Some of the changes we made
We resolved the continuity error and steamlined the whole thing. We thought it the scene of George going about his daily activities was a bit irrelevent so got rid of most of it (it was a bit of a shame because we had some nice shots, notably the high angle shot and the long shot of George cycling away but we could use these in later hypothetical scenes like when he is going to leave the house to find the person being tortured). So we re-shot George wearing the correct clothes and changed the storyline a tiny bit. Another major improvement over the rough edit is we created a powerpoint to act as the operating system for the laptop so instead of showing the laptop and cutting to writing that is meant to be on the laptop, we could show it actually on it. We added credits and an opening title.
The Soundtrack
We decided not to use any of the original tracks created by our friend as he didn't have time to properly collaborate with us and we only had rough edits of the songs he made. Instead we used our original choice of tracks, I especially like how we Yasmin the Light to fit perfectly and compliment the scene from when he wakes up. It starts of just as a light orchestral backround noise as he wakes almost like the static-white noise you sometimes get when lying on a pillow, then the beat of the drums create a sense of foreshadowing, the guitar comes in time with George opening his bathroom door.
Influences
The films of David Lynch have influenced some of our choices. We welcomed background noise and tried to use songs that weren't too intrusive, though not quite the same level of constant white noise and murmers of the likes of Eraserhead. There was a sculpture that we couldn't move (can be seen at 1:03) that fits well with our surrealist-inspired piece. We also wanted to create a sense existentialism by repeatedly opening a scene with a shot that appears to be reality but turns out to be video footage on on a computer or a reflection from a mirror. This was to create a sense of uncertainty for the viewer and keep him on the edge of his seat. Films such as the Matrix, Primer, Fight Club and Waking Life use existential themes to varying degrees.
We resolved the continuity error and steamlined the whole thing. We thought it the scene of George going about his daily activities was a bit irrelevent so got rid of most of it (it was a bit of a shame because we had some nice shots, notably the high angle shot and the long shot of George cycling away but we could use these in later hypothetical scenes like when he is going to leave the house to find the person being tortured). So we re-shot George wearing the correct clothes and changed the storyline a tiny bit. Another major improvement over the rough edit is we created a powerpoint to act as the operating system for the laptop so instead of showing the laptop and cutting to writing that is meant to be on the laptop, we could show it actually on it. We added credits and an opening title.
The Soundtrack
We decided not to use any of the original tracks created by our friend as he didn't have time to properly collaborate with us and we only had rough edits of the songs he made. Instead we used our original choice of tracks, I especially like how we Yasmin the Light to fit perfectly and compliment the scene from when he wakes up. It starts of just as a light orchestral backround noise as he wakes almost like the static-white noise you sometimes get when lying on a pillow, then the beat of the drums create a sense of foreshadowing, the guitar comes in time with George opening his bathroom door.
Influences
The films of David Lynch have influenced some of our choices. We welcomed background noise and tried to use songs that weren't too intrusive, though not quite the same level of constant white noise and murmers of the likes of Eraserhead. There was a sculpture that we couldn't move (can be seen at 1:03) that fits well with our surrealist-inspired piece. We also wanted to create a sense existentialism by repeatedly opening a scene with a shot that appears to be reality but turns out to be video footage on on a computer or a reflection from a mirror. This was to create a sense of uncertainty for the viewer and keep him on the edge of his seat. Films such as the Matrix, Primer, Fight Club and Waking Life use existential themes to varying degrees.
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