Second Cut

In our second cut of our film, we added a translucent distorted video over our film to add a sense of mystery and to incorporate features from the film 'Se7en', starring Brad Pitt. We had to find out how to do this ourselves which made the editing time a lot slower than we would have liked. We tidied up some edits and cuts and we have still got to add titles and do some colour correction, as some shots are quite dark. We also are yet to do dialogue and add it to our film, we are considering a voice over from the main character explaining what happened to him, as we feel like this will add some narrative and story. I think that we should also cut the soundtrack down a little so it doesn't become reminiscent of a trailer, and also add some sound effects, such as a bird caw when we have the scissors going down. I think this would also help the cult links in the film become more prominent, which will add more of a horror theme and it'll really fit into the horror genre.

Our scene has been criticized by a few people saying that it has no narrative, but this is only our second cut and I think that the third cut will be much more refined and a lot better, with added narrative and definitely a sense of story. We are following the conventions of the 'Se7en' opening, so we think that it doesn't necessarily need too much in it. I think that the abstract nature of our film helps to add tension to the audience and the film overall, but I do also think that a voice over is needed for the narrative.