Rough cuts

You need to provide clear detail on each rough cut - look at the Eval Qs again ---- which of these will require specific detail like this?

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Give a general intro, then cover each rough cut separately, starting with the earliest.

I/We produced a range of rough cuts before settling on a final cut - testing out ideas and checking for elements that needed tighter/different media language to enable audiences to follow our encoded preferred reading. Each rough cut is detailed below, including information on:

• any focus of that rough cut
• key section/s
• any FX used (differently than before)
• any added media (sound, fonts, images etc)
• evidence of audience feedback
• main points from audience feedback
• our conclusion on what to change for the next cut (including any planned new/reshoots + narrative tweaks)

ROUGH CUT 1: MISSING SHOTS, NO MUSIC YET; TESTING THE NARRATIVE 

For this one I/we was/were particularly focused on building on the previous sample scenes and providing a near-complete narrative cut to see if sample viewers could follow the basic preferred reading ... and if not, which particular element/s were attracting contested/oppositional readings (ie, lacked enough exposition to be anchored).

At this stage we were missing a few shots (noted with titles in the cut) and music (we used some placeholder copyrighted music in places).

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Soundtrack

As with many posts, gather notes/links/resources/ideas here to begin with, before tidying this up for final submission, as follows...

OVERVIEW OF HOW I/WE USED SOUND - A: FOLEY SOUND

I/we quickly realised I/we would to use some foley sound, not just rely on the diegetic sound picked up by the camera mics. Some examples of this include: [a text list is expected; an added video with before/after CLIPS would be useful]

EQUIPMENT WE USED

We gathered the non-music audio tracks using the following equipment:

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OVERVIEW OF HOW I/WE USED SOUND - B: NON-DIEGETIC MUSIC

Obviously, non-diegetic music is vital for signifying genre and seeking to manipulate audience emotions (and steer towards the preferred reading). Below is a list of the pieces of music I/we used, with detail on the inspiration; any different/trial versions of these; how I/we recorded these (including detail of any collaborators and evidence of how I/we firmly directed the contents of any music commissioned).

[Again, do include a bulleted list, but you can incorporate all the details into a single video if you wish - otherwise use sub-headings as below]

TRACK 1: INDUSTRIAL METAL OVER OPENING SHOTS

I/we took particular inspiration from the opening scene of Bride of Chucky, which used a Rob Zombie track to great effect: you can watch it here [if NOT online then think about cutting your own video, as noted above, with a SHORT clip of this + your commentary]

I/we had a clear vision of what we wanted, based around this track, [hyperlinked] artist: track. I/we am/are quite limited in composing music, so commissioned name to record a version for me/us - below [or contained within a single video] you can see how I/we directed and controlled this creative process.

OVERVIEW OF HOW WE USED SOUND - C: AUDIO FX

I/we found the need to make considerable tweaks to the sound clips we'd gathered: raising/lowering levels, fading etc. Here's a summary of the key tools we used.