JB: Group 3 - Reflection on Rough Cut

Feedback on Rough Cut
Strengths:
Key
-(1): the number of people who agreed with this point

·        Framing (2)

·        Clear plot (1)

·        Layering of non-diegetic sound [whispering] (4) [2] and of visuals (noticeable SE7EN style) (5)

·        Lighting and Mise-en-scene (5)

·        Range of shots (1)

·        Location (1)

·        Use of intercutting / Jump cuts (1)

·        Realistic (1)

·        Timeline of photographs (1)

·        Negative shots (2)

·        Polaroid is original and bares significance (1)

·        Titles (1)

Areas to Improve and our response:

·        No prosthetics at the beginning e.g. blood (1) – this may be an issue as it is slightly unclear as to whether the victim is alive or dead. Therefore, we are debating as to whether or not to use the drawn focus shot at the end. This may help with the problem as the shot is from the victims POV and would show that she is in fact not dead, simply been knocked unconscious.

·        Negative shots a weaker aspect of our film (1) – we are going to remove some of the use of negative effects as we now appreciate although some do look good, we may have over used them in aspects of our production.

·        Some shots go on for too long (1) – this is something we already knew we needed to do. We wanted the cutting rate in the preparation scene to be really quick, like SE7EN, so we knew that we wouldn’t be able to use the entirety of each individual shot and that we would need to cut some down.