Audience feedback



We finished editing our film opening on 22nd November 2012. We then uploaded the finished video onto facebook were we were able to obtain feedback from the age range of 21years-30years old as this is our target audience, due to what we found in the research on the genre. The majority of the comments were positive with a lot or remarks surrounding the variety of camera shots that we included. There was slight negative feedback surrounding the part where one character falls onto the railway tracks in front of the train; as the viewers were slightly confused on exactly what had happened. We will need to reconsider this setion and to include extra features to make the scene clearer to our audience.

Changes made after audience feedback

After lots of consideration are group decided that to add drama to the moment when the character falls, we would need a sound effect such as a scream. After searching the internet for a scream that was suitable to use, we could not find one. So with the help of our teacher who performed the scream, we were able to record our own. This immediately made the suspense and drama increase and just by adding this sound effect helps the audience develop a better understanding. But we were still not happy, and wanted to include something else that would make it more clear to the audience. So we watched all our raw footage from the train station as we took many shots just in case we needed anything else. There was a couple of clips were I tried to make it seem like I had tried grabbing Charlotte's(Sacha's) coat, but because it didn't look right and you could tell she wasn't actually falling we didn't use this before. But after cutting the footage shorter and slowing it down, as well as adding an effect to it looked a lot more effective and realistic. So we used this in our footage. Now the accident is a lot more clearer to the audience and you can tell exactly what happens.

Change of music

We originally used the so 'Use Somebody' which is a popular Kings of Leon song, but becuase we used a cover of this song found on youtube we believed it wasn't copyright. But due to the fact Pixie Lott a famous singer, sung the cover we now recently believe that it could be classed as copyright. So to overcome this issue, we asked our friend to sing a cover of the song for us as she is very musically talented and can also play the guitar. Unfortunatly she wasn't able to sing 'Use Somebody' as it is a very challenging song to play on the guitar as well as sing. So instead our group decided on another song that we though would also be suitable for the film opening. This song was 'Fix you' by Coldplay. We chose this song as we thought not only is the tempo suitable for our opening but also the theme and lyrics of the song.