The final edit was completed yesterday, and earlier today I screened it to the class. I received some very positive feedback from my colleagues, and from both Nick & Karen.
Some considerations that went into this edit:
*) After the first edit, something which stuck out like a sore thumb was the transitions. Most of my cuts were faded to black, and although they may have worked for the experimental introduction they didn’t work for the entire piece. I recognised that in all television and film, you’ll almost never see a fade to black apart from in the beginning and the end.
*) There were also minimal cutaways used in the interview. I thank Jenny for allowing me to use the cutaway of the sheep
*) In the first edit, I tried to be a little experimental and immerse the viewer with the introduction I created. However, from most of the reactions led me to believe that people didn’t understand it. So I discarded it the whole piece, and instead used the images for cutaways in the interview. This worked really well, as the cutaways worked in a narrative image system. The empty streets, green fields, empty benches complimented the mass observation theme. For a final scene, I chose to place a close up of Caroline pouring in a cup of tea. Main focus was on the cup being full, which I tried to use as her & the residents being content with their lives in the village. You could say that there was a double narrative, one which was Caroline’s story, and the second was my perception of the village.
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