Evaluation

Overall, I am quite happy with the way our short experimental film has turned out. I think that we have used a variety of shots and an interesting style of editing to portray the desired following concept:

  A man's unprovoked madness. A simple eye drives the man within 'A Heart's Tale' to become a deranged 'creature' as he creeps into an innocent old man's room each and every night. Our experimental film depicts the mans life through an artificial way, with the use of what could be interpreted as a 'make-believe' house or simply one that in his mind is extraordinary yet very simple. We have demonstrated this with the use of a floor plan that gives the feel of a theatrical performance from the characters. The use of dark tones in contrast to bright and over exposed shots links in with the man's changing personality as we almost feel sorry for him as he talks of how the old man's "vulture eye" increases his anger. The constant dull notes distorted from what was originally a simple plucking of strings from a guitar adds to the films sinister style.

Although I am happy with the film as a whole, I still feel that elements could be improved. These being:

• The overall quality of the footage - Possibly because it was shot in such a dark space?
• The dialogue recording - It took a lot of time to reduce the noise in the background, however I do like the almost echoed effect
• The lack of shots - More footage would mean a better result, we would have had more to play with and a greater amount of versions to get the best bits from.