Thriller - Rough Cut

The end product of the editing I am very much pleased with. Through the use of different angles/shots/editing transitions, the opening looks professional, smooth and very effective. Shots through the movie that I like are: 0:24 the close up of the eyes with the actors name works well as we're getting the reaction of the character of the movie as well as revealing the name at the same time; 0:43 this is the shot where we have a mid shot of Edward with an over the shoulder long shot of Steve, this is a lot like shots in The Bourne Ultimatum where we have revealed a second character chasing the first;


0:54 this is the tilt, blurred shot which is supposed to echo the vision that Edward has of Steve and not being able to see him is why we used the blurred effect. This is my favourite shot because it's the most symbolic of what we're trying to portray and as well as showing the character it also gives a sense of confusion and claustrophobia with the tightness of the shot and the tilt. 

1:11-1:26 this is the shadow sequence as I like to call it, this is where there is a very clear and sharp shadow across Edwards face adding moral ambiguity as well as across the floor. This is a very noir technique and could be identified in Harry's sewer scene in The Third Man. My last shot which I like is at 1:30, where again we have the strong shadows across the floor, however this time we have the character Edward in mid run with the name of Director and Editor (Joe Murray) on the left hand corner, this is effective as we have the whole setting, action as well as the name so that the audience don't know what to focus on or where to look adding to the confusion of the sequence. 


The two things that we decided needed drawing attention to were: The credits for Ollie and how they just appear on the screen and the length of time the character Edward takes to run up the stairs.
The issue with the credits is at the time of 1:39. This doesn't fit in well with the whole 'character revealing name' recurring theme we had within the thriller  however this unfortunately cannot be solved due to there being no room for there to be another action that reveals a credit. Through seeing this we also discovered that the shot was a bit too wide for our liking. Within editing we may try and make this shot look more closed and claustrophobic so that it compliments the rest of the shots that we had been using.
The other issue was the length of time that Edward takes to run up the stairs. This is at 0:56-0:59. The shots we have used are quick and sharp and almost to the point of the action, metaphorically speaking. This shot however just seems to linger a bit too long and therefore in the final cut this may be cut by just a second, or sped up just a little bit so that he isn't lingering on the steps for too long and the next shot can be placed.