Evaluation Question 3: What have you learned

from your audience feedback?

These slides contain different forms of feedback that I received throughout my

project

Band Name DecisionOriginally, I had 6 ideas of what to name my band. Out of the ideas I had came up with I decided by myself that I wanted my band to be named: ‘Twats Like Us’

However, upon feedback from my teacher I decided not to use it since a band would not use an inappropriate name for a number of reasons. Firstly, through using rude language the artists songs would not be able to be played on the radio since the name would not be able to be used. Also, currently one of the main franchises for selling albums is in supermarkets which are designed for family use so an album with rude language would not get stocked.

This also ruled out the idea of using: ‘The Fazy Luckers’

Although this censored the name I wanted I could clearly understand the feedback of not using it.

After this I was left with 4 band names but in my mind it came down to Lego Monkeys and Scrapheap Mojo.

After asking members of my class for feedback since they are around the age of the target market I would have expected for my band. Although Scrapheap Mojo had some fans, the general reception was that Lego Monkeys was the name that best suited my band and their genre

This view was also supported by my teachers so it was clear that Lego Monkeys was the correct decision.

Animoto Pitch FeedbackI was unable to record this pitch since when I conducted my first pitch that was recorded in class time with my original group

However, I did get a chance to show one of my teachers my pitch to discuss feedback.

She raised issues to do with my planning out of concern. Although she is older then my expected target market she had valid points to make and made me think more clearly about the execution of my project since at the time I was very vague on details

This prompted me to consider factors of my project in practical terms so overall it was very helpful to receive feedback on my presentation

Draft Digipak and Advert Feedback

After completing my draft work I received feedback from teachers on them.

There were some simple changes that were advised that needed changing such as the digipak was the wrong way up and that the images on my advert needed resizing which I took onboard since these a purely media issues, such as incorporating the rule of thirds, which I trust my teachers on.

However, there were some constructive advise that they gave me which at the time I did not agree with such as removing the beige and simply making it black and white which at the time I thought was too big a change.

They awarded each 5/10 which gave me a better idea of at what level my work was which overall benefited me

Digipak FeedbackAlso, nearer to the deadline of the final digipak my teacher suggested to me that one of the panels looked like more of a pop genre then a indie rock. Although I agree with her at the time of making it I did not realise at all.

Because of this my teacher showed me this album cover from The Crookes which is a bit more like the genre I wanted. I found this to be perfect inspiration and decided to use this as a majorly influential part of my final digipak

Mid-Editing FeedbackAt a first look at the first minute of the video I received some feedback from my teachers for when I conducted my re-takes.

The main point that my teacher stressed was that they are suppose to be a 4 person band yet even in the first minute that there lots of separate shots with selective band members. This is probably down to the fact that on the main filming day the drummer, Matt Rogers, was only able to join us for the band shots so there no other shots of that day with him in. These are some examples of selective band member shots I found already:

I understood their point but I knew in my mind this was not my decision and was due to Matt’s absence

Feedback From My ClassI left a large piece of paper for members of my class to write their thoughts about my advert and digipak on for my benefit in feedback.

Alex wrote: "I like the front cover and advert, but doesn't really stand out just with black and white"

Jack listed: - Good professional photos - Realistic Reviews - Modern advertising - Nice theme - Cool Font - Better cutting out needed - Move font on disc

Laura wrote: "Advert looks current and professional and matches well with Digipak. Some editing of photos on digipak could be improved."

Vish wrote: "The digipak looks like a whole package. Black and white works well and is simplistic."

An Un-Named person: "Good use of font and text layout. Definite grayscale theme. Edges need smoothing on advert models - looks jagged.“

This gave me constructive feedback from people I would see as being in my target market. The main issue that became apparent was the poor quality photos which I agreed with since I had taken them on my iphone

I did the same thing for feedback on my draft music video

Laura listed: - lighting needs sorting, band shots are a bit shadowy. - actors work really well and costume looks good. - casual style of shot works well/collage type video works for song

Mae listed: - Some of the lighting needs sorting - should only be one singer, bit random. Having the shy boy (she means Matt on Bass Guitar) for a second of it.

Alex wrote: "Some of the drumming and singing look shy. Clips are sometimes really random not linking anything. Really like the casual shots in town in front of wall and skating.

Balpreet listed: - good shots used especially close ups - Narrative slow - Boys having fun - lip syncing not on time - drummer seems upset?

Jack wrote: Good miming, nice locations, clothes fit, nice banter, more shots to finish

These are some feedback points I listed from my teacher:- Look at the framing of shots- Only half done but can see concept being formed- Rainbow t-shirt (Tie dye on Danny the singer) key- Keyboard prominate in video, add more shots

The main feedback that I took from this was what elements where important when considering re-shooting the video. The drumming shots need to be improved was a general comment which I took note of and the Tie dye tshirt being prominent was not something that I had noticed but made a lot of sense to me

This gave me good feedback when looking what to improve when reshooting

Final Video FeedbackI received some what mixed reviews for my video. People were held different views on the acting performances of the band but some of this was down to not being able to reshoot some shots. Luckily people seemed to think that the lip syncing was good which is crucial in making an authentic music video. Also, I think it came across that I had put a lot of my own time into making it since there are a fare few locations involved. Overall, although it is not a grade or mark it gave me a better idea of how people saw it as an actual video which interested me to know.

Also, people seemed to see the humour in my outakes video when I showed them which I liked.

Overall, I think my ideas came out well onto my video despite maybe not filming as much as I would have liked.

Whilst filming I felt although my idea was my own creation that I was supported by my teachers in a constructive

manor.

Also, I did not feel hampered by the exam board and felt I had free will to do and film what I wanted and thought

would be best.