TRANSITION: Fine Cut Feedback

Katie, Alex and I had a meeting with Simon to show him our fine cut. 

Simon's feedback
- Our mockumentary doesn’t feel like documentary in terms of how it's shot. It's mainly filled with low camera angles and cutting from wide to close ups like you would with a drama.

- Good title sequence and opening and the interviews are shot well.

- We could do something in terms of music to give it an upbeat feel rather than a drama feel. He liked the music at the beginning so maybe bring that in more. 

- The edit is working well, not much more that can be done with that in terms of placing the footage. Audio and colour is still to be worked on.

- When the doctor is talking to Sheila the first time (when he examines Coco), maybe have something else, in terms of other shots because it's very much just looking at them talking.
- The doctor gets cut off when he shows the cow drawing

- Main concern is that it should have been shot as a fixed camera documentary like we pitched.


Response to feedback
I was very happy with Simon's feedback from the editing point of view. I'm glad he thinks all the footage is in the correct places and all that's left is audio and colour correcting.

I understood what he meant in terms of the film not shot like a documentary, however, Katie, as Directory of Photography, had researched into mockumentaries and there was a method to what she decided during the filming days. I think she wanted it shot more like Come Fly With Me where they involve lower camera angles, as opposed to The Supervet which is shot like a traditional documentary. Maybe we should have thought about this and were clearer with each other about how we were going to have it shot, because then one of us might have flagged this issue. 

I am very keen on working with more music because I completely forgot about adding music during the film, I only had in mind the beginning and end to include music. I think the main parts that need music are the interview with Sheila (like in the rough cut), the surgery scene, when the doctor breaks the bad news to Sheila, and the ending which will then evolve into the credits.