niav - at bay - rough edit Preliminary task 2

 


teachers feedback:

  • Timing for establishing / opening shots could be longer. Timing a crucial part of setting the tone for your scene. Drag it out a bit, it will match with the music better, too
  • Would you potentially keep the crickets / background noise over all the beginning shots? Maybe another sound underneath it too, a single note being held to point to something coming?
  • Sound level for talking bits – turn voice up a bit, it’s a bit soft compared to the music
  • Sound – maybe a very low stringed instrument to accompany the POV of the stalker outside, when we see through the windows as ‘him’, a change in tone would be good to intensify what we see
  • Again when we actually see him, a sound effect to amplify the threat would be good
  • I would make the lights turning off a bigger deal – again, maybe some sort of sound effect there that goes with the symbolism of her stepping into darkness / foreshadowing the darkness that is about to enter her house etc
  • Music could be added earlier with hubby’s driving of the car
  • Key moments like the hubby noticing door ajar, cracked cup, open window – show how serious / important those are with adding sound to match the rising intensity level of the hubby
  • What about intensifying the moment the hubby picks up the phone, almost signifying time standing still, by making that slow motion with some cool sound effects?
  • Great end effect!

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