Post-Production: Attempting to achieve Horror/Thriller
During Post-production, my group mates and I came across a problem with our shots, with all the shots that we took taken into consideration the film was 1 minute and 45 seconds. This is a big issue because the limit is 1 minute, everything after will not be taken credit for. To solve this we had to decide what takes we need to cut completely from the film to shorten time. Unfortunately, this negatively impacts our film as certain shots work together to portray a thriller genre. For instance, the shot where we create suspense by focusing on the villainess will not give the same energy if the following shot, where the villainess is walking towards the camera, be removed completely. A lot of our shots in these scenes work together to get the point across, therefore, without one shot, the whole scene is thrown off and would confuse the viewer. I hope that during our next time of meeting my groupmates and I are able to access this issue. I want to suggest taking time to cut down excess breathing and pausing in the takes, rather than removing important shots such as these, to my editor. As the director I need to get one-on-one with my editor to ensure that they are not on their own making these decisions. Although its their job to edit and not mine, I still feel the responsibility to chime in to ensure that the issues will be resolved efficiently.
A screenshot of the villainess staring at the camera to create suspense
Other than that, editing the lighting and decisions from our sound designer should hopefully carry us to our goal of thriller/horror. I will be in constant communication with my sound designer making sure that the more effective sounds are being chosen, however I have much faith in my sound designer and I trust her judgment.
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