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The Hoodie:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n52QJyZH-g&t=28s Due to the current pandemic, we weren't able to meet up all together but we still managed to fix our video as a team. After texting back and forth, we decided to fix a few things. First, we added new clip in the beginning of the film which foreshadowed the harm done to Miguel, and then filmed new "stalking" clips with a phone camera to help with the sizing trouble we had in our draft (Don't worry, we're all practicing social distancing! Miguel filmed these with the help of his brother.) Next, we rearranged the order of the film where the interrogations and kidnapping scenes bounced back and fourth. This helps our viewers understand our story line better and would leave them to question who did it. Lastly, we made sure we represented the hoodie correctly. Not only did we add flashback from the interrogations to the kidnapping, we also zoomed onto to the hoodie at the end to create suspense.

What I liked What confused me Sugestions I loved the sound effects and background music. It set the perfect mysterious mood for the movie opening. Josh’s acting was also really great in the sense that he was a very affirming interrogator. The dialogue left me confused at times because I couldn’t really hear what was being said. The kidnapping was confusing because it happened all of a sudden and I definitely made this mistake of my own. Maybe record a voiceover to replace the dialogue happening in the opening and lip sync what is being said. Introduce the kidnapper more in a sense that leads to the kidnapping in an understandable way. I really liked the music that was used in the background, it helped with the sense of mystery and developed the plot.  I was a little confused at the end why the hoodie was just left on the table where the last person was interviewed. I think maybe at the end instead of the hoodie just being on the table the last person who was...