Final Piece



Here is the final product. It took me around five hours to edit as I was detailed in my work. I would consult the group of any issues and would show them the film on a regular basis for suggestions. I am very pleased with how it turned out and the amount of quality footage we got with the extras. The title took the group a while to decide and was finally chosen during the end stages of editing. We watched the film over and over to get a feel for it. We wanted the title to be in relation to the opening sequence and Ben suggested the word macabre. This word instantly made me think of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) in the opening narration.

"They have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day."


Although this film is a horror film, thriller can contain many horror elements when involving a murderer. I remember this word sticking in my head when watching the film and it gave a perfect feel to the film. But we didn't want the films title to be one word so we though of daylight as conventional murder scenes would happen at night, ours was in the day which gave the film a unique twist in theme. So we decided Daylight Macabre worked well and all agreed it worked perfectly in relation to our sequence.

"In works of art, macabre is the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere. Macabre works emphasize the details and symbols of death."