Review
Take Your Chances from Samuel Harris on Vimeo.
Sam used found footage really effectively in his film, it was all relevant and enhanced his portrait without feeling unnatural. His interview subject was really interesting and well spoken. The editing was really impressive, especially when creating the grid of found footage. I also appreciated how he matched shots, that’s some great cinematography!
This portrait was quite visually impressive, the colours and lighting especially in the scenes shot outdoor were really lovely and with limited knowledge of the subject I would say reflective of their temperament. The found footage was used quite naturally , the editing wasn’t jolting. If I was to make one criticism it would be that the framing of some shots was a tiny bit too small and the subjects head was sliced off, other than that it was great.
I think the ‘day in the life’ format was a really great choice and worked well with the introduction to the participant at the start. In some of the interview shots at the beginning the colour goes a bit wavy, but other than that it’s very technically proficient. Using footage of the participant with a voice over other than just a sit down interview was a great way to engage the audience.
This is comes of as a very professional ‘in the studio’ interview with an artist. The music (which i think is from the band) is really well suited to the tone of the portrait. The B roll footage is really well used and impressive.