Today, we completed our film that we have been working on for the last few weeks. I shared it on my Facebook to get some feedback from my friends and family to see what they thought about it, as it's useful to get feedback from other people as they will pick up on things that you yourself haven't seen. I also have my own opinion on what I thought of our film and it will be interesting to see what other people think. I'm also hoping that some of the feedback will help me evaluate the film, as they may point out mistakes that I haven't seen.
Here are the responses that I received on Facebook.
Here are the responses that I received on Facebook.
All of these responses are what you'd expect off close friends, being very kind and being interested because they're getting to see what I do at college. However with the exception of Hanna's comment, they're not really very constructive, and don't really say what they liked or why they liked it. Hanna pointed out that she thought that the audio was a bit abrupt and I completely agree with her, the editing it a little bit choppy, maybe we could have faded the audio in and out, or cut it at a more suitable point.
Since I didn't get the responses that I'd hoped for, I sent a message to my tutor and asked him for some feedback. He said he would e-mail me his feedback, so I'll post it once I get a response.
Since I didn't get the responses that I'd hoped for, I sent a message to my tutor and asked him for some feedback. He said he would e-mail me his feedback, so I'll post it once I get a response.
I also asked a boy who is on year 2 for some feedback, as they were doing the same thing as us this time last year, so I thought it would be interesting to see what he had to say. Here is his response:
Daniel also pointed out the issues with the audio. I think that more time should have been taken on the audio, as it is also quite quiet at the beginning, as I had to turn my volume onto full to hear it clearly. I mentioned in my post about editing about the camera being unfocused in parts, and Dan picked up on this too, and I agree with him here, as it could have been a lot smoother. At least we know for our next film to check the shots on the camera before packing up for the day. It was nice of him to pick up on the quirkiness of our story line, as we wanted to go out of our way to create something very different and unique. Where he says about Belle being well cast, I think he was referring to Mourning Girl who was played by Jasmine. Perhaps we should have made it clearer that the dead bloodied girl was Belle? Most of the feedback we have received has commented highly about Jasmine's performance.
I sent an email to Sarah Irving who allowed us to film at the Civic Center, as I told her that once the film was finished I'd send her it so that she could see how we used the office. I'll post her response once I receive it.