In the tute we screened a short film called Rolling – a film made in Film-TV1 a few years ago.

The film Rolling has elements that are successful as well as elements that are poor.

The elements that I found most effective were the dialogue, acting and actual storyline of the film.

The dialogue was simple and straight forward. It played it’s role perfectly in telling the story, so the story did not rely solely on dialogue, however was not only told through filming techniques. The balance was great.

The acting in the film was effective too. I felt that the acting was not too overstated for TV as a lot of acting in non professional films is. The film was well cast and the actors looks and physicality suited the characters well.

The storyline was also strong and perfect for a 5 min.

The major flaws I found with the film were a few technical things that I thought made the film slightly hard to watch. These were with the sound and the lighting. I found  that the lighting was a bit harsh and wasn’t aesthetically pleasing, this could have been because of the location but was something that could probably been have overcome by some better planning.