Peer Review Blog

 

        My group and I peer reviewed another group last class. I was really happy to be doing this activity because I feel that getting feedback from other students that are doing the same project, would be very beneficial. The group we peer reviewed did not have a finished project. They had around a minute and twenty seconds with no title sequence. But the plot of the story was still present and understandable. The one thing my group and I really liked about the film was the scary creatures acting. The creature was suppose to be portrayed as a scary and creepy being, and this was done very well. The movement that the person acting as the creature did was perfect and truly added that extra horror feel to the film. We felt that since the creature was the focus point of the film, that the acting and demeanor of the creature was very important and was done very well.
        While we did enjoy the creatures acting and the plot of the story, there were some notes that we would give the group to improve their film. The main thing we noted was the lighting of the film. Trough most of the film the lighting was not good. I could see that they might've wanted dark light to add to the conventions of the horror genre, but this could've been slowly integrated into the film. So we noted that they should reshoot the film and use natural or artificial lighting. We explained how better lighting would completely change the movie for the better by allowing the audience to see the movements more clear and facial expressions. We also noted that they should add some creepy music. The film didn't have much sound and we suggested that maybe some music in the opening sequence would intensify the film and make it scarier overall. I enjoyed this activity and felt that my group and I saw what some people did that we liked and wanted to do and some mistakes that we saw that we should stray away from.