First Draft Feedback
Overall our draft opening was met with positive feedback specifically towards our use of sound and the fast montage of clips near the end of the piece. The one big critic that was given to us was about the ending. We finished our opening with a long gap that made it feel like the end of a short film rather than an intro leading into the rest of the film. To tackle this and make it seem as though the rest of the story was coming up we completely change the last scene. We added more dialogue and changed the shots. It is no longer a close up zooming out into a long shot but instead consists of a closeup a long shot and then a close up again. All is edited with straight cuts. It also cuts out to black quickly at then end to give the impression that more action is to come directly after the last shot. Other smaller details that were changed included the ordering of the credits and the font that they are in.
According to BBFC guidelines our film would be classed as a 15. This is due to strong language used, Rose's father swears in the opening and more strong language is expected throughout the rest of the film to accurately depict Rose's situation. Strong threat is to be expected in the rest of the film to reveal why Rose is like she is. There will probably also be some upsetting scenes as it is a social realism piece so not everything will end up happy. The film is not rated as an 18 as there should be no scenes featuring gore or sex.