Class Feedback

After finishing editing our opening sequence we showed it to the class and had some critical feedback to improve it. The glitch edit was mentioned with two contrasting opinions , it was our intentions to make the cuts abrupt,to create the illusion of a 'glitch'. The silence was also intentional as mentioned in my Glitch Edit blog post, this is mainly because it heightens the tension and again shows Lucy's state of mind. The ambiguity of the Lucy walking on her own arises questions as to why she is alone , This hopefully will keep the audience hooked and watch on to find out answers.
Abbie mentions that Helin is seen at the party and outside of the door. This was completely intentional, because it isn't supposed to be in the same time frame. The clip of Lucy walking through the party and the the next clip of her walking through the door are not continuing into each other, this is why we did not film a continuous clip of her walking through the party to her walking through the door.

                                                  Time difference between the two

This meaning Lucy was not on her way to the door, she was just walking through the party.This giving Helin time to walk down and wait outside. Introducing Helin as an ambiguous character also leaves the audience to question themselves as to who she is.

Yazmin mentions that when Lucy says "I need your help" the sound is muffled and sounds as if it filmed inside (which it was) and she doesn't think it sounds realistic and advised us that we should re-record the sound outside. We re-recorded it outside and it sounded a lot better so we edited it in. we decided that the breathing should increase after she says "I need your help" to increase intensity.

Glitch Edit

Whilst editing we notice that the glitch needed a lot of improvement. The problem was that the glitch between the party and Lucy walking alone was too fast. We decided to slow it down so that we could emphasise Lucy being alone to show the contrast and her state of mind at that particular moment in time.

When we slowed it down we came across another problem, we didn't know whether we should have a whispering sound to express Lucy state of mind or silence. Personally  Me, Emma and Lucy preferred the whispering sound at first , but after we got feedback we realised that no whispering was more effective in the context of the whole opening sequence. We also uploaded both of the clips to Youtube and created a poll and asked 25 people which one they preferred.

Here are the two clips and the results of the poll:








No whispering has a much bigger impact because the silence is a huge contrast to the rest of the opening sequence. We are able to elaborate this, as the silence reflects Lucy's state of mind. It also makes the audience feel uncomfortable because there is no dialogue still so they are still unaware of what has happened or what is going to happen.

We also have feedback from Isobel and she reiterates what has just been said and expresses her feelings on the glitch and also an overall opinion on the whole opening sequence.