Feedback session 2

How effectively edited is this thriller? Give and example of a section of effective editing or a single cut that you like and explain why:

Edited well - the backwards shots were cool, but didn't seem to fit.
Didnt like wide screen shot.
Ending - cut from video to Polaroid - smooth movement (burning fits in with thriller)


Discuss the use of sound in this thriller, both diegetic and non-diegetic. what emotions does it invoke and how effective is it?:

Dripping? - the tap was running, hot dripping - confusing.
The flashes were timed well the music - impressive.
quality, it creates a good sense of tension and mystery. its intriguing.
only improvement is titles.



What words would you use to describe the visual style? Give an example of effective use of either props, costume or location. Be detailed in your explanation.

discombobulating - effective for a thriller.
Thriller like.
Blood in the bath/coming through the tap works well - adds confusion - makes you ask questions eg why is there blood coming out of the tap - which is a good thing


Highlight at least three things that you think are good about this thriller and two areas for improvement:

Shot with stalker - bloody brilliant.
Burning picture good, music good, shots generally good- cup of tea
Why is tap running red water?

Final stages of editing

During editing we found it was a lot harder to craete the effects we had first wanted. Although we knew what direction we wanted our thriller to go in we found many different ways of doing this when it came to editing and found it hard to decide which pieces of footage followed on to each other best and which transitions looked good with our sequence and which transitions did not fit.
We decided that slow fades would look best to introduce our sequence and to create a dramatic piece of footage. We also enhanced many of our scenes such as the blood and the burning photograph by speeding them up, slowing them down or playing them in reverse. We found this a very effective way to create emphasis and drama and when placed with the music created the mood we wanted to acheive.
Although we had some problems with the sound fitting together with the footage after it had been rendered the two pieces fitted together very well and complemented each other.

Creating the final soundtrack

After we had finished the bulk of our editing we exported our project to a Quicktime in order to create the soundtrack on another computer whilst we also finished the titles on our own computer. We found this the easiest way of doing it as it allowed us to do two things at once whilst also ensuring our music was in time with our shots. We created a dark piece of music with fast paced parts where the shots were faster or when the pictures were flashed up. We felt it complemented our footage very well and added to the sense of confusion and danger.

Response to final feedback

some of the feedback was useful and honest, however some responses were not helpful at all. Also some quite childish and immature.

Feedback on final

1. What is one best shot and why, and what is the one shot you would remove and why?
Flashes good
Blood in bath is good
Bath bit was good
Tea to plug good
Bath with crossed knives excellent
Nice plug-hole and blood shot
Change end title.
+00.16 can see reflection

2.Our thriller was supposed to convey confusion, was this effective?
Quick cutaways work well to confuse
Didnt really know what was going on, no idea what the film is about. very confused.
Very confusing- no idea who the victim or killer was
Yeah it was confusing

3. Can you describe what happens in our thriller?
Victim in bath- stalker
I agree.
Stalker with photographs?
Stalker loves the girl but she has a boyfriend?

4. Were our transitions (flashes +fading) effective?
Yes
pretty yes :)
Effective when flashed in time with the music
Credits could be more interesting
Yes loved the images and footage turning into photos

5. What generic conventions of a thriller did you spot in our thriller?
I cant remember

6. What would you improve and why?
Blood not realistic
Titles boring
More boobs

Transitions

Mainly we used fade in and out throughout our sequence as we thought that looked the most effective with the variety of shots we had. We also used flashes of white in between shots which made the transition from one shot to another look more confusing and to mimic the flash of a camera, as the stalker in the film takes photos of the victim throughout. We also used the flash effect to separate out the more grotesque images to emphasise them.