Review of the test shoot

 For our test shoot of our opening sequence i do think that some parts that we have imagined have actually translated quite well onto film, But i do think there is a lot more development into our opening sequence which will allow it to become a lot more engaging.

Our test shoot timing was 2 minutes ended up being around a minute, this issue was partly to do with the fact of the set we were in, and the time limit we had to film it in. 

The pace in my opinion has to be a lot slower and more demeaning to the audience it all just seemed to be quite quick which does not give the effect to make the audience feel unsettled and let that emotion sink into them, This made it quite boring to watch and had no incentive to make it engaging.

I would say that the narrative clearly isn't that straight forward from what i have looked at from the test shoot even from an edition and director's point of view, but today we were asked by Matt and Mike to see if there are any other ideas to make it look more interesting, like makybe the guy in the chair overpowers the villain. Another thought to change the costume just to see if we can not have it in a stereotypical way. 

I do think that there is a brief moment when tension was created within our test shoot, when the villain enters walking slowly but i think the pace of this should have been a bit slower to enhance the impending doom to the victim in the chair. I also think there was another moment with brief tension when the villain doesn't punch the victim but slowly pushes his head down to then fully punch him. 

Out of everything from the test shoot the part I am most proud off the shoot were some of the camera angle choices, For example when the victim notices the 'Security camera' in the corner which is really the camera. I also liked the shot behind the victim in the foreground then having the villain in the foreground playing into
the danger incroching to him.

As I said earlier there are some choices within the scene that need to be taken away and things that need to be added, for example the Purge mask that we were going to use acted like it was a knock off to the purge film, and the Full black suit acted like we were using a classic Tarantino aspect and not our own. So instead we need to think of a better costume design for the characters like maybe just a simple hoodie and jeans. Also the main incentive for t
he scene needs to change from an interrogation to be more intriguing to the audience. Maybe the victim isn't tied up but he's
already been hurt so much that he can't move, then the villin walks in and brings a tape recorder in and plays it to him,and it scares him but has the same reaction as the for example. 

The Idea of having the victim and the villain of the film as the same person is very cool to have and a very psychological thriller effect. The main part we need to figure out for the sequence is how to reveal to the audience that these 2 people are the same people.