FINAL ROUGH CUT

We have changed the colour correction on a lot of the shots, made the sequence walking down the stairs shorter. We have tried to add more shot variety in the false scare but aren't sure if this works. We also re-filmed the whole first sequence up until the couple see Santa on the t.v as we thought this needed a lot of work. We need to tweak a few things such as editing pace at killing scene and remove the texting part.
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Feedback

We got a lot of feedback on this cut both verbally and writen.

 Some verbal feedback we got was from a male within the target audience say that the texting scene ruined the continuity and killed the effect of tension, he also said that the killing scene was quite gory and that he would have faster paced editing to "hit the sweat spot". 

Some written feedback we got from a previous rough cut from a female who is in the age range 15-24 which we took into account for this one. 

To sum it up:

• Need to imply sex in a better way
• Facial expressions and feeling aren't very scarred 
• Narrative quite unclear in garage scene 
• Santa on TV footage was good 
• She noted some of the good shots 

ROUGH CUT Playlist with all cuts

This is a playlist with all our rough cuts and sample scenes so they are easy to find and look through to see the improvemnet from the beginning. We ordered it by date so the latest cuts are on top and the oldest are at the bottom.

PODCAST 10 Recent Activities

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This is the 10th podcast, in this podcast we talk about the titles we are going to use, how we are going to make multiple and choose based off of audience feedback, how the drone we wished to use for our establishing shots is broken and the rough cut we have finished.

ROUGH CUT 3

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Our newest rough cut where we have 99% of all the clips included. We have identified the clips we need to add and will have a new rough cut produced very soon after.

What went well:

• We were able to piece all filming sessions together 
• Added and removed bits we though were wrong sicne last cut

What went wrong: 

• Planning wasn't the best at times

What has been changed since last:

• Chnaged false scare (removed "stalking")
• Have killing scene put in 
• Cross cutting 
• TV being turned on with remote to make start flow better 
• Walking down stairs sequence shortened 

SAMPLE SCENE Killing scene (SOUND EDITING NOT DONE)

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Here is a rough-cut without sound effects of how the killing scene is going to play out. It is a base design and needs improvement. This needs to be refined and added to the newest rough cut which will be uploaded by tomorrow.

What went well:

• Planning made filming easy
• Clear directing
• Quite effectively edited together 

What went wrong:

• Makeup got a bit all over the place
• Missing a few shots and cross cuts to break up sequence
• Need more sound effects and better editing 

PODCAST 9 - Review of rough cut

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In this podcast we go over things that we need to improve from our rough cut

SOUND FX Stabbing Sound

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Sound effects using a watermelon to recreate a stabbing sound effect which will be used as diegetic sound in our killing scene to create verisimilitude.

ROUGH CUT 1 Christmas Sleigher

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This is the first rough cut of the final version of our film opening

What went well:

• We managed to get a full rough cut
• The actress and actor co operated better than the last pair
• More "natural" couple

What went wrong:

• Cuts were a bit messy at times
• Some questionable shots put in 
• Planning wasn't the best
• Verisimilitude broken on multiple occasions
• Acting wasn't the best
• Sound Effects missing here and there
• Establishing Shot needs to be improved

What has been changed since last:

• Location has changed
• Changed Actress 
• Idea has a few tweaks