Revisions - Change of the Murder Weapon

Due to several unexpected obstacles, my co-director and I had only one day to film with our actors and, thus, didn't leave us with much time to correct any mistakes. One of the aspects we had to improvise was the murder weapon that the mom gives the daughter. After several screening of the clip to our peers, they told us that the knife was obviously a kitchen knife used for eating and didn't seem practical as a murder weapon. When we did re-shoots after out midterm submission, we changed out the kitchen knife for one that looked more "sleek" and realistic as a weapon. The overall dark feeling it created was improved greatly by the change.