Manaiakalani Film Festival Review

Our teacher Miss Berry told us to write about one of the Manaiakalani Film Festival Movies and write a review about it. We had to contain what the movie was about, camera shots that were used and the amount of lighting, could you understand what the movie was about and was the editing any good. I hope you enjoy. Room 5’s film is about being Cyber Smart at our digital school and to avoid the influence from using a phone during the school hours. This is one way not to be Cyber Smart because there is no teacher to view the things that you're on. This is a funny film to some pupils and is suitable for children aged 10+. Younger children will not understand the meaning of the message towards this film because they won’t have phones at their age. This film has some people thinking why didn’t they provide information for younger kids to understand. The film has slang words that younger kids won’t really understand the meaning of it. Words like gap it eahh and care which are words that are really hard to understand. The script didn’t tell us what the story was about until you had read the title. This could be confusing for a younger audience. The lighting was not consistent during this film because some shots were darker than others. In one scene the lighting was a bit darker than the others but it was still good to watch. Angles they use was mostly full body shots and head shots which were awesome in the movie. The set for the film was just the right place for it and went with the story. One of the scenes was in the playground and had the actors playing on the mobile and hiding from the teachers so that made sense. Their costume was the school uniform to show that they were at school at the time and was appropriate for the making. The film flowed really well and the length of the film was just right. I am overwhelmed on the progress that this class has given us and can’t wait till they make another film to entertain us. I’m giving this film a rating of 3.5 because the film was good but they could've made it much better if they explained the story more thoroughly and at the end