Silent Movie

My group's Project was called "Kill Sam" a action comedy. I thought the movie went well with the jokes working and the action being ok for this kind of production. The strongest part would be the acting. I don't think it would have worked half as well if we did not have actors who were willing to act as crazily as they did. The jokes in the Movie were all physical and silly and without silly physical actors it wouldn't have worked at all. The worst part was the action, especially the fight between me and Jaden. It was at times slow and unexciting for something that is suppose to be thrilling though that's due more to our production value which was nonexistent. What really could have been better was the cinematography, it was very flat in my opinion. Most of the movie was shot at a distance from the actors and it it worked for the first scene because of the symmetry and action. I feel it was used to much for the second half of the movie, with only a couple of close ups. The camera at times did not entirely capture all of the action but all in all it was used effectively. The other group's project, in my opinion, wasn't the greatest. I thought some of the jokes fell flat and while I actually knew what was happening I couldn't follow all the stories because the camera was too far away. I could follow the main plot of the incompetent flight attendant but the second story on the right was impossible to really follow due to acting and as mentioned before the far away camera shot. I thought it was good story though and if it had been executed better I think it could have been better than our group's project in terms of plot and jokes. My performance was good for what we were doing. I excelled at acting outrageously and exaggerated. I could certainly work on my fake fighting skills because they are not the best. Most of what I had to do was easy, probably because there was no dialogue and no dramatic scenes. It was certainly was a lot of fun, I think the only part that was challenging was the synchronized dancing because I had to figure out what was funny for such a simplistic routine. I learned that I could have been even more exaggerated and that when you use a prop in a unusual way it looks great.