Audience Feedback 2nd Cut

Editing Update #3

Today we have added in shots of the protagonist walking from his house to his car with the voiceover being played over the top.To create suspense, we have made it so that the protagonist's identity is concealed which I believe creates more tension and makes the audience feel more excited.

We have also been experimenting with titles and have tried to present them in an exciting and interesting way, One of our more complex titles comes onto the screen as the antagonists drive away with the victim in the back of the car. We've created the effect that the title seems to follow the car which looks very clean and fits the scene well. We had to experiment with this a lot to get it to look right so this developed our editing skills and knowledge and will definitely help in future.
 16:9 bars have also been added as well as a colour filter to make the opening sequence look more professional and visually interesting.


What we need to do now is get the final scene filmed and maintain this high standard of filming and editing throughout it. We also need to add in another voice over part for when the victim is on the phone to indicate him to turn around and see the kidnapper who is calling him. We will record another voice memo and apply an effect to it to make it sound like the person is on the phone. We will also make the voice much deeper to further mask the kidnapper's identity which means the police can not trace it. To do this we will use a sound effect.

Audience Feedback

Yesterday, me and my partner James showed the progress we have made on our final product to our class. We are yet to film our final piece of footage so we showed them what we had so far. Thankfully, I can say with confidence that the feedback we received was extremely positive and there were very few constructive criticisms.


The audience enjoyed the way that we edited the scene and more specifically the way in which we timed the editing to match the non-diegetic soundtrack. They also thought that the variety of shots that we used were very interesting and also felt that the pace of the scene was very good and suited the thriller genre well. 


As for improvements, it is very difficult to make the editing match the soundtrack so we will have to spend some time making sure that the sound levels are all the same and that the main parts that we want to match are edited and trimmed very precisely to make the product the best possible standard that it can be. We were also told to continue at the same high standard when filming our final scene to make sure we can make the product the best it can be.

Editing Update #2

We've now managed to not only to fit the dramatic soundtrack into the scene, but we've also made it so that it puts emphasis on certain shots by raising the volume at certain points. This makes the audience feel on edge and eager to find out what will happen to the person in the scene and also makes the scene more intense and exciting. We had to take a lot of time trimming and editing the soundtrack to fit the scene but after a while we managed to get it exactly how we wanted and are now very pleased with it. Furthermore, we've added in the opening dialogue over the black screen at the very beginning of our product. In this part, the protagonist talks about 'trust' and how 'he should not be trusted' which fits his personality of being intelligent with a sinister element about him. Next we will add in some shots of the protagonist while the voiceover is played in the background to make it more visually interesting.

Filming/Editing Update #1

Today I have started to edit the kidnapping scene with my partner James, we are exploring different effects and techniques and our product is starting to look very slick and professional.

Last weekend, me, James and one of our actors called Tony went down to a quiet woodland area to film the kidnapping scene for our product. The setting was well lit and surrounded by trees which meant that we were able to keep the camera quality high and clear whilst also maintaining an eerie atmosphere. We stuck to our shooting script as much as we could but when we were filming, we found ourselves creating other higher level shots which made our product more visually interesting and exciting so we did change some shots. I really enjoyed the experience, as I did last year, because some of the shots we achieved were difficult to capture but when we eventually got them they looked very good and I felt a sense of pride when I started to edit them. One shot in particular which I am very happy with is one where the kidnappers close in on the victim and as they get up they step on the camera so the screen goes black. As soon as this happens we see the victim walking over the camera too and this shows the change in location from the kidnappers watching the victim, to the victim casually walking down the path.

As for the editing, so far me and James have focussed on getting the scene into chronological order so that we can easily add in the extra scenes that we need to film. We have also concentrated on editing the scene very finely to make it look sharp and enable continuity. Furthermore, we've found a dramatic and intense soundtrack on YouTube which compliments the scene perfectly and creates the suspenseful tone which we were aiming for. So far we are very pleased with how our product is looking and we want to continue this high standard when filming and editing the rest of it.  

 

Detailed Planning

Detailed planning from owenmassey

Ident Ideas

Storyboard (Photographic)

Storyboard (Drawn)

Final Shooting Script