Evaluation of montage

 Over the last week we have filmed some extra scenes for our montage sequence. We examined the news clips which had been imported into our project, and decided that they were very effective, they add a sense of realism and make sure that we are showing a link back to our focus - mental illness and CCTV.

Another good thing about these clips is that it adds more to our plot, nothing specific so the audience is left wanting more, but it gives more of a context to our work so they can grasp what the whole film would be about.

The extra scenes we filmed for the montage add a certain level of depth to our trailer. The scene in the rain helps to show both the depressive mindset our characters are experiencing, and also creates quite a gloomy atmosphere which fits in with the rest of our footage and editing that has been done to the colours.

We also filmed the scene where the sandbag is placed over our victim's head, this is effective in our trailer as we literally only need to show a couple of seconds for an important message to be put across to our audience. It will mean they immediately know there is a sense of violence in our film and that due to the schizophrenia our protagonist has been pushed to extremes.

The combination of the other extra shots we filmed to be used in the montage sequence will give us a lot more freedom in the editing stages. It will mean that we have the option to either split up the different news clips and clips from other sources, or have them together with our shots together. The shots of our victim waiting to move, and the footsteps both portray two different ideas to the audience. It makes the victim seem even more isolated and also creates the sense of being followed, making her appear to be even more vulnerable, and provides a bit of a build up to our loft scene.