Narrative structure

As we have reached the final chance to edit our film we have to think carefully about our narrative structure. We have to think about the meaning and how the audience will easily understand what is happening in the film. So, as a group we have decided to put our footage in this order:

1. Detective scene
2. Introduction to Charli
3. Inter cutting with titles
4. Introduction to Luke- newspaper scene
5. Tiles appear of actors names
6. Back to Charli- handcuff noise of bed
7. Back to Luke- hears noise and gets up
8. Charli wakes up and tries to free herself
9. Luke walks up stairs
10. Charli hears someone coming up stairs and panics
11. Luke enters door
12. Charli asks for his name and what he wants
13. Luke gets annoyed and approaches Charli
14. 2 minutes has been reached

We have come to this decision by having the detective scene first as it contrasts with the next scene. Charli's scene also begins with music and this adds tension and meaning as her life is filled with dread and suspense. Thus, the reason we didn't include the music in the detective scene was so it showed the mother as lonely and scared- and this choice focuses on her emotions. Moreover, we have decided to include the titles to inter cut with Charli as it adds drama by slowly revealing who the person is. The pace of editing soon picks up after this when we are introduced to Luke and this is when the titles stop. This is reinforced through the shot of Charli trying to free herself. The next scene is where Luke enters which is where the music slows down making the action focus on what is happening between the two characters.