Peer Review Blog: Watching Others

   Last class, the AICE Media teacher left the class with instructions on how the peer review assignment should be completed. First, everyone must have their film on a jump drive so that it can be viewed by others. After figuring out which group you're watching, your group and you must watch the video while filling out a peer review sheet. The peer review sheet checks to see if the individuals you are peer-reviewing have met all the requirements in their production and if you liked it as a whole. The group that my classmates and I viewed was a young girl who was in a group by herself. In her film, she used friends and family members as actors and filmed herself. While the storyline was somewhat hard to interpret, it was focused on a girl who stayed inside the house her whole life and was attacked the minute she stepped foot outside. What I personally liked about the film was the fact that she chose a movie idea that was out of the norm. You don't typically find films with the story of someone staying inside all the time and getting attacked when they finally leave. That was a creative idea.

    In addition, I also liked the use of various locations and lightning in her film. The bedrooms she filmed had low lighting, while the kitchen had a brighter tone. The scene of the girl outside had a darker tone which represented the thrill that took place. The darkness outside was associated with the girl being attacked by the evil lurking in the dark. The last thing I liked about the film was the props she used. My favorite prop was the garbage can because it signaled that something was going to happen. First, it began to rumble and then the scared girl looked back it and someone jumped out of it at her. That was a great use of an object that seems so plain. While I did like many things about the individual's film, there are things I think need to be corrected. To begin with, the audio was extremely low. Originally, when watching the film we put the video on the highest volume possible. However, the sound didn't budge and I strained to hear the dialogue taking place in the film. This is a big issue because the dialogue is a necessity in our movie openings. The story being drawn out is another issue with the film. The film was mainly surrounded around the being in the bedroom. This made the person I reviewed seem as if her film didn't have any substance to it. The last thing I suggest being corrected is the quality of the video. The film was shot in poor quality possibly from the camera or the phone. The also buffered a lot meaning it most likely wasn't rendered. Rendering it will compile all the clips and improve the smoothness of the video.