Peer Assessment

Ed (lecturer):

• Darren goes out of sync at one point.
• Ben’s voice over needs to be louder.
• You have repeated shots.  
• It feels long - can you shorten the interviews a little bit - aim to get this down to 3mins30s.

James (lecturer):

• There are a couple of shots that you could tighten up a little
• The voice over is a little shaky at times
• Part way through the film becomes more of an advert for electric mobility and needs a little balance to the argument.

However, for the level this is a fantastic piece  of work. You completed this, for the most part independently and have done a great job - on the camera work, the audio and the editing.

Steve (lecturer):
Firstly, you have managed to produce a good quality job, largely by yourself. You should be pleased with yourself. Because you have obviously worked on this with care and diligence, I have written a lengthy reply. .

Overall
If this is intended to be biased, then you have achieved that, but it  is not balanced.
My feeling is that this is probably a 45 seconds too long. I don’t really need to see the car being parked. It doesn’t give me any more information.
I think you should cite your information sources.

Camerawork. 
There appears to be no reason for not using a tripod or other support throughout this film, but you have chosen in a few places not to and there are some shaky shots that distract from the film.
Your framing and camera position is usually good, but you rely on a lot of wide angle shots that distort things - such as Darren’s hands. If you could, this would have been better shot from a distance with the lens zoomed in.
The entire sequence with Darren has a socket at the top of the screen. This is distracting.
Some of your shots are duplicate.

Electric car
While I will accept your findings, I still find the financial arguments suspect; is it really cheaper to buy and own?
You don’t present the alternatives, nor do you mention the downsides to electric cars.

Sound
Inconsistent and hard to hear at points. However a fine editing out of Ben’s urs and ums.

Titles:
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Leanne (lecturer): 

• Great shots, particularly like the shots of the Electric Car!
• Good Interview with Darren, could perhaps be cut a little shorter at times and maybe could've interviewed someone else to get a bit of variety but what he was saying was clear and linked to your shots.
• The music works really well and changes with each section of your piece, could you make it slightly quieter towards the second half where Darren is speaking because it is tricky to hear him at times.
• The narration works really well and is clear to understand.
• Well done Harry!

John: 

• Good interview 
• Good quality camera shots
• Used the same shot twice
• The first music was a bit too loud

Ben:

• Amazing voice over. needs to be louder though. 
• Had some great shots. Liked the one where you cut from watching the car drive off to being in the car. 
•  Audio was cut together nicely, very smooth. 
• There was just enough information not to be overwhelmed. And not too little that it made me nod off.  

Kerri:

• Really well edited
• But I feel you do have a lot of unnecessary bits in there and could be a bit shorter
• The voice over works really well
• Good interview - but could cut bits out
• Overall, really well and I enjoyed watching :)