Creating The Rough Cut:

For my rough cut, I have decided to create an edit which conveys the story in a simple form but also in a non-linear format to show what kind of oder I want to show certain events in and hw the plot will be progressed.

Title Sequence:
The title sequence is something I had envisioned before even starting the storyboarding. It would feature the two characters both staring either at the other off in the distance, pull back and then cut to an establishing shutoff them both where the titles would appear over them. The screen would then fade to black and the title changes from white to red.

I decided to call the film 'Empty Grave' as a both a reference to a scene in my film and a line from the original sonnet.


Changes in picture:
The orange tint that over-powered some of the footage ended up working to my advantage as the changes in colour I have applied have become more vibrant with the added colour already in place. This is especially prevalent during the scenes where the charger is sat oblivious to the world around him in the chair where I have made the entire colour palette red to help reflect on what the world might look like through his eyes and give an oppressive atmosphere.

Other examples of changes in colour are when the mourning character is featured. I added a light blue  tint to the picture to create an overall sad mournful feel to the scene. I fell this woks well as it reflects well on what the character is feeling at the time.

Scenes which take place in a character's mind have darker shadows to give an other-worldy kind of look to them.

Some fixes to the amount of exposure and light levels have also been included to help with the continuity of specific scenes.


Sequence of events:
At first I decided that I would edit the events as they happened in sequence. However, upon rewatch, I decided that it would be more creative of me to show the aftermath and then slowly hint at and then fully reveal what had happened, as if showing the same events from two different points of view.
I feel like this could work and I am happy with this choice. My only concern now would be to ask 'does the story make sense in this order of events?' I'll wait for some feedback to decide on this.

There is no sound at the moment due to all sound being part of post-production. I do feel it might have been a mistake on by behalf by not recording the sound with a microphone to add to the soundscape but I am hoping that I can create an artificial soundscape successfully.