Applying appropriate visual effects and transitions

In the process of creating the white room we relied primarily on physical means (during the production stage) in order to give our visuals meaning. For example in the opening crosscutting sequence we used mainly warm lighting for the shots of the protagonist Chris's house as to draw contrast between that of Aaron the antagonist's.

We also did this for the conversation scenes which is why in the scene where Chris is talking to Andrew in the café is clearly shot in a warmer light than that of Aaron talking to Wayne. The idea of this was that it would show Chris and Andrew as warmer, friendlier characters to the audience and clearly establish who are protaganists and who are antagonists. This meant that we had to experiment with different types of lighting in order to create the different looking scenes. For the scene of Wayne and Aaron speaking we filmed early in the morning and used only natural light but with the cafe scene we filmed after dark and used the warm interior lighrt of the cafe.

i have provided some examples here of three shots which i feel display the tone of their scenes well. The first is taken from a slider shot under the table in the cafe. The scene was filmed in low light to help communicate the dark tone of the scene to a viewer. The second is taken frmo the introductory crosscutting sequance and is filmed in natural light which gives it a colder tone. THis was meant to display thed

I however did use one visual effect in post production to edit the first shot of Chris which made the shot look warmer and fit with the others. Below I have inserted a screenshot of the raw footage of that shot as well as the edited version.

Another example of visual effects was in my use of adobe after effects in order to reduce the shakiness of the over- the -shoulder shot of Aaron before he attacks Chris. I did this as to make it viewable as well as of a professional quality.

The clearest use of transitions in the film is where I have edited the opening crosscutting sequence to the beat of the song "daydream" as to give it a sense of rhythm.
 As can be seen in the examples i have included below i have attempted to make the secene change shots only on the beats of the song. This is a tecnique which is common at the beginning of films and one which I feel fits the rest of the film we have made well.