Caden TSANG

A man goes to his friends house to prepare for a night out, only to find a morbid surprise 

Ahmed goes to Derek's apartment to prepare before a night of partying. After relaxing and talking over a game of pool. Ahmed notices the absence of Marcus, their third freind who was supposed to meet them there already. Ahmed notices weird behaviors coming from Derek and starts finding weird objects laying about the apartment. As Derek starts acting stranger and stranger, Ahmed tries to leave,  Derek finally reveals his true colors and attempts to kill Ahmed. Ahmed runs into a closet to hide, only to find Marcus' bloody corpse... 

Caden Tsang - Editor

My filmmaking intentions as an editor were to take an approach that would mainly utilize sound, setting and environment rather than techniques such as jump-scares. I analysed different horror films such as 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle and noticed that colour grading plays a big part in creating the setting. Since we were making a horror film, some of the vital techniques we had to use were lighting and the environment. We decided as a group to film the scary parts of our film in dark lighting. As an editor, I thought it wasn't enough, so I took inspiration from 28 days later and added colour grading along with a flicker effect which helped create a dark, scary atmosphere. Another thing that was vital to our film was the sound. Our Director helped create the music for us, and I decided to use the music during clips that required tension. I made sure to only put it in clips where it was necessary. The music along with the dark lighting, colour grading and flickering lights adds a dark, scary setting to this film and fits in with the theme of insanity which is the main focal point of Missing.