Audience Feedback - Georgiou

Audience Feedback

Why is audience feedback essential to carry out?

The audience feedback is essential as it helps us decide if our thriller was good or not. This is because the audience can pick out things they may think doesn't wok in the opening which we may have missed, and they help pick out scenes that may not make sense or not well filmed. This includes camera shots/angles, lighting, costume, location, credits and the narrative. The audience also tells us the scenes which worked well and how we can improve on them.

Where did you screen your production?

Firstly, we uploaded our thriller opening onto YouTube. Then, we screened our production to 6 people who were all aged 16 or 17 during a Media lesson and asked for a brief written response from each viewer. We also received feedback from users from around the world via the comments section on YouTube.
 

How did youtube help?

Youtube helped as our thriller opening was able to be screened around the world with millions of people are able to watch it. We got allot of feedback from strangers who watched our thriller online. We got allot of positive feedback and and some negative feedback from our viewers. Also the y gave us ideas on how we could imporve if we were to make our thriller opening again.

What feedback did you receive?

We received good feedback as well as constructive criticisms which is a good thing because we knew that our production wasn't flawless, so we could see what people didn't like or did like. One person said that the camera quality was not good enough which is a fair point to make, but because we only made the opening to the film, we did not feel that it was necessary to purchase a superior camera. This was because we were on a small budget. If we were to make the whole film, then we would have bought ,or loaned, a camera of better quality.

Another criticism of our film was that if we were to make the whole film, then it would be too short because there is a murder at the start of the film and that there would be no meaning for the rest of the film. However, they did not understand that if we were to make the rest of the film, we would use the beginning as the ending and the film would consist of what happened prior to that scene to solve the enigma.

We also received a large amount of good feedback. One person said that they were impressed with the different camera shots we used for the murder scene which was something my group had already recognised as a strong positive of our production.

Reflection

If I was going to create another thriller opening, then I would keep a large proportion of what we did the same as I feel that it was a successful production. I would only make minor adjustments such as filming each scene multiple times so that we would be able to choose what scene had the best lighting, sound and if there were any human errors involved.

I would also check the weather prior to filming because we had to film on a Sunday rather than the Saturday because of heavy rain which created a background noise and got the camera lens wet. This required good improvisation skills that we wouldn't have had to use if we planned what days we were going to film on.

 

Meetings - Georgiou

Meetings - Miss Georgiou

Why are meetings important to a production?

Meetings are vital in the production process because the whole group have to have an understanding of what is best for the group. The best way to do this is through sharing ideas in meetings. Meetings helped every group member get their opinion through. It also allows a group to be organised and keep track of time.


Overall do you think your group worked well together?

I think that worked very well as a group because we all worked with same objective in mind (to create a successful, conventional thriller). After every meeting that took place, we knew exactly what we wanted to achieve when we carried out tasks. This was an advantage because it meant that no time was wasted when we carried out tasks. When we created our credits, we knew what we were going to write because we had decided in a group meeting. When we chose the soundtrack, we decided that we would all look on a different website. This helped us save time.

Date	Action	To be done by	By whom	Discussions
05.11.2012	Review individual storyboards	07.11.2012	Whole group	We discussed ideas and concepts that we have, and we reflected on the ideas and then created a group storyboard.
12.11.2012	Planning the cinematography	14.11.2012	Whole group	We started to plan what camera shots, lighting, costume, setting and iconography we wanted to use in our opening.
14.11.2012	Creating the Questionnaire	19.11.2012	Individual then as a group	We each created a questionnaire and then we joined the questions together that we thought were better.
19.11.2012	Recording the results from the questionnaire	21.11.2012	Whole group	We gave our questionnaire to 32 pupils in our school and recorded the results.
21.11.2012	Risk Assessment Planning the day we can film	21.11.2012	Whole group	We decided as a group what we thought would be a potential hazard and how we can prevent it. We also decided that we would film on the Friday and Sunday.
23.11.2012	Filming our thriller opening	25.11.2012	Whole group	We filmed our thriller using the group storyboards as guidance. Also we followed the group risk assessment so there would be less of a chance that an injury would occur.
26.11.2012	Editing our thriller	19.12.2012	Whole group	We discussed ideas on how we should edit our scenes and what transitions we should add. Also we were looking for as soundtrack, which would go well with our thriller.