Marking Previous Work

                                Marking previous work

We looked at some previous work from other schools and AS/A-level students who had made film openings. We 

looked at three in total. One being 'CAPTIVE', another 'Faceless' and the last one was called 'Rivalry' . The first 

two were horror based, which is the same genre as ours will be and the last one was a different genre.

By looking at previous pieces of work showed us some of the standards of different peoples work and how or if 

they reached level four when we marked them. Level one was 0-23 marks, 24-35 marks was a level two and 

level three was 36-47. All of them was level two and three.



Faceless

The first one we viewed was 'Faceless' which was made by A-level students under the genre of horror. Where 

we gave it the following marks -



Material appropriate to target audience - 8/10

Titles conventional/appropriate - 7/10

Sound/images and technical editing - 8/10

Camera work/framing/variety of shot  types/mise en scene - 8/10

Editing for meaning/transitions effects - 8/10

Overall feel - 8/10


Giving it an overall score of 46/60 which would fit into a very high level three, as there is evidence of 

proficiency in creative use of technical skills for example producing material appropriate for the audience and 

using titles appropriately for the conventions.  It could have included all credits as a few was not shown.


CAPTIVE

The second one we decided to view was also a horror made by a AS student. We marked this piece of work 

exactly the same 



Material appropriate to target audience - 9/10

Titles conventional/appropriate - 9/10

Sound/images and technical editing - 9/10

Camera work/framing/variety of shot  types/mise en scene - 9/10

Editing for meaning/transitions effects - 9/10

Overall feel - 10/10


We gave this one an overall sore afterwards too, this opening was by far the better of the two as it scored 55/60. 

It met all of the technical skills to a high level. They was all met very well and it fitted perfect for the target 

audience it was aimed at, however it was still slightly like a trailer which the sound effects, although that was 

the only real negative of it.



Rivalry

The last opening we looked at was a different genre to the other two which were horror therefore we knew this 

would have a different audience. We marked it on the following this - 



Material appropriate to target audience - 7/10

Titles conventional/appropriate - 5/10

Sound/images and technical editing - 4/10

Camera work/framing/variety of shot  types/mise en scene - 6/10

Editing for meaning/transitions effects - 5/10

Overall feel - 6/10


This film opening, overall we scored as a 33/60 which is just over half marks putting it in level two overall. There 

was little things that could have been improved, for example the title was too quick, the music didn't fit that well 

and it was a little bit boring and repetitive throughout the whole opening.



If we was to list the most effective and was to list them in order of which we prefer the most it would be - 

1. CAPTIVE
2. Faceless
3. Rivalry

By looking at these openings we was able to gain experience of the kind of things appearing in these openings 

and what other students have included. The first two was very beneficial for us to watch as it is the same genre 

as we are going to be using for our two minute film opening. We have seen what marks are graded for specific 

things, for our own production these marks will stay with us so we can try to hit the top bands when producing 

our opening.