TO DO LIST
- Add b-roll to cuts of Maria’s zoom video
- Ensure all cuts are smooth and timed well
- Replace boot b-roll with other shots (more car mirror and location shots)
- Ensure all cutaways are relevant and intentional
- Refine the text (review font, timing, transitions)
- Smooth over sound transitions from clip to clip
- Add sound effects where needed
- Colour grading (create more consistent and warmer colour palette)
- Use slow-mo/warp stabiliser on shaky footage
- Consider the use of cinema bars
- Add soft/basic soundtrack to create a smoother transition between diegetic sounds
- Add rolling credits at the end
- Find an impactful end shot (Maybe candid shot of Maria?)
ROHAN’S SUGGESTIONS
- Remove shot of sign ‘about others’
- Add Maria’s name to candid, shaky shot
- Write transcript from 3:15 and suss out what has been repeated and what needs to be removed
- Shorten the third act and bring it to the end so the three acts are evenly spaced out with more breathing room
- Focus on/add more shots framed within van looking out to volunteers
- Move produce sequence to a more relevant time
- Lengthen the rain sequence and move it to a moment of breath before COVID is introduced
- Lengthen spring sequence and add it to a moment of breath before message of hope
- Add more shots of powerlines at the west campus (put them before establishing wide shot of woman waking)
- Use more shots of Maria