Research - Previous Student Work

Analyzing a previous students work

“Stuck” by canopy climbers

When analysing this student’s work, I used the OCR marking criteria. The quality of this video is very high as it shows they used a good and high quality camera. They have used a wide variety of camera angles which include, close-up, long-shot, mid-shot. They also show very good camera control and the video is always in focus, and is extremely steady. This gives the video a very professional feel. There is a good variation of lighting used and includes both natural bright light and dark lighting using fire a spotlight and giving the video an edge, which enhances the quality of the video. They have used a large variety of locations, which shows a lot of planning and organisation went into the making of the video. The locations also fit well with the story line of the video. They have clearly thought about the actor used to portray the main character, which fits the video and lyrics. They have used very good editing for this video such as fast scene changes, speeding up shots such as the cloud scene at the beginning. As well as decreasing the vibrancy of the video. The lip syncing is very good and is to a high professional quality. The video is overall very clear and they have clearly taken the lyrics, visuals, and music into consideration when making this video, to create a excellent and professional video.

“It’s too late now” by ultrabeat v Darren  

When analysing this student’s work, I used the OCR marking criteria. The camera work is steady which shows some professional quality, however is still very basic. They have used some different camera angles including close-up, long and mid shot. However these are very basic and doesn’t show a professional quality of camera angles. There is evidence of technical skills such as having more than one shot in  a single frame however, it is not done to a professional quality as the separate videos are squished together in the one frame and looks very unprofessional and poor. The editing doesn’t really fit the video and some of the lip syncing is out, and the actors haven’t paid attention to their facial expression and body language as they look very awkward and again takes away the quality of the video. They have used a variety of locations which shows good planning and organisation, however some of the locations don’t make sense and gives the video a bad professional quality. As well as this they haven’t paid much attention to the type of lighting used and could of had a variety of different lightings. This video is overall not very professional, as although the story line is clear they haven’t paid much attention to the professional quality of the video.

“Disco Lights” by

When analysing this student’s work, I used the OCR marking criteria. From the beginning of the video the poor quality of the video is obvious as the camera work is out of focus and isn’t steady, and shows poor camera skills. They have a variety of different locations which shows some planning. However there is evidence of not much planning as one location is in what looks like a school corridor as they haven’t paid attention to what is in the background. This makes the video look very unprofessional. This location also does not fit with the story line of the video, which shows they haven’t planned or organised the video properly. The lip syncing is to a basic standard as there are some parts where the actor looks as though he has forgotten the words, however is in sync most of the time. The actor hasn’t paid much attention to his facial expression as at points in the video he smiles as though he is going to laugh which makes the video look very unprofessional. He also doesn’t make eye-contact with the camera and therefore does not engage with the audience. they have given little thought to the editing of the video as a lot of the shots are out of focus and look like they have been filmed on a phone. the editing of the corridor scene doesn’t fit with the video and looks rather random. They have however shown some technical skills with the cutting at appropriate moments throughout the video. Overall the professional quality is poor and little knowledge is shown throughout the video.