AO3 - Thriller Opening: Continuity, Rough Cuts, Feedback & Editing

Continuity

There was a specific section of the thriller opening where we needed to have spot on continuity. We were originally going to use this footage as the main footage, but decided to replace it as the continuity wasn't to a high standard.

As a group, we now consider this to be 'dummy footage' and helped us to create our real footage as a result.

Rough Cut

To make sure our thriller opening production was perfect, we created a 'rough cut' to see how people felt about our ideas and intentions.

The rough cut's continuity and editing will be more synchronised once we produce the final product.

After showing the rough cut to a focus group of the target audience and industry experts, we gathered the following feedback.

Focus Group from Rough Cut

Once we had created the rough cuts, we asked a few peers and teachers to give feedback in order to improve our thriller opening. This is what we gathered through our focus group:

• needed to be more sounds, it sounds empty and flat.
• suspense needs to be heightened
• a bit repetitive, especially with the paranormal activity in the office
• continuity could definitely be improved when it comes to trick shots.

Editing

From the feedback given of our rough cuts, we'll make the following amendments for our final cut:

• Add some diagetic sound to remove the 'empty' feel of the production.
• Continuity could be a bit tighter when the girl who's being followed turns around in the corridor.
• Remove some of the items falling - it drags it out and people already understand what's going on.