Arrangement of our Film Opening

Problems with the Arrangement of our Film Opening

After filming the entirety of our footage, we began to edit our sequence following our storyboard. We  arranged the sequence starting with the cellar scenes, with the Church scenes featuring as flashbacks.

However, we began to notice that the narrative was unclear, as we struggled to highlight how the Church scenes are in fact merely visions. To solve this, we played around with moving the Church scenes to the very start of the sequence. This gave a completely different feel to the piece, yet didn't help much with the narrative clarity.

We then decided to try again with using the Church scenes as visions appearing later on in the sequence, using different techniques to clarify the nature of the scene. One method we used was using a blurring transition between scenes of reality and flashback. Although this increased the clarity, the transitions themselves looked unprofessional and amateur. We agreed on the fact that cleaner, simpler transitions are of a better aesthetic standard.

Finalising our arrangement is an ongoing process, and one which will require much thought from our team.