Final Cut of OTS

Long at last, here is the final cut of our OTS.



And here is an early cut of the footage for comparison.



Click here for my article explaining the early cuts.

Click here for James' explanation of the editing process.

The most noticeable change between theses two cuts has to be that of the Femme Fatale's voice. As described in a previous post, we quickly discovered that this character did not appear authorative enough, which was largely down to the intonation of the voice. To solve the problem, Tom and I sampled several voices, chose an actress who could create the right tone, and then recorded her speaking the lines so that we could replace the original audio with the new.

The sound has also undergone considerable changes, with the sound of the rain featuring less due to a drop in volume, and the dramatic, non-diegetic background music made more prominent to increase tension. On top of this, sections of the Victim speaking were reomved, largely due to time constraints, and, of course, the acting credits were added at appropriate moments in a font that seemed both classic and bold.

All of the videos we have uploaded can be found here, on James' Vimeo account.