Evaluation

1. working with existing forms and conventions and reworking the familiar:

• At a 'micro', technical level, how well did you observe the conventions continuity, the language of the film and the grammar of the edit?

I preserved continuity by taking an extra person with me to the set of filming with whom I would talk about continuity and the shots this gave me an extra viewpoint additional to myself and the actors who I also met with before and discussed the story this ensure there was a clear story that made sense. I made sure that the titles of the film followed the conventions of the film by using an appropriate font and made an animated background for the titles which were inspired by popular spy films and common sets for spy films

• how many mistakes did you make, and how did you Improve main task, having made errors in the preliminary exercise?

I made a few errors when making my piece. One example of a mistake I made is at 0:42. This was a filming error because when filming I got my actor to stand and complete the action when he should have run up to the camera and then complete the action.

This wasn't something I had not realised until I was editing and whilst it still works and maintains continuity I decided to keep the shot. A common error when filming my preliminary task was that I didn't complete enough shots.

I would think that the shot was ok after one take but later notice an error with the shot. this is something I didn't do with my final piece I made sure that the shot was completed a few times and I watched the clip back before moving on.

• At a more symbolic, 'macro' level, how does your fiction film reflect or challenge the conventions of the genre or type you are working with?

A common convention of the genre is that the spy will often wear a earpiece or have some form of walkie talkie with another person helping them at base with some assistance that gives the spy the edge for example James Bond has M at base and in the radio while he is in pursuit of enemies.

This is the same for my piece and while you don't see the person back at base you do here from them on the radio in the secret agents ear. This is and example of how my piece follows the conventions of the genre. I didn't really challenge the conventions of the spy film genre because I felt like it could detract from the film and leave a viewer confused about the true genre of the film.

• Will it fulfil the 'contractual' nature of the film genre or will it subvert expectations deliberately?

My piece will follow the nature of the genre. I have used a number of items and props that are exclusive to the spy film genre for example the costume of my secret agent is a suit which is a common theme across the genre of film mainly set by the James Bond series. The nature of the film will follow the theme of most spy films because I wanted to create my own spy film.