The Rough Cut

We felt that it would be a very good idea and beneficial to create a 'rough cut' to simply map out our ideas in a visual language. Creating a rough cut allows us to plan our order of our shot selection process and recognize more effective orders of introducing the different sets. As a group, we recognized that the blitz light set had the most impressive impact at the first drop of the bass line (a key part of the attraction to the video), so we decided to use the blitz lights as the first set, starting the video off with a hard hitting visual. having integrated Georgina's Blitz light shots into the start of the video, we then introduced the more subtle thrown scene which focuses mainly on the stature of Affie and pushes his 'out of this world' reputation. I realised that just having the Blitz lights the whole way through the video would be too much for an audience to keep there attention throughout, and there for loose interest, therefore the thrown set gives a nice contrast, with very little lighting effects being used. The street scenes were then integrated into the thrown scenes to make sure that the video in this part is not taken up by the fairly static shots of the thrown scene. Having the street shots of Georgina integrated with Affie, it ballances the movement out, with Affie not really walking around very much and Georgina'a shots based around her journey along side the banks of Guildford's streams. After making the rough cut, we decided that the quickness of the cuts were too slow, therefore not really matching the feel we want Affie to be giving out (unexpecting and 'off the streets'). this is where my idea for short, abstract shots came into place, making Affie's screen presence much more unexpecting, therefore inticing the audience to continue watching wilst they are drip fed little pieces of information about the mysterious grime artist.