Miss Shipp screened all 3 films in lesson and we all took notes on what we thought of each film e.g. what we thought of the films storyline, lighting, acting, strengths and weaknesses etc.
We created questions to ask the other groups then recorded thier feedback. The questions we asked were:
- What Did You Perceive of the Overall Message of the Film?
- What Were the Srengths of Synchronicity?
- What Were the Weaknesses of Synchronicity?
- Did You Feel the Music Was Fitting With the Scenes And Visuals You Were Getting?
We used the flip video cameras to record them.
The groups feedback can be seen below:
The first group we interviewed was the creators of Karma. This is the feedback that we received from them.
What Did You Perceive of the Overall Message of the Film?:
- Karma believed that the message of our film was not very clear. They said that the only way they would of understood the message is if they were told before hand.
What Were the Strengths of Synchronicity?:
- Karma believed that the setting we used was a strength because it fitted well with our story-line. Also the props we added in were also effective.
- They believed the camerawork was good with the theme of the story.
- The credits at the start were good.
What Were the Weaknesses of Synchronicity?:
- They felt that the acting in our film was to scripted. So for example the actors did not put much emphasis or expressions into there lines. One of the reasons could of been because our actors spoke with foreign accents and therefore may of struggled to adapt to English grammar.
- The sound seemed to be out of sync and not leveled to the right sound in certain scenes. Some shots were much louder than others.
- The overall message was not clear if it was aimed at the parents or at Isabel.
Did You Feel the Music Was Fitting With the Scenes And Visuals You Were Getting?
- Karma believed that the music fitted very well with the visuals. Especially at the beginning.
We then went on to film the group that produced Fleeting. This is the feedback we received from them.
What Did You Perceive of the Overall Message of the Film?:
- Fleeting's director Bobbie(right) answered this question. She got that the message of the film was clear. She understood that the parents were lawyers and that they did not have time to play with there daughter. She also understood that Isabel caused the train crash by pulling the train set off the table.
What Were the Weaknesses of Synchronicity?:
- Matt (middle) answered this question. He felt the weaknesses like Karma said was the acting. He felt they came out of character at certain points and would focus to much on there script.
- Also he felt that the scene with Isabel playing with the train set dragged on for to long. This lead him to becoming very bored and not understanding why the scene was so long.
What were the Strengths of Synchronicity?
- Emma (left) said that the overall story line was good and that she could adapt well to Isabel's emotional story.
- Bobbie said she liked our Mise-en-Scene.
- Matt feels the lighting was very good. For example the blue lighting created by the gels.
Did You Feel the Music Was Fitting With the Scenes And Visuals You Were Getting?:
- Like Karma, Fleeting said the music fitted well with the visuals they was getting.
Once we had finished receiving feedback from our class piers we decided that it would be good to interview a more professional approach and someone more in our target audience range.
We decided that we would interview our learning pastrol care supporter at our school Ms Wright. We asked her the same questions as we asked our class mates. This is the feedback she gave us:
Our Short Film Is Drama. Is This Clear To See?:
- Ms Wright said that is is clear to see the short film is Drama
Can You follow What Is Happening in Our Short Film?:
- Ms Wright said it was really easy to follow. Straight away you can identify who the main characters are and can simply follow the story.
What were the Strengths of Synchronicity?:
- The positives we had was the clock. She liked the way it showed that time was passing on throughout the day.
- The way it cut between the story and the little girl. You had both sides to the story.
- The music was haunting.
What were the Weaknesses of Synchronicity?
- With Isabel hiding. The parents did not panic as much as you would expect parents to panic if there little girl went missing.
Audience Feedback Conclusion:
From the feedback I got of my class piers and teachers this is what I have learned about Synchronicity.
The message of our short film had mixed reviews. It is important that when making a short film you're message must be clear for the audience or it will not be successful. It was clear that our piers did not really understand the message but our target audience with Ms Wright did. This maybe is because our target audience our more likely to understand the message as they have experience themselves.
We had many Strengths. The clock shots were brought up a lot and this was pleasing because it was an important part to our film and showed the time difference of Isabel being ignored. Also the credits were a positive as we felt we could grip the audience at the start with them and it was to our advantage they found them gripping.
The weaknesses were the acting and this was disappointing as the characters were a key point to making our story line good and understanding the message. This was maybe because we didn't give them enough of a chance to learn the scripts.
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