For our previous plan of the ending in my story board, I allocated that in the ending, there would be a cliff hanger to when the 'stalker' grabs Thomas and that would be the ending. However, before we filmed the final ending scenes to our short film, we decided for the ending, that the stalker entering the house would cross-edit with the two boys trying to hide from him.
Once filming this ending, we decided that the change in ending was the best solution, as the tension showed between the characters was perfect for our genre and the conventions needed for a sufficient short film. The final ending scenes, was the two boys getting taken and then killed. We felt that short films generally don't finish on the cliff hanger, so the final scenes we felt needed for a certain ending. Unfortunately for the boys that meant both of them dying unexpectedly. We felt this would add to the tension and also the interest to the film for the audience. Also, it would add jump scares to the film, which then introduces more tension and fear, associated with thriller/horror genres.
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