Evaluation on Prezi
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Audience Feedback For Final Project
Question 1 - What genre does the sequence belong to?
This shows, how all of the people who filled in the questionnaires knew that the genre was social realism, which is what we were aiming for.
Question 2 - Who were the main character(s) in the sequence?
As you can see from this graph, all of the people who answered the question knew that Lex was the main character, and all but one of them noted down Kieran as the other main character. Three people also said that Tom was a main character, which isn't true but could easily be confused because he is seen the short clip, even though he would not be featured in the rest of the film.
Question 3 - What is happening in the sequence? Is it clear?
All 10 people thought that the sequence was clear and managed to grasp the general gist of the plot with comments such as "the girl is running away from her abusive boyfriend" and "thinking back to what has happened - running away from everything."
Question 4 - What could make the narrative clearer?
The ten people who did the questionnaire all said that the narrative is clear enough for an opening sequence, and that nothing really needs to be changed in this aspect.
Question 5 - Would you want to watch the rest of this film? Please explain your answer.
9/10 people wanted to watch the rest of the film. The one who did not simply stated "it's not my cup of tea" which seems more to reflect the persons personal state rather than the content of the sequence. Other positive comments were things such as "looked exciting - drew me in!" and "I want to know what happens with the girl."
These are positive comments as people seem to have been really drawn in by the opening sequence.
Question 6 - Does the music work well with what's on screen?
Again 9/10 people were satisfied with the choice of music. The one person who was not said that it was "too slow paced and repetitive" which is understandable considering what is happening on screen is fast paced compared to the music, however, the majority liked it, so we still think it was a good choice to show the development from the slow beginning of the sequence to the faster paced sequence or Lex leaving.
Question 7 - Does the pace of the sequence feel right to you?
10/10 people agreed with the pace we had chosen for the sequence, because, I think, it is exciting to watch and keeps people engaged.
Question 8 - Do you think the appropriate conventions were used for the genre? (Mise en scene, lighting, music, cinematography, editing)
Also, 10/10 people thought that we used the appropriate conventions, which would have earlier helped them to identify the genre of the sequence as social realism.
Question 9 - Do you think the shots are interesting? Any examples?
Out of the nine people who answered this question, half mentioned the extreme close up used at the very beginning of the sequence of the characters eyes, which we used in order to build up an immediate relationship with said character, and the flashback sequence, showing the characters thoughts. Also mentioned were "continuity shots done well" and the close up of Lex dragging on the cigarette, which helps to create the desired genre of social realism.
Question 2 - Who were the main character(s) in the sequence?
Question 3 - What is happening in the sequence? Is it clear?
Question 4 - What could make the narrative clearer?
The ten people who did the questionnaire all said that the narrative is clear enough for an opening sequence, and that nothing really needs to be changed in this aspect.
Question 5 - Would you want to watch the rest of this film? Please explain your answer.
9/10 people wanted to watch the rest of the film. The one who did not simply stated "it's not my cup of tea" which seems more to reflect the persons personal state rather than the content of the sequence. Other positive comments were things such as "looked exciting - drew me in!" and "I want to know what happens with the girl."
These are positive comments as people seem to have been really drawn in by the opening sequence.
Question 6 - Does the music work well with what's on screen?
Question 7 - Does the pace of the sequence feel right to you?
Question 8 - Do you think the appropriate conventions were used for the genre? (Mise en scene, lighting, music, cinematography, editing)
Question 9 - Do you think the shots are interesting? Any examples?
Out of the nine people who answered this question, half mentioned the extreme close up used at the very beginning of the sequence of the characters eyes, which we used in order to build up an immediate relationship with said character, and the flashback sequence, showing the characters thoughts. Also mentioned were "continuity shots done well" and the close up of Lex dragging on the cigarette, which helps to create the desired genre of social realism.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Questionnaire based on rough draft
Questions
1. What genre do you think the film belongs to?
2. Could you understand the narrative of the film?
3. What is your opinion of the protagonist?
4. Would you want to watch the rest of the film? If not, why?
5. What would you improve/change about this scene?
6. Describe this scene using one word.
As far as the genre goes, all of ten people who watched the scene understood that it was a social realism film based on real life drama. Around half of the people said that they understood the narrative of the scene, but all of them understood that the protagonist, Lex, was running away from the boy for some reason - we are not suppose to know the reasons for this at this point in the film, so this is not something worrying. As for the main protagonist, all except one approved of our choice of actress, saying that she was very good at capturing the role as well as looking the part. One said that perhaps more emotion was needed. 8 out of 10 also said that they would like to watch the rest of the film because they would want to find out what has happened to cause this and where Lex goes after she leaves the house. The two who did not want to watch it either felt that it didn't seem as if anything interesting would happen next, or the genre did not appeal to them. The main problem people picked out seemed to be the acting ability of the actor playing Kieran . However, hopefully he will seem more threatening after we have edited in some flash backs of him acting more aggressively. Alot of the words we got back to describe it were also 'tense' or 'realistic.'
Overall, we think that the answers to these questionnaires were encouraging, although both actors may not both be brilliant, they are both competent and everyone seemed to really like Sarah, playing the main character. I think it will also be easier for the audience to identify with the male character once the extra scenes have been edited in, and some of the slightly longer shots have been cut down to make it easier to watch as a whole sequence.
1. What genre do you think the film belongs to?
2. Could you understand the narrative of the film?
3. What is your opinion of the protagonist?
4. Would you want to watch the rest of the film? If not, why?
5. What would you improve/change about this scene?
6. Describe this scene using one word.
As far as the genre goes, all of ten people who watched the scene understood that it was a social realism film based on real life drama. Around half of the people said that they understood the narrative of the scene, but all of them understood that the protagonist, Lex, was running away from the boy for some reason - we are not suppose to know the reasons for this at this point in the film, so this is not something worrying. As for the main protagonist, all except one approved of our choice of actress, saying that she was very good at capturing the role as well as looking the part. One said that perhaps more emotion was needed. 8 out of 10 also said that they would like to watch the rest of the film because they would want to find out what has happened to cause this and where Lex goes after she leaves the house. The two who did not want to watch it either felt that it didn't seem as if anything interesting would happen next, or the genre did not appeal to them. The main problem people picked out seemed to be the acting ability of the actor playing Kieran . However, hopefully he will seem more threatening after we have edited in some flash backs of him acting more aggressively. Alot of the words we got back to describe it were also 'tense' or 'realistic.'
Overall, we think that the answers to these questionnaires were encouraging, although both actors may not both be brilliant, they are both competent and everyone seemed to really like Sarah, playing the main character. I think it will also be easier for the audience to identify with the male character once the extra scenes have been edited in, and some of the slightly longer shots have been cut down to make it easier to watch as a whole sequence.
Friday, 11 February 2011
Music
We chose this song from the website http://www.jamendo.com/en/, which is the worlds number one platform for free and legal music downloads. The song it called 'I Try' by the band 'Radio Road.'
After listening to a range of other tracks, we chose this one because we think it fits well with the style of our film and matches what is happening on screen without being so close a match that the sequence would appear like a music video.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Storyboards
These are the original rough drafts of the storyboards, which weren't in much detail.
These ones however, are in much more detail and also show the flashback sequence that was added in, as well as more information about the shot and what is happening in that shot.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Feedback 9.2.11
Well done girls. YOua re making good progress here. Why does it say Gryffindor etc after the character's names? Am I missing something?!
Keep up the good work.
Mrs A
Keep up the good work.
Mrs A
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