Response to Criticism

I think that both the criticisms are very positive and fair, although maybe not as harsh as perhaps I would have viewed my own work.
I agree with what both comments said about how our conventions are portrayed in the clip, through mise en scene such as the briefcase, and our attempt to create a contrast between the two characters and suggest things about them through the costuming.
I also agree with James' criticism that the location could have been much more secretive for the genre, and for the final exercise, this is something we will certainly take note of. I agreed with his criticism of the lighting as well, as admittedly, we didn't put very much effort into the lighting, as it is hard to achieve suitable lighting in a lesson due to the set up time and the limited amount of time we had for the preliminary exercise. Nonetheless, we shall take note of the criticism and attempt to use more appropriate lighting in the final exercise.
I am happy with the other comments that compliment our use of techniques and fulfillment of the exercise's requirements, although I do believe that we did break the 180 degree rule slightly too often. The effect of the breaking is relatively minor, but I feel that if we did the same for the final piece of work, it would probably detract from our grade, so in future, we will have to try harder to keep in with both the conditions of the exercise and basic continuity editing.
Overall, I am pleased with our comments and how positive they seem to be, and I look forward to the final project, in which we will try much harder to refine and improve on our work.