1. { Q4 What have I learnt from my audience feedback?
2. Post production I used social networking sites to post the
link to my video on YouTube. The main ones I used were Twitter and
Facebook as I dont know a lot of people that use Google plus. The
feedback on the video itself was mostly positive, people on
Facebook of my target audience said they liked it and it was a good
video. People on Twitter said similar things, that they like it and
that the male leads emotions look genuine, which was one thing I
was worried about because we had to do a lot of takes because of us
both laughing a lot. Social Media
3. I did try using Instagram as a platform for getting audience
feedback on my poster but this didnt work well as I got no
suggestions! this was probably because I posted the picture in the
middle of the day when everyone who follows me was at
work/school/college. Another thing that was brought up was that
someone didnt think the original song fitted into the indie genre
and this was my initial thought when I did the research into the
actual song by Bastille. Despite this I did still go with the indie
genre because I had a few sources that said the song was
indie.
4. If I had the chance to do this again Id probably advertise
the fact that I wanted an actor with the drama and theatre classes
at college as this would mean the actor would be more likely to be
serious and know how to put on an emotion, and be more willing to
perform. This would make the filming process quicker and more
efficient. The improvements that were suggested were using
different edits on the landscape parts of the video because the
straight cuts were overused and that risks the video looking too
choppy. This was something I thought about but wasnt confident
enough about the edits to put them in the final video because I
didnt think they fitted conventionally with the indie genre.
Another thing that was suggested was making the lip syncing shots
where hes sat outside darker. When I was filming the picture looked
perfectly balanced but when it came to the editing stage they were
too bright, I did try to darken them but this damaged the picture
and made it look even more unbalanced. So maybe filming in a
slightly darker area if I was to do something like this again,
would be a better idea.
5. I also did a one on one question and answer with one of my
friends. She said the only thing shed change is having a wider
variety of clips because some of them are repeated, this was simply
because I didnt have enough decent footage to use that represented
that particular part of the song so repeating them was my only
option. (click the picture to view the video) Focus Groups
6. The feedback that I got from my audience in a focus group
said they liked the aesthetics the gravelly sort of look, the indie
genre of the artist was obvious because of the colours, it looked
professionally made and there were a few improvements to be made.
But I was happy that they said that the ancillary texts link
together well and they could tell theyre promoting the same artist
and album. The changes would be changing the colours of the social
networking sites on the poster so they were their actual colours
(usually blue) to make the logos more recognizable to an audience,
and to add a few small pictures on the homepage (which is something
I ended up doing in the end) and to have a three colour palett on
the ancillary texts rather than just black and white contrasting
each other. The one on one feedback with one of my friends also
made me realize that the picture on the homepage needed changing
because Id not been able to get his full arm into the original
picture.
7. I need to double check the lighting levels on my camera
before filming to avoid too dark/too light shots. To film way more
than I need just in case I do need extra shots to fill up the space
between the main clips. Not to change the colours of existing
logos/brands (ancillary texts). To challenge conventions of the
genre more by experimenting with edits that are not conventionally
used. To begin with a three colour pallet rather than a two colour
as I have done this time. Based on the audience feedback, what have
I learnt?