We changes the title of the film from 'Witness' to 'X' because we dramatically changed the nature of our thriller plot. We did this because we realised we didn't have the time to film someone filming and film in a public place such as Cambridge high street, and so the witness idea went out the window. 'X' has many connotations; being that maybe an ex is the kidnapper; the film is extraordinary or 'X' rated or the kidnapped girl could be named as a subject 'X' and the thriller could take a turn towards kidnapping in the name of some psychotic mad scientist.
Even though we binned the idea of filming through a hand held camera, we kept the lens idea for the poster because we used a developing dark room, in which cameras are associated and we could reveal that cameras become a key theme introduced later in the film.
We changed the venue to being the back end of the college and inside the photography departments' dark room, and decided to keep the idea of parallel editing, between the kidnapping and the main character being held captive in a deep dark red and sinister room.
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