Rough cut - Miss Georgiou

Rough cut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NWTiw5BU7A

Audience feedback is important to a production as it allows producers to find out what needs to be improved on within their film. Producers do not want bad reviews of their films as this may put off potential audience from watching it. Ultimately, the audience is the reason behind the making of a film and so it is important that they enjoy what they watch. Producers will want their audience to recommend their film to other potential viewers which will help to build up the film reputation and result in more money being made.

There were various ways in which we received audience feedback from our target audience, the first being through asking a questionnaire that we had created to 40 people from our target audience age group. The purpose of the questionnaire was to get a better idea of what they wanted to see in a thriller film so we could analyse our group narrative and storyboard that we had already created to see if it incorporated any of the popular opinions from the questionnaire. We then made Vox Pops of three people who had answered our questionnaire to achieve more detailed answers for what our target audience feel and know about the thriller genre and to prove that the rest of our results are accurate and that we had asked those 40 people ourselves. Another way in which we received feedback from our target audience was by showing our sequence to our class and then them telling us verbally what they liked and what we could improve on. One point of improvement that was made was that our title appeared too early on in the sequence and should be moved to after the mother had been killed. That way the music would play after the mother had been killed and then again at the end of the sequence when the audience can see the antagonist following his girlfriend. The music could be used to represent his dangerous side and indicate to the audience that he is going to kill his girlfriend as well. We made this improvement to our sequence that same lesson as we agreed that it looked better in its new position. The final way in which we received audience feedback was by uploading our sequence to YouTube and asking viewers to leave comments to tell us what they thought about our sequence; what they liked and what they felt we could improve on. These could be the opinions of complete strangers who would be brutally honest about what they think. This feedback would benefit our production as we would be able to change some aspects of our opening sequence to appeal to our target audience and show them what they want to see in a thriller film. It would also benefit the film industry as if the film is collecting better reviews from its target audience, it is likely to result in more people wanting to watch the film and therefore the film industry will make more money.

Firstly, a positive comment that we received about the rough cut of our opening sequence was that our narrative was interesting and well thought through which made the opening sequence more engaging to watch. As a group we spent a lot of time trying to think of a narrative that would be different to all of the other groups. For example, the flashback at the beginning of our sequence and the 3 different change in locations, we felt would make the sequence more interesting to watch. Another positive comment was that the transitions between our shots work well which helps to create a consistent flow of the opening sequence. As a group, we wanted for our sequence to be smooth from the beginning to the end which would make it easier for the audience to watch so they could focus solely on the narrative. Finally, another positive comment was that our use of low key lighting and sounds within the opening sequence helped to build up tension. Low key lighting was used in all of the other thriller films that we had looked at and analysed due to it being a good way to create an eerie atmosphere which would build tension as it could foreshadow when something bad was going to happen. We also wanted to make the sounds that we used as realistic as possible which meant that they would have to be heard on screen at the right time.

Firstly, a common constructive comment was that our credits did not appear on screen for long enough, therefore they could not see who was what role in the production of our opening sequence. When we were creating the sequence, we wanted the forename to appear first and then disappear just before the surname appeared. We may have made their appearances too quick due to the fact that our sequence is only 2 minutes long, however, after seeing these comments and then watching the sequence back, we have enough of the sequence without any credits to make the credits we do have longer.

Another constructive comment was that we could use a darker filter when Morgan is hanging himself at the beginning of the opening sequence in order to make the feel of the scene more dark and morbid. Our group will be able to intensify the edit that we have already put onto the frames during the suicide scene to make it appear more low key.


Finally, it was suggested that we could have used a light, background music at the beginning of our sequence that could build up throughout which would help us to highlight and emphasise when something dangerous is going to happen. I think that this is a good idea that will help us to build up suspense within the sequence as the change in volume will indicate to the audience that something is about to happen but they won't know what.

After reading over the comments on our opening sequence, we have identified some changes that we will need to make on our opening sequence. Firstly, we will need to extend the amount of time that the credits appear on the screen to allow the audience to see who was involved in the production of the sequence and to fully appreciate their work.

Another change that we will need to make on our opening sequence is making the low key lighting when Morgan is hanging himself more intense to make the scene more dark and serious. We can do this by using one of the darker edits provided by the Movie Pro application.

Also, it was suggested that we should have used a light, background sound at the beginning of the sequence that could gradually build up as the sequence went on. At the moment we have a low, drone sound that plays throughout the entire sequence to ensure that there are no moments of silence. However, to improve on the comment we could possibly begin to make the sound louder as the sequence goes on or when the suicide, murder or final scene take place.