As a group we created a rough copy of our thriller opening sequence and then presented it to the class and teachers, this was important as it allowed us to be able to receive feedback from the class and teachers; which would help us improve our final thriller opening sequence. We got positive and negative feedback which was all vital to know where we had to improve on to make our thriller opening sequence the best it could be. Our rough cut was very far from the final product but this helped us know what we had to do to our thriller opening sequence right from the beginning of the editing stage. The feedback helped my group and I see what we needed to improve in our opening sequence to obtain a higher grade and for it to be more successful.
We got our feedback by showing the class and teachers first the rough cut then after our PowerPoint had been presented the class had been given a form to review our rough cut. These forms gave the chance for the class to give our rough cut a mark out of 60. Also these forms gave the class a chance to say what went well and what could be improved in our rough cut. These were given to the all the groups in our class and they were collected and given to us to read over and take into account how we could improve our final opening sequence.
The suggestions and criticisms we received were very constructive and helpful. Out of 60 our average mark was 40. The feedback from most of the class and teachers was they thought we had a good use of camera angles, successful low key lighting, and used conventions found in the thriller genre by using a blonde female victim and including the setting in a forest. The criticism we received was
we should include more sound effects to create a larger impact on the audience and the editing used should be faster to build up the suspense.
This feedback will help us resolve the problems with our rough cut to make our final opening scene better for the viewing of our target audience. We kept everything the class said was good about the rough cut and included the things the class said we included to hopefully make out final opening sequence successful.
You have provided a good start to your rough cut analysis, by explaining the purpose of showing a rough cut.
ReplyDelete1) You need to state specifically what your feedback was (positive and negative) and explain how you will make changes and why
2) You need to explain the purpose of showing your sequence to an unbiased audience
3) Explain why you needed to make changes after your feedback