What feedback have I got for the brief 3 Media portrait of someone?

What is good about the portrait is how my shots look, especially the filters for the credits background. My peers also like the comedic side in the narrative, thought it is funny to compare the person with found footage animals. The music also gives humour which adds the matching footages of Samuel’s actions and the actions of animals presented.

The portrait could be better if there is and indication or a connection between the plane footages among the others. As it is unclear that planes are the interests, the footages of Samuel picking fossils on the beach could be shown clearer by indicating that he is a geology student. Therefore, what could have been done is recording an interview and actually telling the audience about who Samuel is rather than showing a pure ambiguity on screen.

Another point to improve is that I could have used opacity in my montage like what Jac Meddings did on his work. This is an alternative to show the background when instead of it being covered by the an opaque overlapped montage, make it transparent to emerge the images.

I like Emma Armstrong’s footage of the sledge ride in the dark, which gives the scary feeling of the unknown. It also gives meaning in symbolising the trauma experienced by the person interviewed. Ali’s insight to his interviewee’s life in a more intimate way is interesting as he shoots him in his own room and place. Finally, in Jack Conor’s black and white videos, he has  used hand held camera movements to show the artworks which gives more significance or drama to the piece.