THRILLER OPENING - Initial feedback

Our group showed Donna what we had done so far and she gave some feedback in order for us to improve our thriller opening. This included:

• Removing the shot of the door knocking as it was out of focus, dark and unclear
• Inter-cutting some shots which appeared to be too long for example-->
• Shortening the first and last shot of the swing. They both go on for too long and the approx 10 second duration isn't needed. 4 seconds would be more effective
• Removing the directional blur from the POV shots. Don feels that the panning parts are strong enough without adding an effect which blurs the viewing
• Removing the shot of the mothers POV of falling and also the wide shot of her rocking back and forth on the floor. Neither of them are needed to determine what is going on in the opening
• Taking out the shots of the counseller talking and replacing them with the footage we got where she is just intesively looking at the mother. The fact that the counseller is talking but we cannot hear what she is saying may be frustrating for the audience. Don said that the counsellers authority is obvious due to the way she appears therefore speech is not crucial

After discussing what would make our film stronger we are going to make these changes and upload the product as the rough cut

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