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Student filmmakers say sound and editing built tension in short film "Echo"
Summary
On the Ivy Film Show, director Sofia Bowman and cinematographer Delia Doherty described how sparse cinematography, repeated sound motifs and tight pacing created tension in their short film Echo, their final IB film production.
On the Ivy Film Show, director Sofia Bowman and cinematographer Delia Doherty said their short film Echo relied on simple camera work, repeated sonic motifs and deliberate pacing to create tension despite being shot largely in daylight.
The film is the pair's final production as International Baccalaureate (IB) film students. Bowman and Doherty described a collaborative approach in which editing and sound design were prioritized to shape suspense while the cinematography remained deliberately simple to focus viewers on detail and performance.
"Because it was like a horror and a thriller, like, and although I am the director, we mainly collaborated on doing editing and sound. And when we were really approaching it, it was prioritizing, like, making sure that we had pacing correct," said Sofia Bowman, director, SD Productions. "And being able…
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