Media Awards

Trill:
As the atmosphere of the overall production was dangerous, the setting used helped create the dangerous atmosphere. The lighting, at the beginning was high key lighting to show that it was day-time but it built up tension when the lighting changed to low key lighting as the audience can see that the low key lighting foreshadows the terrible events that will follow when the character who seemed to be the villain, finds the protagonist.The facial expressions and body language of the actors were also very effective as the villain looked very intimidating and the close up shot of his hand clenching emphasizes his strong character. The watch and the gun were also very effective props used to convey what was happening in the scenes. As the villain waited to receive his package, the close up of the watch showed that it passed the time and enigma codes are created as to what the villain was going to do and how it will affect the protagonist. When the villain took out the gun, it creates action codes as the audience know that he will shoot the protagonist. There is also a binary opposition of good vs evil created as the protagonist doesn't want to do anything bad whereas the villain is persistent in dong whatever he can to get his package, even if it includes violent actions.


Insincere:
The most memorable aspect of the production was that there was no diegetic sound but only non diegetic as the only sound was the voice over of the protagonist. As the scene was a flashback, the voice over was very important to make the events happen a lot quicker to keep the scenes from the past, very minimal. Also, as the flashback scenes were edited to be black and white, the fact that the events are only memories becomes more apparent. The costume of the characters were smart-wear to show off that they were businessmen and as they were drinking beer, it made them seem mature. The lighting used changed from high key lighting to low key lighting to show the change of relationship between the protagonist and his business partner. The low key lighting used when the business partner was tied up in the garage reinforces the meaning of the title that the protagonist was never sincere about his business partner who was like a brother to him. There were various close up shots used to show different stages of their relationship such as the close up of the signatures show their partnership whereas the close up shot of the tied up hands show that the strong relationship no longer exists and the protagonist is trying to get rid of his 'partner'.

F Block: 
As the overall setting of the production was at school, the costume and make up were very natural as they wore casual clothes like a sixth former would wear. Also the lighting used was mainly high key lighting to emphasize the absence of seriousness in the production.The actor's facial expressions and body language also showed their individuality and personality which makes the audience identify with different characters. There was music playing in all the scenes where there was no dialogue and although there were scenes where the characters were playing instruments, most of the sound was non-diegetic but also parallel with what was happening in the scene. The camera movement was the most memorable aspect of the production. There seemed to be a point of view, tracking shot used when each of the characters were introduced as the camera seemed to be going through the school, shooting the different characters through the point of view of another student. The editing was also very good as the irrelevant travelling around the school was sped up and when it the camera came to the characters, it slowed down to show importance. Also, when all three different ways the character's got ready for school was edited in one shot, it showed the different personalities which helped the story line when they discussed what was the best type of music.