Short film research: (Whittling away/Mystery )

 The murder mystery short film we chose was called whittling away. This film features a father, a grandmother, and a daughter. To start the scene, the daughter is shown at a deserted lake, which creates a suspenseful theme for the murder mystery. This is a great way to create engagement for the audience. The short film progresses to a snippet of the girl drawing blood into the lake. The girl despaired for almost the whole duration of the short film  until the plot twist at the end . The use of diegetic sound creates the outside scene for the characters. Our film will also use diegetic sound to create scenes. As well as no diegetic sound for our credit scene. Just like the short film party to murder, “the whittling away” there is a plot twist. This strategy  is a great example of the other ways on how to execute one for our film. In the editing of this short film, it goes back-and-forth between the daughter and fathers point of view. If our group decided to do this for our film, we might take split screen into consideration, to show both characters' perspectives simultaneously. Another thing we noticed. The whittling away short film does not focus enough on the build up of the mystery, for example the clues. While doing research I found that every successful murder mystery must include the clues that solve the mystery. These clues help incorporate the audience making them feel like they have a role in the plot. Our group looks forward to incorporating  the suspense that  the murder mystery genre has to offer. In our short film we will  focus on the build up of the suspense but always watching out to not  over do it, that can cause the audience to lose interest.