Note taking from Screening : 17/3

True grit :: Opening Scene :: Victoria, Constance, Ambrose, Emma, Alvin

-constance - two characters in same scene?

-missing gunshot sounds

-weather

-lots of different scenes
-cutting the camera before the shot ended (causing camera shaking)
-opening shot credits had good background

-good scene setup in the 2nd scene (desk/office scene)
-costumes matching mise en scene

True Grit Video

Fistful of dollars :: 3 coffins scene :: Alex, Tiffany, Erica, Daniel, Oswin

-some shots were out of focus, camera shaking

-Audio voiceover unrealistic (in the beginning)

-matching lipsync

-original scene was deserted, but there was people walking around in this scene
-visual effects (color, etc)
-managing sets well
-suspense created through shooting
-stepping into the frame worked well (good camera tracking)
-costumes matching mise en scene
-music volume too high (sometimes)
-not enough ambient noise (?)

The good the bad and the ugly :: Last scene - mexican standoff :: Ian, Gabriel, Daniel, Enrique

-music : dramatic, able to draw out suspense

-costumes (daniel: black jacket, hat, boots) (ian: white shirt, scarf?)

sound lost of sync?

lots of editing

off-horizon shot (not using rule of thirds, bushes blocking the shot)
-title credits used western fonts
-good transitions

3/10 to Yuma :: 4/11 scene - Captured in Bisbee :: Hugo, Dominic, Isabelle, Sirena (with Tiffany and Alvin)

-background noise (bus, wind)

-outdoors, original scene was indoors (saloon)

-cloudy and sunny days

-shaky camera

-weird ending cut

-unable to add mise en scene - no where to hang guns etc

-could not find a good location
-costumes matching mise en scene
-footage not synced well
-the box to step up on was unnoticeable by the audience (leveling the actors because of height difference)
-bad transition (loud to soft voices and soft to loud voices)