Star persona video feedback and learner response

Teacher's feedback:

WWW:

• Very good choice of music
• Excellent concept
• Excellent make-up
• Use of costume (wig)
• Props - cigarette holder
• Attention + detail - beauty spot
• "Gender is a performance"
• Use of sound effects
• Jump cuts
• Humour

EBI:

• Too long: faster edit
• Setting
• Lighting

Peer feedback:

WWW:

• Excellent editing
• Use of sound effects
• Make-up
• Editing
• Fade in and out of music

EBI:

• Too long
• Setting

Self Assessment:

WWW:

• Editing
• Music (fade in and out)
• Concept
• Make-up
• Props
• Costume
• Sound-effects
• Humour

EBI:

• Too long
• Setting
• Lighting

Overall, I think our transformation was successful. Our use make-up and props created a convincing and humorous take on a femme fatale, especially with the excellent performance from Manav. The scenes at the end, such as the smoking and kiss, further created a convincing performance.

My moodboard gave me ideas on what props could be used to further emphasise the character of a femme fatale, such as the smoking stick. There were also certain features such as the mole and red lipstick that were helpful in completing the look.

To improve in the future, I know I need to follow the instructions on how long the video should be. My video was too long, so to fit it into around 2 minutes I can speed up the initial speed transformation at the beginning, to leave time for the slowed down scenes at the end, and also trim down how long the scenes at the end were. I think the fade in and out of the music, as well as the music choice, helped the video technically. The cuts and sound effects (to censor the swearing) were also good, however in the future I could perhaps have smoother transitions.

Regarding the importance of mise-en-scene to character, narrative and the creation of star personas in film and television, I learnt how important setting and lighting can be in setting a mood. We could have used back lighting to imply a more mysterious mood; furthering the femme fatale aesthetic. The setting could have also been changed, perhaps using a dark curtain as a background instead of the school whiteboard.