Rough Cut

Our Rough Cut:


We finished editing the rough cut. There is no added sound and the clips are edited together roughly. This is because the rough cut is just meant to give you an idea of what the finished text will look like. As Katie wasn't at the filming she did most of the editing. We had to change some of the shots from our storyboard around. These are the shots that are in the rough cut that differ from the storyboard.

The first change we made was to move the over the shoulder blade cleaning shot around. We did this because we felt it looked better and created a better atmosphere this way. We then changed the angle we filmed certain shots at, for example in the shot were the serial killer is moving Polaroids around, this was originally an over the shoulder shot, we changed this though as it was easier to film from a different angle and represented what we wanted to better. This is because you can only see what is on the Polaroids slightly creating an air of mystery. Following this shot is another change we made. Instead of zooming in directing from the over the shoulder shot we filmed an over the shoulder shot of the serial killer holding the Polaroid. This is because with the zoom effect the detail would be lost and the screen would become blurry and would break the audiences immersion in the text. We also changed the some of the shots during the murder scene, this was mainly because of the location. We were limited to were we could film these shots and so changed the angles from the storyboard. We felt though that this worked in our favour as it created a better effect. We took out the scene were the serial killers face is shown as we couldn't disguise it well enough for his face to remain a mystery. This again we feel worked well as the shots we put in stop you from seeing the serial killers face, which was the effect we wanted to create.

For the detective scenes, we only changed a few shots. We removed the one of the detective yawning as this slowed down the text to much. We also added an extreme high angle shot, in were the detective is buttering toast. This may seem like a weird shot choice but we feel it works quite well. We also removed the shot of the detective walking out of the house, this was because of several reasons. The first was because we didn't film it exactly how we wanted it to and the second is that it slowed down the text to much, creating a negative effect we felt. We also added a few extra shots when the detective is opening the case file.

There will also have to be several changes from the rough cut to the final cut. The first has to be cutting down how long the text is, at the moment it is 2:10 this is 10 seconds over the allotted time and needs to be cut down to 2:00. We are also moving the 'The Final Cut' title sequence from the begging to the end. Some clips will be cut down and edited together better as well as having sound effects like thunder and the alarm clock added in. The begging scenes with serial killer and the murder will also have to be made into to night time shots. This can be done with editing software. We are also considering adding a black and white effect to the same scenes. Music will also be added to the detective scenes, we are still looking for the right piece of music a the moment.