Evaluation of Rough cut

Evaluation of Rough cut

As a whole I think the rough cut of the title sequence is structure of the sequence is good and displays the narrative well and gives a good insight of the mood and themes that arise within our idea and is fitted for the thriller genre. I feel the order of shots works really well to build tension and works in the portrayal of the narrative. The order of shots follows a similar order to our original plan but doesn’t follow the storyboard exactly shot for shot, this is because in editing as we were constructing the shots we felt that some shots were out of place and alternative shots flowed more naturally with the order of the sequence.

When viewing the rough cut it is clear that we are going to need to redo some shots due to bad lighting, sloppiness of camera work. But there was some good shots of the laptop when the serial killer is typing as the lighting is dark with only the light from the screen and with the over the shoulder shot the light creates an almost silhouette of the serial killer which is nice and adds to the scary and mysterious atmosphere. 

The was various shot used to make the opening dynamic and i think the quick cuts from shot to shot in the beginning of our opening in the serial killer's bedroom was effective to creating the quick pace and to create a jumpiness to the start which is typical of thriller films to contrast with the longer shot of the serial killer perusing the girl which built up tension slowly before the final shot where my hand reaches out for her.

We had some good use of lighting in the first shots within the serial killer's room but struggled to properly light the shots outside in the dark. We may have to reconsider shooting outside when it is dark and maybe set this during the daytime or find a way to make sure our shots are lit properly with additional lights off site.

When watching the rough cut I saw that the screen capture that we made of the serial killer on Camtasia doesn't really fit the opening as it's not how the serial killer is viewing the screen and it seems cohesive with the whole scene in the bedroom however the shots where we just filmed the actual screen of the laptop worked really well and I suggest that we shoot the part where he scrolls and views her profile on the actual screen.

The performance of the characters I feel was good. I think you can get the sense of vulnerability of Savannah's character, Mariah, and there is not much we see of the serial killer just silhouettes and shadows which we was aiming to do and i feel we have successfully portrayed him as a shifty character. 

The mise-en-scene help massively to create the mood and dark tones of the opening whilst also pushed the narrative along also. Items like the laptop and the knife help to communicate the intentions of the serial killer and the clothing like the dark gloves and jacket show a dark theme to the character.