Deconstruction of First Shots

The following shots are mistakes that we should be conscious about ;-

For the first two shots, we noticed some shots mistakes and how bad the choice of shots used. In the first shot, Amber, our actor, looks into the camera as she turns to look at whats going on behind her. And the second screenshot used is a hand held shot of the sand as it turns to Amber in the distance. After watching it a few times in post production it is evident that the shot was unnecessary and boring for the viewer. The viewer will easily lose attention since the shot goes on for 3-5s. As well as, a non moving long shot of Amber would be far more professional looking, and more interesting to the viewer since it portrays the characters loneliness.

Here we can see another bad hand held shot of the sand, and its straight after the previous shot. This is very boring and could make the viewer not interested in continuing the movie. Multiple shots of such a plain environment, is extremely uncommon. I think for a cut to happen without any dialogue the viewer should learn something new to at least foreshadow upcoming events.

Here there was a mistake in the editing in post production, since in a cut her scarf went from being off her head to back on. We should look out for mistakes like this in our editing before finalising our final film.