Rough Cut

This is the rough cut version of our thriller opening. This is not the finished piece, of course, and so it is not as good as what we intend our final piece to be. The rough cut does not contain any special effects, nor does it contain a properly finished sound track. We intend to add these effects and complete our sound track in time for the final deadline. Our rough cut contains about fifteen shots that show our main character sitting in his house, watching television etc., but we have been advised to not include these shots as they do not really do much for the opening, nor would they have much f an impact on the audience. I was reluctant to cut the shots out at first because they had taken up a lot of our time and energy to film, but have now decided that the opening would seem a lot more effective if the shots were cut out. In light of this, we have decided to start the opening from the point where our character is getting ready for bed.
It was very difficult for us to get our rough cut ready in time for the deadline. We pushed very hard and managed to get it done in time but the end piece was not up to our standards. As this is the rough cut version, we were fine with it being a little bit, well, 'rough', but we intend to make our final cut the best we possibly can. In order to do this, we will be spending a lot of time editing our opening, adding in effects and titles, making it as appealing as we possibly can to our target audience. We will also be editing our soundtrack to make sure that it is suspenseful, as well as sounding professional. We hope that the final piece will be something that we are all very proud of.

By Sabrina Chowdhury