1. Film Sequence Evaluation
Our film extract is from the middle of a horror film, it is
where the protagonist is being chased by the antagonist. Our
aim was to try and confuse/disorientate our audience so
that they felt the same as the main character. My aim as the
editor was to sequence it all together and to change the
juxtaposition and to add filters where necessary to try and
create this. Some of the things I did was change the pace of
clips and used colour correction to make it clearer. I also had
to make it clear to the audience that this sequence was from
a film of the horror genre. The editing style in our film
sequence has been changed to make the audience confused
and feel as if they are in the same situation as her.
As we can see from these images the ordering of shots was
changed, we cut up the clip and switched it around to create
a jumpy effect in which the audience would feel confused
and unsure about what was happening. As this is of the
horror genre we wanted the audience to feel the same as the
character, thus creating this confusion. The confusion is
made through the jump cuts in the editing and the mise-en-
scene, the confusion on the actresses face.

2. We changed the speed of some shots to try and disorientate
the audience and to add tension. An example of slow motion
in another horror film is when the basketball is bouncing in
the empty gym in ‘F’, this is used to build tension and
suspense. We did the same thing, as the character is running
we slowed down the pace, this was to try and build the
tension. It also helped with the narrative. In the shot below
we can see that she is running away from someone, by
slowing it down it becomes clearer to the audience what is
happening, further building tension.
The fast pace disorientated the audience as it made things
seem unclear thus more confusing. This is the effect that we
wanted our film extract to have on our audience as it put
them in the same situation as the character. This is a
conventional method that film makers use for this genre.
Through the juxtaposition I managed to place a sped up clip
next to a slowed down clip. This further effected the
audience and the way in which they interpreted what was
happening. Rather than seeing it normally and all in the
same pace they are seeing contrapuntal images, making the
speed of the clips seem more dramatic. When placed with
the soundtrack this worked even better as the sound stayed
at the same pace where as the images changed. This is what
we wanted to do as we knew that it would be a simple yet
effective way of making sure that we got the audience to
react in the way that we wanted them to.

3. By using the colour corrector I managed to make the images
clearer. We filmed in the dark and when the footage was
uploaded on Final Cut Express we found that we were
unable to see what was going on, we were also told this by
other members of the class when they watched our rough
cut, thus we changed it further to enable a better viewing
experience. By bringing up the whites and the mediums we
were able to make the footage clearer, thus enabling the
audience to see what was happening, making the narrative
clearer. As a result of this there was a grainy look to the
footage which made it look like it was a home made video
(done using a hand held camera making it look like the
audience are there experiencing the action as it happens).
The effected the audience as they were unable to see as
many of the details that we wanted to see in the mise-en-
scene such as the blood on the costume and the isolated
locations. This would have made it easier for them to
establish that this is from a horror film as they are
conventions of this genre.
As a group we worked well to ensure that all of the micro
elements came together to create a disorientating and
confused feeling in the audience. This was mostly through
the pace in which the cinematography, sound and editing are
at. Although they match throughout most of the clip there
are times when the sound and editing are contrapuntal
further created the wanted effect in the audience as they are
unsure as to how they should feel/react to the situation.
Alice Arnold