- A greater amount of consideration was given to the soundscape. As the main editor, I concentrated on what was missing in the sound. (i.e. what natural sound had been omitted in the construction of the video, thus would need replacing with diegetic and non-diegetic sounds.) As shown above, the soundscape grew vastly. I later specifically added to other sounds, for example a 'door slam' was manipulated by cutting up various sounds of doors. Furthermore, the use of a heartbeat sound was something I chose to put across the whole of the video, however I used multiple different heartbeats to amplify certain degrees of tension. It was important considering the significance of each of the sounds within the scape at a particular scene, thus these were indicated through increasing the level of some, whilst decreasing others. In addition to this features such as the Car Radio during 00:24 - 00:30 seconds were also considered, as a Heavy Metal/Hardcore was supplemented for what had been a pop song during the footage.
I believe we managed to really succeed with the sounds, with the help of my group finding certain sounds to suit the video.
- Use of more intercutting shots during the establishing shots of the flashback. This heightened tension during the narration of the Witness and the antagonist's persistence, but also put the video in more context for the audience because it allowed them to distinguish flashback between the present-day cafe scene. Shots of the antagonists eyes twitching adds particular enigma, whilst shots of the lips also conceals their identity. As an audience, this would infer that having a character concealed in this way whilst the Witness spoke to them, suggests they have a bad nature or something 'enigmatic' about them and draws away from the fact that he is not simply the Witness' kind-loving friend.
- Further colour correction was also made in the video, as this drew particular distinction between the flashback sequence and the intercutting cafe scene. Furthermore, lighting on the anatagonist's face was also added slightly, creating 'chiaroscuro shadowing''; a particular convention our group wanted to adopt. Some of the scenes were also given a slight tint, as seen in the shot above. Ultimately this gives the video dark connotations, appeasing to a rather sinister look often expected within Thriller films.
- I felt it was also important to include a production title, so I made a brief animated one within Final Cut. I initially experimented with 'Motion 5' but instead felt confident with using Final Cut Pro X. During the first part of the title I used effects such as 'Bad TV' and 'Prism' to give the production company a distorted look. I chose to do this because it instills a level of hysteria into the audience, which adds to the Video being 'Enigmatic'. The font added a professional simplified look but the typeface itself also symbolises darker, jagged imagery often associated with thriller titles.
- After watching Draft #3 back the group decided that the lip-syncing was slightly out, so this was something I also corrected.
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