Editing - Deleted Scenes/Examples and Why

An example of a deleted scene we'd decided not to use would be the low angle shot of the innocent character's(Billie), feet whilst she got ready to go out with a friend for the evening. We'd intentional used the lighting equipment to create the intruders(Jameel), shadow were we'd planned for him to walk up the corridor and into view of the camera, before hovering in the background of the clip, creating a cutaway shot which we thought we'd achieve very well once filmed but realised when were watching our footage back on the Macs that the additional lighting we'd used to create the shadow had been turned up to high, making the background bright which then made our initial idea ineffective.

Another example of a scene we'd removed from our line of work would be the high angle shot of the intruder(Jameel), walking up the stairs after he'd entered the innocent character's(Billie), apartment. We'd shot this particular scene many time at various different angles and camera shots, first starting at the bottom of the stairs with a low angle shot and a close up on his feet as proceeded up the staircase, which was a clip we'd actually used. Whilst filming we'd planned to use this high angled shot(in the screenshot photo provided)also but found ourselves deducting it later on because we'd preferred the shadow shot of the intruder walking across the hallway we'd created using the lighting equipment and felt it had a more intense feel and related well with the subject associated with the task given which was to create a thriller opening. In the same sense, we felt it would permit us with an opportunity in which we could show some diversity by showcasing an example of the different techniques we were given the chance to explore.