We reflected on our current rough cut as to what was good and what could be improved on.
- How much continuity does the video have? Are there any places where the continuity can be improved? How?
The video has pretty decent continuity until about 1:15. These scenes consist of the dialogue between the two detectives and the cuts make it seem very rough rather than smooth transitions. We can improve the continuity by shooting scenes for longer so that it can flow better.
2. To what extent is the video readable as a film opening? Can you understand that it’s an opening? Why or why not? What can you do to make it more readable?
The video is fairly readable as a film opening. I can understand that it is a film opening because it introduces the setting, characters, and generally the main struggles that the female detective faces. It sets up for the rest of the movie’s plot line. To make this title sequence more readable, we could add superimpositions in editing of the titles and credits, etc. This would make it more apparent that it is the beginning of the movie.
3. To what extent is the video readable within your chosen genre? Can you tell it’s a horror/thriller/comedy/coming-of-age etc.? How can this area be improved?
The video is readable within our chosen genre. Throughout our research, we felt that our title sequence would fall under a variety of genres such as crime, drama, mystery and thriller, so our video does fall under these categories. This area can be improved in editing to fix certain things such as color correction and pacing to make it more apparent that it is a mystery.
To get an outside source’s opinion on our title sequence, we got feedback from our classmates Ava Chandler and Kyler Dickerson.
What is setting (time and place)? How can you tell?
present time because of the newspaper and authoritative looking office people
Who are the characters? How can you tell?
one who got murdered, lead detective and lower rank detective, main character is female detective
What is the movie going to be about? How can you tell?
about finding the truth of a murder, because its a detective scene
To what extent is it readable as a film opening?
felt like an opening to a tv show, started with murder
To what extent is it readable as a mystery/crime film?
yes very readable, dead woman, detectives, pretty much a crime thriller mystery drama
Overall, how might the clarity of meaning in the video be improved?
call her a detective to make it more clear that she is
This feedback was super helpful because it helped us realize that the plot line wasn’t really established. It seemed obvious to us that they were detectives because we are the ones writing and making the movie, but having Ava and Kyler’s comments made us realize that it wasn’t obvious. This will allow us to improve and expand on our title sequence
Into the Truth 