2. Music One of the things we found to be good about our first cut was the music. We think it added to the emotional state of the storyline, telling the audience a little about the protagonist and her emotions at the time. We also liked how we tried to show the music as playing on the characters iPod. However, the transition between the clear sound of the music to the windy, less clear sound of the footage was not as professional looking as we intended, resulting in us looking at how we could improve on this or use a different technique altogether. For our final production we decided to apply the same style of music, but did not use the technique used in our first cut, as the storyline chosen did not involve an iPod.
3. Cuts not flowing/too many cuts Our audience feedback proved to be the biggest problem with our production as the audience found cuts between shots looked unprofessional and careless, resulting in an overall amateur look, which could have been overcome with less shots and angles. Many said that they felt if we executed this smoothly then our video would flow much better. In our final production we applied these methods and found the video to flow more smoothly resulting in a more professional look. It also kept the audiences attention on the dialogue. We ended up using less shots, but the shots we did use ran into each other more effectively.
4. Not enough emotion From our audience feedback, we realised that the characters lacked emotion and therefore the audience could not sympathise towards them; this meant they were not drawn into the storyline and therefore may not feel the urge to continue watching. In our final production we tried to overcome this by having a basic script with little rehearsal time (inspired by ‘Fish tanks’ technique.) this meant that the actors had to improvise, which led in them releasing more emotion.
5. Comparisons (Mis en scene) Props In our final production, we didn't use many of the props from the first cut, and replaced them with various others like clothing items and the photo album. We found these had more significant meanings and were enigmas within themselves. Characters From our first cut we carried on the protagonist role but disposed of the secondary role of the friend, replacing her with the mother. We found this created more emotion, which from our audience feedback was what our first cut was lacking. Costume The costume for the protagonist remains similar across both productions as we feel it suited the working class theme. The plain colours mean the focus is on the dialogue rather than the characters themselves. Location The location remains the same as we felt the council estate suited the social realism genre.
