Phantom of the Opera

The film 'The Phantom of the Opera' uses a variety of interesting colours and lighting. At the start of the opening, where the title is introduced, the screen is candle lit orange probably introducing the time this film is set in. This is then supported by the black and white footage shown after. From then on, the lighting is very subtle but it appears that the theatre lights are shining either directly or partly on the important people such as the auctioneer, the man holding the lot and the old man. Also the chandlierhas a very bright light shining on it, when it is covered by a sheet, which emphasises its value and makes it the centre of attention.

'Feed the fish' Evaluation

For our 'feed the fish' task, we filmed shots of Daniel walking into the school and then up to one of the art rooms where I was waiting. In the next scene, we did the whole dialogue where I asked him, "Have you fed the fish?"and he answered,
"Yes"and then I set him up for his next task.
Our film was quite successful: we came well prepared with the right costumes (suits) and followed all the right stages of the story. I believe the acting went quite well: Daniel in a rush was quite convincing and my posture and character was very boss-like. There were ,however, certain areas that could easily be improved such as the continuity as our filming time went over two days and on the first day, Daniel was wearing smart shoes and on the second day he was wearing trainers. In addition there were problems with the sound: some of the key pieces of dialogue could not be heard clearly as the microphone was not strong enough and the background noise drowned out some of the actor's speech. This could have been improved by either a better microphone or the actors being closer to the camera. There was also a minor slight problem with the wardrobe where my shirt was hanging out on one side giving the wrong impression of a crime boss.