Evaluation 4

Directors Featurette

Priest Final cut trailer

                                                   The final exported version of PRIEST

Evaluation 3

Evaluation 2

Evaluation 1

Evaluation Screening

Priest evaluation screening

Good Points

-Interesting and clear narrative x9 -The addition of sound effects majorly helped the audience to understand the narrative.
-Characters easily identifiable- Largely due to the mise-en-scene, the characters could be easily identified from each other.
-Parallel background music was great, worked with the trailer and built tension x8

- Improved from the rough cut as the music had more menacing connotations. It was also balanced more in order to be more chilling during the slow paced montage and connote tension and fear during the Priest’s speeches.
-Mise-en-scene was good e.g. props, costume, setting etc. x10

- The variety of props and costumes along with the old church location and setting helped to amplify the atmosphere of the trailer and made the trailer look more realistic.
-Body horror was good x5- Similar to the mise-en-scene, it helped to engage the audience and made the trailer look gory and realistic.
-Sound effects were good e.g. Whispering and voice over x11

- Big improvement from the rough cut as the sound effects added more an impact to certain points in the trailer.
-Varied use of cinematography- lots of CU’s and expressionist angles e.g. tilting up on “heaven” x4
-Quick paced montages were used well x2 

-They built tension and kept the audience on the edge of their seat.

-Editing was smooth and transitions were well done x6

- Editing helped to engage the audience as a variety of editing techniques like slow and quick paced montages and collision cutting helped to build tension and fear.
-Intertitles fit with the theme of the trailer and font was good x3

- The intertitles were easy to read and helped convey the narrative to the audience.
-Paced well especially the Priest’s reveal when he talks about ‘the dead’

- the first use of a slow paced montage helped to identify the Priest and establish what his role in the trailer is.

Points to improve
-Intertitles were sometimes hard to read due to the flares or a bit plain x4

- The intertitles can be reworked to remove flares and the font could be changed but most found it easy to read.

-Add a jump scare x11 –Most thought a jump scare was needed in order to shock the audience.
-Body horror could look more realistic x4- Could fix this by redoing the body horror or by changing the lighting in the edit to make the effects look darker and more realistic.
-Collision cutting could be used better x2- The pacing can be reworked so the quick paced montage at the end has more of a build-up.
-Audio could be amplified, improved or synced betterx3- Audio levels can be fixed in the edit as well as the sync.
-Lighting needs tweaking- too dark in some shots and too light in others- The light balance can be fixed in the edit.
-Not sure what female character (Rev. Kerry O’Reilly) had to do it- Her role in the trailer could’ve been explained more. We’d fix this by filming more shots of her and integrating her more into the trailer.

Class scores:
8, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 10, 8, 8, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8

Average score: 8