Below is our first rough edit of our final Thriller Production.
Areas for improvement:
1) We have found several options for a soundtrack and they will be on our blogs soon. At the minute, our edit just features diegetic sound so we need to get the non-diegetic music into the edit as soon as possible
2) Our edit at the moment has a distinct lack of pace. What we should be aiming for is the pace achieved in the opening of Danny Boyles: Shallow Grave (1994) (see below) . To achieve this we will reduce the length of and if necessary remove entirely some clips to give our edit more pace and intensity.
3) We believe our edit isn't powerful enough for the opening to a feature film. We think the idea may be too simple, but we're are still sitting on the fence. We are going to try adding a claustrophobic space i.e. a kitchen that we can cut back to and from the scene in the woods. We believe this will have a greater impact on the audience and something we will storyboard and experiment with soon.
Well done for posting your first cut onto your blog. There is an improvement since your very first cut. I think with additional footage i.e. kitchen etc this will ground your thriller opening in reality plus add suspense.
ReplyDeleteGreat location, a variety of camera angles, some of the diegetic sound of wild life adds realism, but perhaps quicker cuts.
Title not at the end but nearer the beginning as this is the opening to a film and title is conventionally towards the beginning, after the name of blah blah film company presents a "Winterburn Film", actors names and title of film.
Will discuss in class.
File under G321 Thriller Planning.
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