Thriller Task- Improvements

Lesson 18- 25/3/10

In today's lesson we decided to improve the editing from the feedback we got back from Tuesday, this included cutting down the length of time of the long shot of Character B walking down the graveyard. In this shot the audience could see where he started walking and looked to rehearsed. I cut down this shot so the audience could now see the character already walking, which gives the question from the audience where is the man walking to. The opening credits needed to stay longer on the screen as they disappeared to quickly before the audience could read them. I extended the clip along the timeline and then inserted a dip to black in between each credit of the opening sequence. This gives the thriller a dark and sinister impression to the audience.

We yet again got feedback from our teacher who watched our thriller opening sequence, he suggested that we should add a flashback which would give the audience an idea of why Character A is at a cliff top and why she is looking sad and suicidal. We decided to create this flashback by filming a shot of where Character A is writing a letter to her mum saying goodbye. This would create an enigma for the audience.

We decided to book the camera and tripod out for the holidays as we could try and film in the holidays this would save us time when it comes to editing for the second time.