We wanted to incorporate an object into the project that character Boatswain plays with or uses throughout. This will help build up the tension whilst also contributing to maintaining audience attention throughout the long dialogue sequences.
We discussed many different objects but found that a coin is perceived well when manipulated in editing software from an audio perspective.
The coin could also be perceived as a metaphor to the primary plot – referring back to Michael’s two flashbacks and the coin have two sides... against the two sides to Michael’s past life – the good (Field scene w/ son) and the bad (argument with wife – w/ multiple voices crying etc)
I guess a good example of a coin used within a film is The Dark Knight (2008) Directed by Christopher Nolan. Character Harvey Dent who later becomes Batman Comic-villain “Two-face” The villain leaves his victims fate to ‘chance’ with a coin flip deciding what happens. The scenes in which he flips the leaves terrifying results upon the victim, usually leading them to confess etc, although their reaction is due to the script in itself and being terrified that they might be killed – I believe it’s the physical sound of the coin as its flipped through the air that keeps my attention and the tension of the scene at a high
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