Production Update

Today we began to edit to the first section of our opening sequence which we filmed on the 9^th December. Firstly we began to edit the shot which show Alfie receiving and opening a present from Liam. We noticed that this shot was quite long and appeared as boring. We made the decision to split the clip into three parts, we deleted the middle section, we believed by doing so it made it appear as a home video as it shows pauses and ‘rough’ filming. In addition we zoomed in on various points of the clip which also further made the shot appear more like a home video. We also added the music (non-diegetic sound) over the top of the videos which we chose earlier on in the project. There is no ambient or diegetic sound in the scene which makes the videos appear as sinister as you aren't aware of what the characters are saying etc. The addition of the music makes the videos appear as creepy and mysterious which is the atmosphere in which we are hoping to create. We placed an old style video countdown at the beginning of our sequence so it indicates to the audience that the video clips being shown are old; it also raises questions to the audience as to why they are being shown and what relevance it has to the film. We still remaining slightly ahead of schedule which is a positive as it allows us more time to edit.