By carrying out audience feedback on advertisements for the documentary "Batteries Not Included", the creator learned that the ads effectively conveyed the intended themes and messaging. Feedback indicated the newspaper ad captured the feeling of a child distracted by technology through its imagery. Listeners of the radio ad understood the documentary's topic from the included interview clips and were engaged. Viewers of the documentary praised the creative opening titles, relevant music, and variety of interviewees. The audience research validated that the ads and documentary followed industry conventions well.
4. I posted my newspaper advert to and asked people to
look at it and asked for their opinion, this is what they said;
‘I like your choice of contrasting images to convey the theme of 'Toys' and I like
how the teddy bear and the toys are behind the girl whilst she's got the Xbox
controller in her hand, it suggests that this documentary could be about how
children nowadays only care about the latest tech games. And the expression
on her face shows that she could be addicted, which I like, and makes me
want to watch the documentary since I can relate.. However, I think the
image outside the window could be replaced with a better background, like a
playground or grass.’
‘It Looks very professional. The picture is effective and eye catching. And makes
you want to watch the whole documentary.’
‘I think it is very creative and looks professional which would make me want to
watch the documentary. I also like the contrast of the old toys and the new.’
5. By carrying out audience research and asking for their views on the
newspaper advert for our documentary: ‘Batteries Not Included’.
It has shown that the newspaper advert does stick to the codes
and conventions, which is what we intended to do throughout
production. The main image used was of a girl that was supposed
to be concentrating on a game, by looking at the audience
feedback this was achieved. The toys in the background were
edited on Photoshop to make them look as if they were sad the
girl wasn’t giving them attention and playing with them, one of
the comments in the feedback said they liked the fact they were
sad and behind the main image. They also go on to say that it
looks professional and they would watch it if they saw the advert.
this is what the newspaper advert was intended to do.
6. Radio Advert
I posted the Radio Advert to and asked people to look at it and
asked for their opinion, here are some of the things they said;
‘I like the way there is small cuts of different interviews integrated into it so that
you get a feel for the kind of stuff going to be in the documentary. It would
make me want too watch it’
‘It is clear what the documentary is about and it is useful how you have put the
scheduling information in at the end. I like how you have used the same music
that was in the documentary, linking them together.’
‘It’s really good, I like the format and content of the radio advert.’
By carrying out audience research and asking for their views on the radio advert it
has shown that the radio advert stuck to the codes and conventions of radio
trailers. One of the main things mentioned in the audience feedback was that
there were clips used from the documentary and put onto the radio advert,
which would make them want to watch the documentary more as a result of
listening to the radio advert.
7. By carrying out audience research and asking for their views on
the radio advert it has shown that the radio advert stuck to the
codes and conventions of radio trailers. One of the main things
mentioned in the audience feedback was that there were clips
used from the documentary and put onto the radio advert,
which would make them want to watch the documentary more
as a result of listening to the radio advert.
This is the link to my to listen to the Radio advert for
‘Batteries Not Included’.
http://lydialouiseowen.blogspot.com/2012/01/radio-trailer-for-batteries-
not.html
8. Documentary
I posted the Documentary to and asked people to look at it and
asked for their opinion, here are some things they said;
‘The music is relevant and the cutaways used are really creative, lots of different
camera angles’
‘good coverage of different opinions and I liked the cutaways too. I would
definitely watch the rest of the documentary.’
‘ The cutaways, interviews and voxpops are very effective. Very professional.
Really liked the opening titles. Very interesting.’
‘I love how the opening titles it is really creative and the way you've used
suitable cutaways throughout the documentary. And I really like the way
you've used the same music throughout which is really relevant to the theme
of your documentary. I cant think of any negative points.’
‘Its really good, there is a good variety of people being interviewed.’
9. By carrying out audience research and asking for their views on the first five
minutes of our documentary it has shown that we have stuck to the codes and
conventions properly. The first opinion of the documentary pointed out that
the music was relevant as it was the main theme from toy story which is why
we used it, also the different type of camera angles that were pointed out
meant that it had stuck to the codes and conventions properly. The main
things that were said were; ‘professional, interesting, creative and it would
encourage them to watch the documentary’. Another point made was the
variety of people interviewed; we did this because we wanted the
documentary to appeal to more than one age.
This is the link to our documentary ‘Batteries Not Included’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRdDcrVj29o&context=C3b9ebaaA
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