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Week2: Final cut

Finished movie opening link: https://youtu.be/2wnTSSxaBRA

In my opening, all I did was changed the ending where the note was being read. I changed this because it was unclear what I was saying. Overall, everyone said that everything else was good with my opening. There was nothing left that I thought needed to be changed so decided to leave everything as it is, except for the voice over at the end.

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