additional scene - the phone

we added a new scene onto the storyboard, of someone ringing the actor's phone, such as his mum, and being worried sick because he has been missing for a while and no one can contact him. we then decided not to use this additional scene, and use the sound from of it in the beginning as we watch the tree's swaying, as he has just passed out, he has dropped his phone without hanging up, and the person on the other end is trying to get hold of him, it makes it a little creepy. the person is supposed to sound worried and upset and makes the audience aware soemthing terribhle is happening.

evaluation of additional scene:
we chose not to use this additional scene after we had filmed it, because it did not flow with the piece. the sudden change of location was not something we wanted in our opening, asd we felt two minutes is too short to include two locations and make them make enough sense. the build up of tension is when the actor opens the locket, and then the phone scene after this let the build up die down and was lengthy and uninteresting. it was a fairly good idea but did not fit well with our vision for the piece and looked cheap, and our aim was to make our opening look as proffessional as possible. we therefore cut this scene out when we edited the film for the second time and chose to leave the ending as the boy running form the locket with the subtle fade to the end title, and leave that as the end.