FMP - Week 7 Overview

Going into the final week I showed the rough cut to some people get there feedback and any ideas of what they would change. I already had a lot of ideas that had yet to put in place but after showing them it was clear that was a few scenes missing that I need to film to have all the footage for a potential final cut. I carried on creating new cuts each day of the week and gaining feedback.

Mid week I met with the main actors to finish of some final shots. After some conversing with my tutors and watching more trailers I decided to produce to final pieces. One shortened trailer which would be close to two minutes which was very harsh with the cutting of scenes to not lose the audiences attention during the video, as this was one of my main problems. 

The middle part was quite slow but needed to explain the direction of the trailer so I then produced an extended trailer just under four minutes which allowed me to include these vital scenes. 

Although I had spent a lot of time of some scenes and getting actors to practise for some shots, there were a load of footage and parts that I had to cut out from the final pieces. This was purely because they were not directly important enough to warrant the time they were taking out. 

One of the things tom said was not to be protective over your footage, if it unneeded then remove it, as it can provide a distraction to the foundations of the film or lose the audiences interest. Every second is vital.

After much stress, many edits and a lot of opinions being thrown around I am proud with my final piece. There are multiple things that I would improve upon in the future if I find the time/money, and ultimately I would like to take the foundations of the narrative and make an actual full length feature from it.