Product Research - The Hunt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bklkHHKI_1s

''Media Studies Main Task (The Hunt), filmed for our AS Coursework, in Weybridge, Surrey.''

This was the best example of an As Media video main task we could find. I think the opening is very effective, the murder is shot with a nice filter that gives it a good ambience, and I like the effect of the black screens with titles against short bursts of video. The tense music in the background and the non-diagetic sound of the voice clips helps build up the atmosphere and create a very proffesional looking, effective music. Coupled with the repeated shots of the dead body and the voice clips summerising the father's life, this would not look out of place in a cinema, being broadcast as a proper film. The only thing that lets down the look and flow of the movie is the occasional shakycam shots, and there is some bad use of the camera which makes parts of the clip look amatuerish and drags the whole thing down. I would also lose the last close up of the main actor's face during his phone conversation as this looks and sounds cheesey and drops any credibility and reality the video has built up.
Overall this is a very good video and has made me think about following in the same idea and building on the black screen/movie transitions.