FMP - Extended Version Rough Cut

Now that I was making two final cuts; an extended version and rough version it relieved a lot of pressure of my back over the time of the final piece. This meant I would necessary have to cut scenes I thought were important in the extended version. I therefore decided to do all the other comments and corrections advised from different people on my final piece. I first added in all the footage from the final re-shoot to finally complete my timeline for the first time! I then added in some cross fades between scenes to flow the start of new parts of the film together but still allow people to differentiate between them. I finally trimmed a few scenes to cut any 'waffle' as described and re-added a scene to enhance the severity of the actions from certain characters. 

I also colour graded the this cut and fully mastered all the sound to make sure there was no peaking or muffled sound. One of the most important bits of trailers is to make sure that the dialogue is very clear and isolated from any ambience but yet still sits in with the music.

After showing this I received and shocked more than anything response. People were blown away and there were very few things they could find that they would change. One of my tutors stated that I should remove the cross fades and the geometrics of some of the shots clash as they fade onto one another making it distracting for the viewers. I wanted to keep fades in these scenes as it was something i previously had been picked up upon so will replace this with pitch to blacks. 

There were a few other things that I was told to change like in the actors accreditation at the end I should remove the teacher, as he not a main character in the film. The other big area I was told to research was the name of the film. "Blooming Ideas" is more of a comedy than the tragedy drama, that this film is. I need to look into what the film is ultimately about and harvest a title that reflect that quickly and instantly. This was a great point as the name never struck me as being as significant the representation of the film.