Audience Feedback

Throughout my Pre Production, Production and Post Production I have received feedback from all sorts of people on making my film which had helped me and my group to get to where we did.  People told us how they feel and what they think we should do to improve or change something.

During Pre Production after we were put into groups we got feedback from each other first. This was as we went of to think of film ideas and come back to tell each other it. From this we learnt what types of film we should focus on as we voted which films would and wouldn't work and which films would be too difficult to shoot.

Our first film idea was a thriller called 'Locked in my Mind' but was changed after receiving feedback from my teacher who said that it would have been too difficult to film. Wet then kept putting ideas together until we had a possibly likely film. We decided to stay with the film we did 'Fix Up, Look Hard' because of the feedback we got from our teacher and classmates who told us that they think it will work and also I spoke to my younger brother about it and he told me he thiks it's good.

After our final film was chosen we had to put it together so it could work. Aswell as disagreements our narrative for the film changed slightly because of feedback from literally everyone. This was mainly on ending of the film and the way the prank idea comed to plan. We were told the sounded dull and the prank idea would be difficult so the ending was changed to become more funny and the prank idea part was changed to connect the audience more.

When it came to Production we couldn't get feedback from our target audience so got it from our teacher, actor, and random people distrubing us. While shooting the film our teacher was marking us so would regularly give small tips and our actor who played our main character Harry gave us advice on how it was best to shoot him. These pieces of advice went a long way because we could of shot the film differently and our film would have been different. Also because our actor is also a A2 Media Studies student it helped.

Post Production is where we had the most feedback. Putting the film together required knowledge from me and the group because we know the film and how to make it look better. But we also needed feedback from other media groups to get their thoughts across. The feedback varied from sound to effects.

After the film was put together we showed it to Year 9 students who are our potential target audience. We were pleased to here things like "The film was really funny" and "The story was interesting" but we also had some critical ones like "Too quick" and  "The actor was bad".

During my Ancillary Task feedback helped me to make my poster more marketable. This was important because it needed to look like a real comedy film poster. From the feedback I got I beleive I used it well as I took what people were saying into consideration especially my target audience. The majority of what people were saying was making my poster look more interesting and real. I did this with the use of colour, size, theme, font etc.  

I feel that without the feedback, I may not have seen things I should have and improved to an extent. Also it got me thinking on ways to appeal to my target audience rather than satisfying me and the group. So overall to me it was a good thing.

Feedback on sound

1)Emotional/Ideas(Harry squirted water - idea thought)
Although I liked this sound the feedback from my group wasn't that good. They said that they don't know if it will work and will be a risk. The drum beat is what spoils it for them and they said they will prefer if I found or made a better beat instead. I had a back up which is called 'Emotional Drift 2' taken from the audiolgfl website.

2)Opening-(Harry waking up)
This sound had positive feedback from my group and others. They said it sounded really good and that they can imagine it in the type of film i'm making. This made me feel good as one of my sounds I created could be used. People outside my group said they can imagine hearing it in a opening of a film and my group said that it builds up the character in who the audience will see.


3)Action Hero(Harry gains confidence)
Out of everything this one received the best feedback and most people laughed to it including the teacher. They said that if I include it then there is a huge possibility that our film will be successful. I didn't need to think of any back up song because of its reputation and because I tested it in its prt in the film and it looked real and worked.

4)Caribbean Jive(Reaction song)
This song was taken from audiolgfgl just like Action Hero. This received positive feedback from people outside my group but not from my group itself. The reason my group didn't like it is because they didn't feel it will work. After testing it on the part of the film I saw that it didn't work to because of the facial expression our character Harry was pulling.

5)Harry setting pranks
Another made by me and supposed to be used when Harry is setting up the pranks. This sound gained mixed feedbacks from everyone but wouldn't feature in the film as the part it was going to be with isn't in the film anymore.

5)Backup  - Good feedback due to the jumpy beat and my group thought it suits the type of genre of the film and the audience may bop their head to it.

Others
Alarm clock- Alarm sound so had to be positive
Banana slip- Funny but not guaranteed
Door opening & closing- Typical sound
Jack yelling- Really funny and should work
Reaction- A risk to use