Evaluation question 3

3 What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Response to the original brief with the audience in mind

Originally when we started out from our storyline we decided a prominent genre. From our chosen genre (psychological thriller) we began researching other films with the genre thriller or psychological thriller by looking at conventions such as the types of shots used, the music and the editing. After creating a story line we then interviewed people based on their views in the questions asked. We embedded video clip examples from YouTube into our blogger page and we analysed and picked out key features. We also analysed radio trailers and posters of the genre. When filming we had to keep referring to the conventions of the genre to ensure that we were using a similar style. After creating a rough cut we then went on to get feedback from our audience to see if we had conformed to the genre conventions adequately.

Achieving meaning and creative decisions made in planning

When editing we used an overlapping effect and by changing the opacity of one layer, in effect creating a blurred image; this effect made the characters point of view seem intoxicated. When filming the poker scene we needed to have a dark room to create atmosphere to do this we covered all of the windows and used a white lamp light to maintain the exposure. Unfortunately the methods that we used to block out the natural light made the room appear more orange, this created a warm feeling which we did not want so in editing we used the colour corrector to change this by using the colour wheel.

When planning the costume for the main character we knew that we needed to have something that made the character look more common and urban, this adhered to the financial situation. The costume for the villans was designed to look darker and borderline professional creating a larger contrast for the viewer to see obviously. Some new shots were required, especially close ups because we needed to show character emotion and show clear points of interest.

Trialled aspects reactions for your film. (interpretations)

We put our rough cut of our film on YouTube for the audience to see and comment on. Some people may be able to relate to the main characters financial struggle and may be interested to see how the character handles it. Or perhaps the viewer is financially secure and would like to see life from another perspective. 

The audience responses helped to alter the film to adhere to the conventions. Once we had our feedback we could ensure that we had the correct audience changing things like adding in music, and changing length of the shots to fit the genre and atmosphere. We even added in new new scenes to make the film more understandable creating a better narrative.

Unhinged rough cut