3/30/2012

Feedback From First Draft

After a showing of the first draft, we received both positive and negative feedback, to help us improve the opening further. 


Positive feedback we received:

- In the opening there is a good range of camera shots and angles which make it interesting and relate to the characters well.


- The storyline and genre is made clear, which helped really helped by the codes and conventions that we have put in place


- The titles we have used are clear and smart, and fit in well with the opening and don't look out of place.


The negative feedback we received will now help us to improve the film. From the feedback we now know we need to sort the following:


- The diegetic audio is uneven in place, so we need to level out the audio, by increasing/ decreasing audio gain on each clip so all clips match each other. Also music underneath speech needs to be made quieter to make the dialogue really clear. 


- The establishing shot is slightly shaky, so this needs to be stabilised in premiere pro.


- The fire effect needs to track the hand movement better as it looks to unrealistic at the moment.

- Some shots of Jess and Zoe need to be shortened slightly to make sure we keep the audience's attention throughout.

- Music needs to be re -written in places to make it less repetative, as it makes the opening too boring otherwise.