Unusable Footage and Unused Footage

This evaluation refers to both Questions... 1 and 3

The unusable footage was shot with the camera in the sideways position. The location for both the different scenes was quite narrow and with both actors being tall, to get their full bodies in the frame, the camera had to be repositioned. We thought we would be able to rotate the footage, like you can do with pictures, but we couldn't, therefroe, both scenes were uneffective and looked unprofessional meaning they couldn't be included in my trailer.

The first unused piece of footage is of Paris and Roche walking into a coffee shop. Oringinally, this was going to be an establishing shot, but with my trailer being fast paced with mulitple parallel narratives, establishing shots didn't fit into those trailer conventions.

The next scene is of Gary playing the piano. This is an effective scene as it refelts his current state of mind and has connotations of him being comfortuble when he is alone, playing his music. However, for this scene to work, The diegetic piano sounds needs to be heard but with the soundtrack playing throughout the trailer, the sounds clashed and the trailer lost its way during the middle of the trailer. So I chose not to use this footage.

The third piece is of Downton riding his motorbike whilst in a dress as part of his forfeit for losing a bet with Spencer and Charlton. This scene adds humour to the soap but, given the themes of my trailer, didn't fit in and looked random with audience feedback claiming...

"The guy on the bike is random and doesn't fit in with the rest of the trailer... It is funny though."

With this, I decided to not use this scene.

The final piece of unused footage is the alternative title that we had for the soap, "Elmbank". This isn't as conventional for a soap, especially with the genre of ours, so we decided not to use it after some feedback claimed...

"Elmbank doesn't sound like a soap and I can't see myself telling my friends to watch a show called Elmbank. It doesn't sound right." and "The mise en scene of the Elbank sign is more attractive than the Beech Mount sign, but it isn't as effective and doesn't sound as believeable for a soap opera."