at the thought of her betrayal and the thought of living on the streets. This is also a convention of drama films, challenging issues within society, such as homelessness and having to thieve in order to survive.

I believe we try to provide audience pleasure, through the suspense and tension we create, in scenes such as where our protagonist burgles someones house, and the home owner catches her. I believe we do this very well, through rhythmic editing in the robbing a house scene, and also when we use shots which provide twists, such as the zoom on the photo which reveals Holly has burgled the house of her love interest. Also, I believe the audience gains pleasure from our ending, where everything is seemingly resolved. Moreover, we use aspects which support Richard Dyers theory of entertainement. An example of this is where Holly states she is a thief, why she is a thief and what she does to be a thief. This shows transparancy, she is being honest with the audience, not confusing them or being implicit in what she is saying, she is being explicit and telling the audience what is what at the start of the film.

In terms of the language of film and editing, we did use rhytmic editing at certain times throughout our film. This was used in order to create a dramatic effect, particularly in scenes where we tried to create an atmosphere of tensiom. An example of this can be seen where out main protagonist, Holly, burgles Harley's house. The eiting is slow as with the music, but when Harley comes home, the editing increases in pace, along with the music.