Fine Cut Feedback

After showing the Fine Cut of my film to the tutor, it became apparent that I may have to rethink and rearrange some of my footage; some of which would be at the expense of losing the near perfect rhythm sequencing that I had managed to create for the fine cut.

The main problem that was most prevalent was the fact that the film might not make sense to a lot of people. I obviously know what the film is about and why certain things happen but the worry is that I have not made this clear enough in the edit. Making the order of chronological events has not been of much help to that either.

To tackle this, I feel that I should change the sequence so it presents a more linear narrative. This will hopefully allow the film to make more sense for the viewer.

My use of colour was also a source for confusion. I used similar colour palettes such as the overbearing reds in two unrelated scenes and this caused some confusion for the tutor as they taught that the two scenes were the same and was unaware that they were taking place at different times. I appeared to cut to between two completely different scenes that, while relevant to each other, were not part of the same linear structure. To help solve this, I feel that I should rearrange the footage and then try to either change the colour palette for one of the scenes to differentiate them, or use the same colours but make it clearer where they take place in the narrative through my sequencing.

There was also some confusion as to what was in the past and what was in the present. Some of the footage showing the past was in black and white while other parts were not. I feel that I could solve this by showing more parts that are in the past in back and white but then slowly fade colour into the scene to show that it is still in black and white without having the exchange that for colour.

The music was well received, being compared to that of Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' which features certain songs of a similar style. However, the music was said to have demanded a higher presence after a strong opening which is then dampened by the fact that the following scenes cause major confusion.

I shall take all of this feedback into account and try and see if I can remedy the problems that have been outlined here. I am worried that I may have over-complicated the plot of my story but didn't film enough footage to compensate, however I am hoping that I can make the film work for the final cut.