Crit

we talked about how the phone really needs to be an actual landline phone rather than a mobile as you wouldn't pick up a mobile to hang it up, you would just press 'end call' so this movement wouldn't be necessary. The need to check the phone had rung up properly may not be there. Going to have to try really hard now to find a retro phone!

Another point made was that instead of concentrating on just one ritual, I could have a grid on screen playing loads of different rituals. Although I can see how that could look effective, I think I'll probably stick with concentrating on the one ritual. This way it will reiterate that obsessive, repetitive movement, again and again and again. It will also effect the audience on a more personal level if it is focused on one case. The viewers will sympathize more with one character, rather than watching lots of random actions. Nevertheless, I will still experiment a little with this idea and shoot a few more 'rituals'.