Audience feedback Audience feedback (2)(2)

This is our second audience feedback session, This is our second audience feedback session, this has been helpful as it is within our media this has been helpful as it is within our media class, and I think it is important we get feedback class, and I think it is important we get feedback from media literate people rather than just our from media literate people rather than just our regular peers. This is important because it means regular peers. This is important because it means they understand what type of feedback we are they understand what type of feedback we are looking for and how to give it. They will focus looking for and how to give it. They will focus more on the editing and cinematographic more on the editing and cinematographic techniques displayed more than content/what techniques displayed more than content/what our sequence is based on at this stage of the our sequence is based on at this stage of the process.process.

AudioAudioOur audio for the younger boy crashing Our audio for the younger boy crashing the car together got moved as we were the car together got moved as we were changing another scene, and none of us changing another scene, and none of us were aware of it moving slightly, therefore were aware of it moving slightly, therefore getting out of synchronisation with the getting out of synchronisation with the action happening on screen, it was a action happening on screen, it was a simple correction to make and so we simple correction to make and so we changed it straight away and is now back changed it straight away and is now back to normal. to normal.

‘‘Adjust the colour’Adjust the colour’

Some of our scenes are highlighting the wrong Some of our scenes are highlighting the wrong colours which are not suited to the genre, these colours which are not suited to the genre, these colours are the greens from the grass and the red colours are the greens from the grass and the red off the older boys jacket. Part of our feedback was off the older boys jacket. Part of our feedback was to lower the tones of these colours, changing them to lower the tones of these colours, changing them will be a simple yet effective task and make our will be a simple yet effective task and make our sequence more suitable towards the genre and sequence more suitable towards the genre and create more of an eery feeling, our audience also create more of an eery feeling, our audience also pointed out that doing this will make it easier for pointed out that doing this will make it easier for them to tell the difference between the two boys.them to tell the difference between the two boys.

Layering soundsLayering sounds

Another feedback point was maybe finding more Another feedback point was maybe finding more sound effects so we can layer them, this was useful sound effects so we can layer them, this was useful because it makes our sequence more sophisticated because it makes our sequence more sophisticated and less boring, as I think the same track the whole and less boring, as I think the same track the whole way through being repeated got tiresome. From this way through being repeated got tiresome. From this we have found a laughter sound, which works well we have found a laughter sound, which works well because it contrasts with what's occurring on scene, because it contrasts with what's occurring on scene, we faded it in over the top of the normal sound to we faded it in over the top of the normal sound to make it sound more creepy/eery. We have also found make it sound more creepy/eery. We have also found a heartbeat sound during the shop scene, which builds a heartbeat sound during the shop scene, which builds tension and highlights that the boy is actually stealing tension and highlights that the boy is actually stealing from a shop. The heartbeat replicates that of the boys from a shop. The heartbeat replicates that of the boys at the current moment of the film.at the current moment of the film.

‘‘Presenting…’ Presenting…’

We have been advised to either change We have been advised to either change the effect we have used on the the effect we have used on the ‘Presenting…’ title or delete it, so as a ‘Presenting…’ title or delete it, so as a group we have decided to wait until we do group we have decided to wait until we do a whole class audience feedback session a whole class audience feedback session so we can gather more opinions on this so we can gather more opinions on this particular title and get suggestions on particular title and get suggestions on which font/effect to use should they think which font/effect to use should they think we should keep it. we should keep it.

Overall...Overall...

Once again, I am pleased with our Once again, I am pleased with our audience feedback, we haven’t had any audience feedback, we haven’t had any particularly harsh comments on our particularly harsh comments on our filming/editing style and all comments filming/editing style and all comments have been constructive and have helped have been constructive and have helped our opening sequence become of a higher our opening sequence become of a higher standard. standard.