filming and editing the final scene

The final scene is the most vital of the film. This is the twist and whole point of the film is revealed. The scene opens with a long shot of the man and he has gone back to his original topic of why he is being ignored. The music has changed from the energetic music from the last scenes flashbacks to the calm of the track that features in most of the film. This is to create calmness at the start of this scene that lulls the audience into a false sense of security so the twist is more of a shock. As the man delves into why he is at the graveyard he is getting more and more agitated and this is shown with the camera shots.

The scene starts of with a long shot and goes on to end with almost an extreme close up. Before this there are about 6 camera shots and lots of fast cuts around the man, showing his confusion. There is an over shoulder shot of the entire graveyard as the man looks around in confusion. He then goes into talking about this dream he keeps having. The confusion and tension is added upon by the music getting louder and changing to a more emotional song that builds up. The flashback follows the mans gaze as he looks into this bathroom. The camera pans from a close up of a door and then too the open door of the bathroom with 'a man' propped against the bath. This is the audience begin to release and so does the man. I emphasize the blood and the knife with a fast cut to close up of his wrists. The music continues to get louder creating a tension in the film. As the shot cuts back to the graveyard the music continues but his non-diegetic thoughts are interrupted by his diajetic voice. Here overlapped the two voices but faded the voice of quieter to try and give this effect of interruption. As the man realizes he turns to the gravestone. There is a fade to black for a few seconds and the film goes quiet. This was to delay time for the effect of the final shot and song.

The end credits of the film the come from the fade to black. They are over a long shot of the man, sitting dead on his grave with slits on his wrists. The scene is shot in colour to show the reality that the man is dead. I added to the eerie black humor of the film with the Beatles song 'I'm so Tired' with is quite ironic, giving I think a mysteriously relaxed end to the film.

I feel that this last scene is the strongest scene because of the effect of the simple fast cuts has on creating tension in the audience. And despite the tomato sauce blood I believe that as an audieince the film creates a sense of realism despite the man being a ghost. I feel that audience have some kind of link with the man, good or bad which I hopes leads them to be effected with the twist in the film