Maria's AICE Blog

LINK for Final Draft Movie Opener "The Hoodie" Since we were not able to meet due to the current situation worldwide, our group communicated via text messaging to decide what edits could be made. We decided that we needed to first attack the biggest issue: confusion on Miguel's kidnapping and possible murder. Some parts were reshot in the beginning to give viewers an idea of what might occur. We then reorganized the order of the small clips so that they made more sense in relation to one another. In order to fix the odd change in picture quality, all clips that made the final cut were shot from the same type of camera. Miguel was able to lower the music when people spoke so they could be heard more clearly. Now with the three suspects shown wearing the hoodie when in contact with the missing person, it becomes questionable who actually took part in his disappearance. In the end, we zoomed in to the hoodie to show that it was an important factor to finding out who captur...

What I liked What confused me Sugestions I loved the sound effects and background music. It set the perfect mysterious mood for the movie opening. Josh’s acting was also really great in the sense that he was a very affirming interrogator. The dialogue left me confused at times because I couldn’t really hear what was being said. The kidnapping was confusing because it happened all of a sudden and I definitely made this mistake of my own. Maybe record a voiceover to replace the dialogue happening in the opening and lip sync what is being said. Introduce the kidnapper more in a sense that leads to the kidnapping in an understandable way. I really liked the music that was used in the background, it helped with the sense of mystery and developed the plot.  I was a little confused at the end why the hoodie was just left on the table where the last person was interviewed. I think maybe at the end instead of the hoodie just being on the table the last person who was ...