Peer Feedback on Final Cut

Good points:

Heart beat and ticking builds up tension and creates atmosphere

The sound effects go really well together in order to build up the tension.

The combination between diagetic and non diagetic sound go well together with the slow cuts which show the protagonist tied up. The close up of hands and feet tied up are effective.

Parallel shots are good and of the different characters gradually being shown is more effective.

Beginning is effective with the blank screen and voiceover then cuts to image of maya

Soundtrack is brillaint makes the scenen very mysterious and tense.
Good mixture of non-diagetic and diagetic sound (phone ringing)

The echoy phone call sounds really nice and gives a flash back feeling.

The effects on the title 'Black Out' look really good and fit it well.

Good angles

Heart beat very effective

Its very mysterious and makes the viewer want to watch more.


Bad points:

The storyline is unclear and confusing

Some of the short clips are repeated, its rather repetitive

Voice overs a bit echoey.

 Its to trailer likits resembles a trailer to much as no story is shown.

Sound gets repetitive.

After a while the heart beat loses its effect, try adding something else or making it slowly getting louder.

Voice over is a bit echoey and more could be done with the sound.

Not enough imagery is used to show what is happening

its not to clear what s going on in the opening because of the lack of video.

Test Shots

We did some test shots in the media studio green room. We would have preffered to use the dark room but it was unavalible.

we went through are shot list and story board and tried to replicate this to our best abilities in the green room but with the large window and green room this was rather difficult. we tried different angles and practiced the way we will film the thriller. we used close up shots, low angles, shot reverse shot and mid shots.
we added the same music we used for our sonic mood board, but when it comes to our final thriller we are going to use a different sound for the heart beat as the one we are currently using isnt good enough and doesn't have the right effect we want to portray.
we put a black filter over the film to hide the fact we did film in the green room and to see the other effects we could use to add the effect of our film.

Individual Ideas For The Opening Sequence Of Are Thriller Project

My first idea was to have my opening sequence set in a dark room, with a flash light flashing on a person who has been tied onto a chair with fake blood over their face for the effect that they have been beaten up. I shall have the tittle sequence in red writing which shows up when the spot light isn't showing. the cuts between the flash light and black background with the titles showing shall be fast paced to add to the suspense. this meets the typical convention of a thriller opening sequence as creates a scared thrilling feeling to set off the film for the viewers.

My second idea was to have a woman walking through a park and night and have a camera follow her and pop up in different positions through her walk, making creepy diagectic noises so the woman gets scared. this shall add suspense and the viewer will become scared for the woman so this is meeting the typical conventions of a thriller opening sequence. the pace between shots shall be a steady and continuity throughout. this shall have reference to murder mystery .