With the contribution, I made sure that I had input in decision making, camera work, editing and music. The main role I played was leading everyone in the group and the production in the sense that I had the dominance of how things would be processed and the approval or development of actions that had been done by the Felicity and Sophie. The production originated from my idea of a emotionally damaged female looking at photograph in a darken basement/cellar. This was then further developed by the group, creating an opening sequence based on an abusive relationship.
Felicity and I contributed equally with the editing as well as making the music. We both did the credits but I overtook the last credit -'Don't Look Back'- with an enlarged red, chalk font to make the title stand out from the theme colours of the primary credits. I included the blur effects and the different colouring of a slight hint of black and white colour to emphasize the distinction between the flashbacks and reality. With the music, I meticulously found one of the two main types of music we included which had connotations with the genre of thriller. I also included a fade in and fade out effect to make the music flow as we had complications with the audio in the sense that it was far too long and therefore had to cut it down to the minimum in order for it to correspond with video, especially with the logo and the film title. However, the camerawork and props were the least amount of contribution compared to the decision making, editing, and music. I did have control of the camera when it came to filming of the silhouettes of the two actors and even though I was in power for a short period of time, I would have liked to made the scenery a lot lighter so the camera would have captured the shadows a lot darker which would have made the beginning of the sequence a lot more effective. Furthermore, while filming, I had multiple suggestions on how we should convey the character's vulnerability via camera shots such as a slightly low angle when she is about to be beaten. I would have liked a lot more shots of the actress, Ariadne when she is lonesome as it would not only lengthen the production but underline her weakness. While Felicity was in charge of the camera, both Sophie and I swung our phone lights to create an uneasy feeling to the atmosphere which was suggested by myself as originally I had my heart set on having a shot of a swinging light from the ceiling but unfortunately did not have this facility. Concerning props, I made sure that trainers were used when there are close ups of the character's feet slowing and dramatically coming down the stairs to reiterate his masculinity. In addition, I printed off pictures of Ariadne (with permission), and happy occasions - which were crumpled up- to match the idea of reminiscence and to make the scenario more realistic to the audience instead of using images of individuals that do not link to any of the characters involved in the production.
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