2. I have sent the product to a variety of different people
and not all being the intended target audience. I have
done this to get a range of feedback from the short
film.
3. From asking people on Facebook to watch the short and
answering a questionnaire, I have got some responses, giving
me some interesting feedback. Overall I do agree with what people
have said and have taken it on board and have learnt a lot from this.
Screenshot of some responses…
4. 1) Is the narrative easy to follow or is an explanation required?
2) Did the plot keep you interested?
3) Do the effects work with the concept of the film?
4) Does the flow in transitions/ editing between each shot work or
is it a bit jumpy?
5) What was the best part of the film?
6) What was the worst part?
7) How do you rate the film between 1- 10. 1 being the worse
thing you’ve ever seen and 10 being excellent and something you
would probably watch again?
8) If you had the chance what would you change about the film?
9) If this was on sale would you purchase it?
Questionnaire sent to people over
facebook:
5. Is the narrative easy to follow or is an explanation
required?
From the feedback I have been given I have found that the
narrative is easy to follow but needed some sort of sound/
backing track to help it along the way, to build up the
tension for when the stalker tries to stab the girl. The Pie
chart below shows how people responded to the narrative.
I initially was going to
use a backing track but
could not find one
suitable. But I do agree
that it needs something.
6. Did the Plot keep you
interested?
From the feedback the majority of people said that they
were expecting more out of it. E.g. when the girl is
applying her mascara they thought that someone or
something was going to appear behind, but said it was still
good and some were still interested as they were
wondering what was going to happen it kept them
questioning.This was what I had initially
planned to do but
unfortunately due to actor
issues this was not
possible to do.
7. Did the effects work with the
concept of the film?
I learnt from this that there was a fair few people who were
unable to identify the leave colour effect used during the
dream section of the film. However, a lot of people did
recognised the effect
put in and felt that it
did work in terms of
the film but maybe
more could have been
done.
8. Do the transitions work and flow or
are they a bit jumpy?
From the people that I asked, they said that the
transitions used did flow but a few had an issue with the
first transition between the library to the toilets but
understood why I had done this the way in which I did
(person on other side of the books, this was not
appropriate for this section as
I intended for everyone to
disappear and due to shots
going missing I did not have
any alternative footage). Apart
from this they said it was fine.
9. What was the best part of the film
and what was the worst part?
The majority of people asked said that they preferred the
part when the stalker comes at the girl with the knife.
They also said that it started to become more interesting
when the stalker came into it.
I learnt from the feedback that the worst part of the short
was the girl applying her mascara as they found the shots
too long and repetitive applying mascara and needed
something else to happen at this point.
10. How do you rate the film between 1- 10. 1 being the
worse thing you’ve ever seen and 10 being excellent
and something you would probably watch again?
The feedback from this was quite surprising with what
people rated this with the majority being 6/7 with a couple
a tad lower and higher. It is not surprising that there was a
range in ratings as it is not everyone’s cup of tea.
11. If you had the chance what would
you change about the film?
From feedback the one point to keep popping up was
plot progression, it should have been quicker getting
to the stalking and adding like extra snip its of the
stalker e.g. in the toilets appear in the mirror when
applying the mascara.
12. If this was on sale would you
purchase it?
This was not a surprising response with everyone
saying probably not. With the fact of the issue with the
first transition and also not enough action is
understandable. They did say that if the transition was
fixed and a more exciting with a little less of the girl
applying mascara then they might.
13. Overall, from the feedback I have got, I have learnt that the
short film I have created could have been much better with
probably adjusting the effects in the dream section as even
though everyone asked recognised it as being a dream but
may be more to do with the title. Therefore if I had the
chance to do this again I would adjust the effects more so that
it works better for the feel of the genre. Also, the shots in the
toilets with the girl applying mascara would be a good idea to
reduce this down and add the stalker appearing in the mirror.
Another point brought up from my feedback is the transition
at the start would need to have been adjusted.
Overall…
