Looking at fine cuts

The team met up and discussed, dissected, chatted and edited the almost final cut of Hounded on Tuesday. We were extremely lucky to have Paul coming in at 10.30am in the morning to have a look as Alice (who was there first) experienced problems with the sound in our suite.

Paul ended up spending an inordinate amount of time in our suite and completely changed the structure of our film.

By the time the team (just Sam, Charlotte and I) left at 7pm, the version we'd submit for screening was vastly different from the version/s that we were all familiar with.

The team was very cut up about which version we'd love to submit. There are varying opinions on which version was best, but ultimately we decided on Paul's version coz if this is the version Paul loves, this is the version we'd submit. We were not about to submit something that Paul doesn't like just because we feel it's 'better'.

There are at least four versions of Hounded

1) Paul's version - scenes of the two boys were not as convulated as our version. Music was presented in a headphone-style way and utilised both the instrumental and rockish music.

2) Alice, Lily and John's version - this version utilised the instrumental music Lily's friend provided and scenes of the boys dressing up were short and staccatoed.

3) Sam and Charlotte's version - this version utilised the rockish vocal music that Charlotte picked. Scenes of the boys were almost similar to 2), but the music was drastically different. Paul made a comment on this version and said it looked and sounded like a Year 10 production and looked liked someone had just chucked in a track to expediate the process. I don't agree completely; the music is rather suitable, but I felt the music took focus away from the film.

4) The team's original version - In this version, the scenes were more like 2) and 3), but the music was the original track that Lily's friend provided. Lots of people liked the music and said it provided a lot of finesse to it. I felt the music was really good too, but some parts of the music didn't fit certain parts of the film.

In the end, the team was just extremely happy to have completed the assessment. It really has sucked the energy out of the team and I'm just looking forward to TV2 as we get to do documentaries on miniDV cameras.

I knew I bought my miniDV camera for a reason. :O