After studying the test shots and having many discussions with various people, we decided to alter our movie in a few ways.
One of these changs was in costume. The detective character has been replaced with a teenage boy of a similar age to the victim. This could be seen as the victims brother or a close friend. Hopefully this will be more clear to the audience at such an early audience, but it could also provide a mysterious character, as his motives aren't completely shown, and he may be running to the scene to commit the murder.
The second change is the scene of the killers hideout/victims prison. After a discussion, we decided to film in an abandoned church. From what I can tell, the church has been abandoned due to a fire, as the insides consist of evidence of burning wood. This would be perfect for a horror scene, as not only is it creepy to see a church in such disrepair, like a broken hope, but the distance between the church and the road means that the victim is only metres away from modern civilisation. The graveyard outside also provides an eerie entrance for the male character running to the scene. We plan to re-use Magpie Bottom as a foresty location for the boy to run through, eventually ending up at the graveyard.
The third and final change is to remove the killer character from camera shot completely. Although the killer will still be there, revealing him or her to the audience at such an early stage would be a bad move. The victim will still be mudered, but due to unseen circumstances rather than the killer killing her in camera shot. To do this, we plan to show her alive, then evidence of blood, then finally revealing the dead body when the teenage boy turns up, all in between the running scenes as normal.
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