Rough Cut Viewing #1 | Development

Our first rough cut viewing with Simon was quite brief as we didn't have all the edited scenes in the sequence, and there were a few clips missing. Also we didn't have scene 15, 16 or 17 edited in that moment. However, we still showed Simon what we had to make sure we were going in the right direction.

• He thought most of shots we got were good and the story is clear throughout each scene which is important when telling the story. 
• Straight away, one of the first things he mentioned after watching through what we had was we might have to reshoot scene 11.
• Throughout the whole scene you can't see the characters faces a lot, and in order to tell a story you need to see the characters faces. Upon directing this scene I didn't realise that it would affect the story telling throughout the show, but now I see the scene I completely agree with what Simon has said.
• He told us not to worry about it too much yet, and to carry on editing the other scenes before we do anything about a reshoot.
• We are going to tell Laura asap so she knows we might have to prepare and schedule a reshoot, just so she is aware as she will have to let the actors know.
• We need to add some sound effects into the video, to bring the scenes to life, but that isn't an urgent matter. I will probably do this whilst editing the sound design or make a start on it soon just so we can see the show come to life slightly.

Those were the only points made, and the rest of it should come together nicely. He likes what we have so far, but we don't have a lot so it's hard to see if anything else needs improving.

We're going to carry on editing the scenes together, and once we have shot the other scenes we will add those into what we already have. Hopefully, with the newly shot scenes, the video will seem fuller and the story will come together smoothly.