Blink Murder

The Main Task

Blink Murder is the name we gave to the film that we made the opening sequence for as part of our main task. The brief was to create a 2 minute opening sequence for a film of any genre, including titles and a soundtrack, with no copyrighted materials. Please click the HQ option at the side to view in high quality and improve your viewing experience! Enjoy : )

The Prelim - Ugliest Jumper Ever

The Preliminary Exercise

This is our preliminary exercise, which we called Ugliest Jumper Ever. The aim was to create a sequence demonstrating good continuity techniques, and had to show match on action, shot/reverse-shot, and the 180-degree rule. The brief stated that it had to be 30 seconds long, and comprise of a character opening a door, crossing a room, and sitting down in a chair opposite another character with whom s/he exchanges a few lines of dialogue. Again, please click the HQ option for a better viewing experience!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Individual Feedback

I decided to get some more general feedback from people, and I found that people liked:
- "what [we're] doing with the flashy white stuff" (i.e. the solarize effect we used for the flashes)
- the eye movements and ghosting were very effective and unsettling
- climax bit from 0:43 - 0:50 is really well done; blink is "atmospheric" and "professional"
- the evil grin at 1:34
- the shot where Emma runs her fingers over the edge of the knife - "it really creeps me out"
- the final shot (ECU of eyes) is really good, and the soundtrack goes very well with it
- the titles are "really cool"

They didn't like:
- the fade at 0:50 as it seems quite unnatural
- the shot it cuts into, again, because it seems unnatural (we had to extend the shot for longer than we wanted to show the light was on and was switched off)
- one person commented that they completely missed the title
- the BCU of Emma's leg and foot as she puts on tights would've been better not in front of a yellow cupboard, as "it's too bright and cheery"

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