Location Photos

The bedroom

Top of the Staircase

Front  Door

The Living Room

The Kitchen

The Kitchen

Staircase

Radio Trailer Script

Audience feedback on first draft of our film

We wanted to show an audience the first draft of our film so that we could make improvements based on what our target audience thought of the film. In order to gain audience feedback, I posted the video on social networking sites such as facebook and twitter:

I also created a questionnaire so I could direct the audience towards the kind of feedback we were looking for. I created the questionnaire online using Google docs so only I could see the feedback.

Here is the questionnaire:

I opened the responses on a spreadsheet so that I could compare each response:

As you can see here, the majority of the responses were from people aged 16-20 years and the majority who answered the questionnaire were also female which was our target audience when we were researching and planning our film. However we also gained responses from people aged 21-26+ both male and female. This feedback displays that not only did we achieve appealing to our original target audience but also to an older, male and female audience.
Furthermore, the results show that despite the fact that drama might not be everyone's favorite genre, only one person stated that they didn't find the storyline interesting. Once again showing that our film does not just appeal to our target audience, but a wider one also.












Moreover, one of our biggest worries when planning our film was making sure that the audience would understand the storyline. This proved to be a challenge because we had a non-linear narrative as we used multiple flashbacks in order to tell the story and so we feared that the audience would become confused with the narrative. However, the responses we gained all stated that they understood the storyline meaning that we wouldn't have to change the layout of our film.

 Here you can see what the audience thought of the film, what they liked and didn't like and how it can be improved. The majority of responses state that the use of flashbacks was an effective and interesting way to tell the story. Furthermore, the audience were interested in what would happen next after Sally had cheated on James at the party which is what were aiming to achieve when planning the story. However, many people commented on the volume of the music as they felt it was too loud in some places making it hard to hear what the characters were saying and therefore when we were re-editing the film we raised the voices of the characters in parts and lowered the volume of the music in order to make sure that the audience could clearly hear the characters. 
Moreover, people said thought that the opening scene of Sally walking was too long and so instead of editing it down we decided to make that our title sequence to make it more interesting to watch. 

First draft of our short film

First draft of film, questionnaire

After completing the first draft of our film 'Delusion' we posted the video on the social networking sites; Facebook and Twitter to get some audience feedback. I decided to create a questionnaire so they knew what kind of response to give us.

Here is a link to the questionnaire:

Audience Feedback on our film poster

This was the first draft of our film poster: 

To attain audience feedback for our film poster we posted a link to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter where friends and family could give their opinion on what they liked about it and what we could do to improve it. 

By putting our poster on these websites we were able to see what the general opinion was. We found out that people felt that we should have a significant background, which symbolises what the film is about, or showing an important location in the film. 






However, some of the feedback states that they find the white background effective as it makes the audience want to watch the film more, as it doesn't give away the storyline. Furthermore, they stated that it makes Jess, the main character stand out more.

This was the effect that we were going for as it then draws the eye to the cup of alcohol that she is holding which is central to the story. However, we will use the audience feedback in order to improve our poster and make it more eye-catching and interesting.

Editing our film

When editing out film we wanted to use different techniques to make our film stand out from other short films. To do this, when we were planning our story line, we decided to have a phone conversation so we could use a split screen to show both of the characters talking on the phone. 


To do this I put the video clips on top of one another and then I wire framed the shots so that on the left, you could see Jess on the phone and on the right you could see James. However, I had to edit the sound so that it matched the characters movements. This meant that I had to take the sound from the second clip and match it with the movement on the video. 



This was the final outcome of the edit. Both characters are in the center of their shot and it is clear to the audience that they are having a conversation with each other over the phone.










Moreover, the lighting in this shot looks very blue and therefore doesn't look realistic, especially because earlier in the film it was in broad daylight and so it caused a continuity issue which may also confuse the audience. In order to make the shot look more realistic I had to use a colour corrector to make it look like day time instead of early evening. 

 
As you can see, I added reds and oranges to make it look more realistic. 

As you can see in the next picture, the colour looks much better and therefore, looks like it is day time in the shot. This has then solved the continuity issue. 

Finally, the main location in our film is at a party. However, we were unable to gather people together to make it look like a real party and therefore, when I was editing I had to try to make sure that the audience were unable to tell that there was no one at the party. When filming we had to show Jess walking through a room and upstairs, so we used a handheld shot which only shows Jess' face. Because we used a handheld shot, it was unsteady, implying that she was drunk. To further demonstrate that she was drunk, and so the audience would be unaware that no one was at the party, when editing the shot I separated parts of it and cut it to a black screen to make it look like she was blacking out.