Second draft evaluation

Sound

Our second draft is a massive improvement on our first. First of all we have added sound into it, most sound is non-diagetic, incidental music which we and our target audience feel connotes an emotional tone. We also have some diagetic sounds that Amelia was able to get off of iMovie, of the car setting off and turning a corner. We were lucky that these sounds fitted in with our filming but we feel that they are important because they are conventional features of this type of film and it creates a kind of climax to our opening that engages the viewer.

Editing

Changes that were made in editing include the sound that was mentioned previously but the finer detail have also improved our opening; such as the change in lighting. We played around with the effects on iMovie for a while and found that we can make shots look brighter and clearer which made, in particular, our establishing shots look much more appealing than before they looked dark and gloomy.

Transitions were our main focus for the second draft in terms of editing. We wanted to start off the opening with a slow pace to create an emotional atmosphere so we decided on the establishing shots to fade them slowly out and as the music got quicker the transitions did too. For the first shot in the hospital we could fade out to white which gives the impression to the viewer that the protagonist is remembering back to something. 

At the end of the opening when the car is introduced, the cuts get quicker, this is to create a tension and make the viewer pay closer attention. The tone is suddenly more exciting!