The pacing

The length of the final shot of our film opening was something that was mentioned quite a lot when we were gathering our feedback. Therefore, we obviously discussed it as a group to decide if we should edit it or keep it as it is. As the main reason that came up about the length was the fact that it made them feel "uneasy". However, this is what we aimed for with out film opening as it reflects the mental state of the character and gives an insight into how she would be feeling by portraying this through the long shots and uneasy atmosphere. Also, as they felt as though they were waiting for something to happen, it builds anticipation of what is to come, which encourages them to watch on. Therefore, leaving it on this "cliff hanger" type ending, ensures that they remember this film opening and would want to watch on should it be made a full length film.

Changes we have made

Since gathering feedback we have been putting it to use and making changes to our film opening. The changes we have made are:

1. Cutting the end of the zoom as the camera could be seen in the back
2. Extending the length of the establishing shot 
3. Adding an audio clip of laughter to the flashbacks
4. Slightly extended the black screen between the production company and the film opening by one second in order to give a clean cut introduction

Feedback from teachers

The clip starts after they have watched the film opening for the first time.

Firstly, we asked what they thought was good about the opening. They're responses were mainly focused around how well the atmosphere was built and it kept them on edge and wondering how the plot was going to unfold as there was a lot of suspense.

Secondly, we asked what could be improved. They said that the pacing was quite long and it would've been better if it was a bit shorter as they were waiting for something to happen. 

Lastly, we asked if they would go and watch it in the cinema if it was to be released as a full length film and they said they definitely would but they found it a bit scary in regards to the suspense built.

Change to our title

After watching back our 'trapped' reverse shot for our title, we decided that it wasn't exactly how we had imagined it would be. It didn't really seem to fit our plot either, as it didn't match with any of our other shots and it seemed that we had just chucked it into our film opening without thinking about it. Therefore, we have decided to just have our title appear in text on our footage through editing. This also meant we could decide exactly how we want it and have it fit with our opening titles.

Addition to plot

As a group we decided to look over our footage and discuss how we thought our filming was going thus far. All three of us agreed that there seemed to be something missing, something that would help our film stand out and make the audience want to continue watching in order to find out the overall plot. We all came up with ideas of what could be included that fits with our plot ideas that we already have. One of our ideas was to incorporate the ideas of the main characters mental health and further push our genre of psychological thriller. We decided that we could do this by involving blood on her hands, which is also a reference to Macbeth. The blood on her hands also links in well with our plot which may not be completely clear for the opening, but if our film was to continue- it would become clear.
Therefore, we decided that we were going to film Mehreens reactions of the flashbacks occurring twice; once with blood on her hands and once without. This would mean we can glitch backwards and forwards between the two shots while the same routine is going on (Mehreen washing her hands- to get the blood off)