Constructive Criticism...

After showing our rough cut, we received a lot of feedback on how we can improve our video. This included:-

• Add more shots to develop the narrative- more spooky and intriging shots.
• We need more shots of the vampire as she hardly appears in the footage
• Swing shot- Try getting the two characters going oppoiste ways on the swings.
• Create continuity with the blood shots in through out the video, making all of the shots black and white with the blood in red.
• Make the sky shot darker.
• Do a shot of walking from the possessed womans point of view.
• Include more close ups to show the womans struggle.
• Maybe film a clock to show how the nightmare is developing over time
• Need more movement in the blood drinking shots.

We will now take this advice on board, refilm some shots and try hard to create a excellent end product.

Rough cut

Below is our rough cut after our first attempt of editing the footage we had.

ROUGH CUT from Lucy Simonds on Vimeo<>

Editing the video

To edit the video, we used Final Cut Express on Apple Mac computers.

This software was extremely useful and generally quite easy to use. To create the look we wanted, we used various tools like chroma key, colour corrector and quick cuts.