Visual Effects Used In Editing Of The Film

During editing, we decided to add transitions and effects to make the film a more complete and mature production.


Cross Fade
-We used this as the protagonist walked through the streets to meet the exchange man. This created a more fluent set of shots as one merged into another and showed the character's continual movement to his destination.

Cross Dissolve Of Shots
-This was used after the exchange man sends a text to the murderer. We decided to cross dissolve a close up shot of the exchange man's face with an upwards pan towards the streetlamp. This shot of the streetlamp focused on the light of the lamp and we zoomed in upon it, until it consumed the screen. When we layered these shots it created an efect that the exchange man's head was almost splitting open, his mind flooding the screen with blinding light and consuming the scene (including the protagonist and his actions in contacting the murderer) behind him. This was the desired effect as it showed clearly the secretive and sneaky nature of this character, betraying the protagonist by setting him up and sending him to his death.
-We used cross dissolve once again during the stabbing scene to show the uncaring outlook of the murderer with a low angle shot of his shadowed figure shown through a shot of his victim as he falls to the ground. This transition was effective as it showed the contrasting characters in the 'predator' and his victim, and the cold and calculated killer merely looking on as the other man dies.

Slow Motion
-We slowed down particular scenes in the film to enhance the action in the scene.
-The Party;Cocaine Scene. The shot of an extra taking coaine was shown and the following effects of the drug were shot. We slowed down the shots of the effects of cocaine to enhance the 'trippy' and disillusioned feeling that the character then experiences.
-We greatly slowed down the stabbing scene also. After the shot of the shadows as the 'protagonist' is stabbed, the following shots are slowed to allow the audience to take in the action and intensify the scene. This was very effective as it allowed the audience to focs on the expressions of the characters.

As the 'protagonist' dies, we get a point of view shot from him. As he lies on the floor, we used a dutch angle shot to watch the murderer walk away with the package. We cut in and out of this shot to darkness to create the effect of the blinking and going in and out of consciousness of the stabbed man. Gradually, the 'blinking' slows as he gets closer to death, and as he finally dies the shot cuts to darkness as the credits roll.