ISSUES AFTER EDIT

As is probably expected there were certain things about the footage I put into the edit that wasn't quite right and really just didn't feel like my director Nicolas Winding-Refn's style:

• The biggest and most prominent problem is the sound from the conversation scene. What happened was that I was put under a lot of pressure for time when the manager of the nightclub told me (half way through my shoot) that he would have to leave early and therefore leaving me with an hour and a half less time than promised. So as a result I have sound issues where the buzzing of the mirror ball and lighting above the actors. What I didn't realise was that you could still have all the other lights in the club on without the buzzing going. This really frustrates me because it could have been much more succesfull in terms of sound.

• Sound was the major problem, but as well as the sound I feel that I didn't quite get the pacing and performance out of my actors. I have discussed it with my main actor and he says he would be up for re-shooting the scene however he is not sure if his nephew will be. The reason I believe that it would be worth re-shooting is that this conversation section is such a contrast to the rest of the footage. I really thought that this scene would be like Only God Forgives which it is in terms of how it looks, but again it is sound and what they say that is my quandary. 

• The last thing I think I could improve on is a more interesting and insightful opening sequence to introduce my main character. Looking back through the footage there is a clear lack of options as well as ways of introducing this character to my audience. This was also due to my lack of a good location, as I was hoping to use a real prison gate to symbolise the leaving of prison. At the moment I have had to use a sound effect combined with a make shift prison door alternative. 

 I know that I am just being pernickety, but I would really like to do better than what I have produced. I just feel that to keep up my grade I need to create a more professional piece of work. Also the piece doesn't fully reflect the fledgling style of my director Refn.