1) The author has learned to value external feedback more while working alone on coursework compared to working with a partner previously. 2) Receiving positive feedback on their work was reassuring for the author. 3) The author learned that using feedback to improve ideas and solutions is as important as using it to gauge the quality of work. Feedback, even just positive comments, can provide ideas to further enhance videos. Negative feedback can help identify problems to solve.

1. “WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED
FROM AUDIENCE FEEDBACK?”
Evaluation Question 3

2. INTRODUCTION
• During this year of the course, I have learnt to
value outside feedback even more because I
have been working alone. Last year I had a
partner, so we could feedback ideas to each
other and get opinions on what we do within our
group.
• On my own, I was more worried about my video
than before even though I actually thought my
video concept and outcomes are better than my
previous work. When I finally received feedback
from friends and my teachers, I was relieved for
it to be positive.

3. TAKING ON FEEDBACK
• During this whole media studies course I have
learnt that taking on feedback and using it to my
advantage when coming up with new ideas and
solutions to problems is just as important as
using feedback to gauge whether you video is
good.
• For example, even if people only give positive
feedback, there is still ways to improve from this.
If people say they like a particular thing about a
video, maybe this can be used a bit more to
make the video better as a whole.

4. TAKING ON FEEDBACK
• When people give negative feedback, you can
ask the person how they would think you can
improve. If lots of people give ideas on how to
improve or even just reasons of why certain
things don’t work, it can be a lot easier to come
up with solutions to problems.
• If people say what they dislike, you can think of
ways to either improve or replace this with
something else to achieve a better outcome.

5. EXAMPLES OF ME USING
FEEDBACK TO MY ADVANATGE
• For example, in my first draft feedback,
someone commented that there was too much
going on in the video and would be better toned
down. I took this on board to think of the idea to
make the video pace and editing gradually
increase in intensiveness as it goes on because
it is too much at the start. This
improvement also fits in really well with my
narrative of the man getting crazier as the video
goes on.

6. EXAMPLES OF ME USING
FEEDBACK TO MY ADVANATGE
• Another example of feedback helping me
improve, is someone saying that they found the
video to have only one location making it boring.
To use this negative feedback to make
something positive I kept that in mind when
recording more footage so I can vary the way I
shoot and the setting I used. I also tried to make
the straitjacket / cell scenes as different as they
could be to the other scenes by making it a pure
white backdrop and costume compared to the
other shots which are all dark.

7. EXAMPLES OF ME USING
FEEDBACK TO MY ADVANATGE
• Positive feedback also is important and during
this course working alone, the feedback I
received gave me confidence in the video I had
created motivating me to make it the best I can
do.
• Lastly feedback can help with more trivial
descisions such as choosing fonts or slight
colour changes. Especially if I think they all look
good/fit the genre, having other perspectives
can help find the best option overall.