Review - Rise of the Empires: Ottoman

Review: Rise of the Ottaman - Informative, exciting and aesthetically pleasing

Elements of the Production	Ratings (1-10)	Comments
Overall	7.0	Binge worthy
Story	6.5	The initial intro was a bit patchy otherwise good
Flow	6.0	There is a room for improvement
Production	8.5	Great Job
Aesthetics	7.5	Pleasing
Direction	7.0	Good job
Acting	6.5	At times really good but average over all
Choice of Actors	8.5	According to Characters great match
Set Design	6.0	Depiction of old Turkish homes was excellent
Costumes	6.0	Could have done better
CGs/Effects	7.0	Did the job
Lighting	8.5	Probably a highlight of the production
Photography/Camera work	8.5	The frames at times were exceptional
Audio	8.0	Alright
Music	5.0	Could have been better
Interest/Excitement factor	8.5	Keep watching that’s is the success
Drag factor	3.0	Minimal really
End Sequence	4.0	Could have been better

Rating Scale: 10 being the highest 

The first season of the Rise of Empire is a set of six episodes about the Ottoman Empire. The drama beautifully captures the imagination of the viewers and if you are a student of history or even have a slightest interest in the subject you are in for a treat. The story telling in the initial part of the season was a little confusing but it got better after the actual story sets in however I feel the writers could have done a better job at establishing the character of Sultan Mehmed. Some viewers may find it difficult to map the evolution of the character and its thinking especially when the narration describes him as an extremely secretive while the viewer might have a slightly altered picture of him from earlier episodes.

The production team has done wonders, photography is just outstanding and continuation sequences makes it an amazing effort.. Turkey looks out of the world even those who haven’t seen it can actually feel a connection with it.

The flow was alright but to say that there is room for improvement is a fair comment, the series is aesthetically pleasing overall and the direction team has more or less accomplished the desired results.

The end could have been better it is really a run of the mill ending and gives the impression that the director maybe was in a hurry to wrap things up.