The document summarizes feedback received from an audience of 16 people about a school documentary. Key findings include: - All 16 people enjoyed the first 5 minutes and would watch the full documentary as it was interesting and they wanted to learn more. - The documentary was found to have professional qualities like relevant interviews and footage. - Strengths included strong editing and interviews. Weaknesses were some shaky camerawork and sound levels, which have since been adjusted. - Elements like the soundtrack, logo design, and voiceover were also deemed professional and fitting for the theme of school dinners. The feedback validated that the documentary and promotional materials met expected standards and engaged the target audience. Minor audio

1. What have you
learned from
your audience
feedback?

2. Did you enjoy the
first 5 minutes of the
documentary? Out of the 16 people who filled out
our questionnaire, all 16 fed back
that they enjoyed the 5 minutes of
the documentary we created. This
response suggests that our
documentary would engage an
audience aged between 17-18 of
both genders and indicates that it
would be enjoyable to watch.

3. Would you be interested in watching the rest of
the documentary and why?
15 people suggested that they would be
interested in watching the rest of the
documentary because “it looks interesting” and
“to find out more about school dinners”. This is a
successful response as the majority of people we
asked would optionally watch our whole
documentary. 1 person said they would not
watch the rest of our documentary with the
justification “it’s not my cup of tea”. Despite this
being a negative response, the reasoning behind
it suggests that it is not a problem with the
documentary, the topic is just not intriguing to
the individual.

4. Does our documentary have similarities to professionally
made documentaries? What are these similarities?
All 16 people asked claimed that our documentary has similarities to a
professional documentary. These included: relevant cutaways, clear voiceover,
soundtrack, interesting interviews, archive footage. This response suggests that
our documentary is recognisably of a professional standard and conforms to
multiple conventions of genuine documentaries. This is important in ensuring that
our documentary meets the standards of one that would realistically be aired on
channel 4.

5. Does our voiceover suit
our documentary? Why?
100% of those who answered our
questionnaire agreed that our
voiceover suits our
documentary. Reasons included
“clear”, “understandable”,
“sounds professional”. This
confirms to us that the narration
is clear and coherent and sounds
suitable for a professionally
made documentary.

6. What are the strengths of our documentary?
Our audience feedback indicates
that the two biggest strengths of
our documentary are the editing
and the interviews. This is
significant as interviews make up
a large part of the documentary so
it is key that they are a strong
element. The editing also has a
big impact on the documentary as a
whole as it runs throughout the
whole 5 minutes. Other strengths
noted were the voiceover, topic
and cutaways. These are also
important aspects of the
documentary, especially the topic
as this is what will initially
engage our audience’s interest.

7. What are the flaws/weaknesses of our
documentary?
The biggest weakness of our documentary
according to the feedback is the sound
levels. After receiving this feedback we have
adjusted the sound levels throughout the
documentary to ensure they are all of the
same volume and are not too loud. Other
weaknesses included shaky camerawork
which we have acknowledged within some
cutaways and have tried to minimise by
shortening the screen time of the shots. 2
people suggested our interviews are a flaw
however 10 people claimed these were a
strength and our feedback generally showed
them to be relevant to our topic so we chose
not to make any alterations to the interviews.

8. On a scale of 1-5 please
rate these elements of our
documentary:
Mise-en-scene
9
5
2
Camerawork
4
1
2
Editing
6
9
1
Interview relevance
12
4
Professionalism
9
7
Our mise-en-scene received mostly 5/5 which shows that all
elements of what is shown on screen throughout the documentary
exhibit a clear link to the topic of school dinners.
Camerawork received mostly ⅘ which perhaps indicates that there
is room for improvement in terms of our filming. We have taken
this into consideration and if we were to re-make the documentary
we would take more care in ensuring each shot was of a
professional standard.
Professionalism was mostly rated 5/5 which suggests that our
documentary is as close to a professional documentary as it can be.
In terms of editing, we obtained mostly ⅘ which again shows an
area which we would work on more intricately if we were to re-
make the documentary. We would perhaps use more transitions or
graphics in order to give a more professional appearance.
75% of people rated our interview relevance as a 5 which anchors
how our interviewees were suitable for this topic and provided
answers that were harmonious with the overall themes and topic
of the documentary.

9. Does the backing track for the
documentary work well with the
theme? Why?
100% of our answers stated that the backing track worked well with the theme,
all providing the reasoning that is is relevant to the topic. When choosing our
soundtrack, we chose ‘Food Glorious Food’ from Oliver as it clearly has
relevance to the general topic of food but is sang by children which links it to
the topic of school dinners in particular. This feedback indicates that this was
a well thought out and successful choice.

10. Would our print ad make you want to
watch the documentary? Why?
❖ Eye catching
❖ Intriguing
❖ Strong image
100% of those asked stated that the print ad
makes them want to watch the documentary.
Reasons for this were:
❖ Good tagline
❖ Links to theme well
❖ professional
Based on this response, our advert is clearly strong and intriguing enough to gather an audience. It also
suggests that our print ad is up to a professional standard and is relevant and representative of our
theme.

11. Do the radio trailer
and print ad fit with
the theme of the
documentary? Why?
16/16 people responded that both our radio
trailer and print ad fit well into the theme of
our documentary.
In terms of the radio trailer, our audience said
it includes the key elements from interviews
and makes the theme clear. This tells us that
we chose well suited clips from the
documentary which summarised the topic of
school dinners well.
The print ad apparently fits the theme as it
shows a school dinner and clearly connotes the
topic. Our topic is evidently conveyed through
the image used, instantly linking the print ad
and documentary .

12. Does the text and alignment of the logo
with the image work well? Why?
16 of the 16 people asked responded positively that the text used and the alignment
of the logo and image work well on our print advert. Reasons for this included:
“looks professional”, “stands out”, “clear”, “conforms to codes and conventions”.
This is important as the positioning of the channel 4 logo and the scheduling
information is a key convention of professional adverts so the idea that it
conforms to these conventions and looks proficient gives us an insight into how
ours compares to a real channel 4 advert.

13. Does the radio trailer cover the main
aspects of our documentary (nutrition and
school meals)?
100% of those asked stated that our radio trailer
covers the main aspects of our documentary.
Our selection of clips from the documentary
itself alongside the voiceover clearly go into
enough detail within the 40 second trailer to get
across the key themes of nutrition and school
dinners. This makes the content of the
documentary evident to listeners, hopefully
engaging their interest.

14. Does the voiceover for the
documentary and radio trailer
work well? 15/16 people asked suggested that the
voiceover used in both the documentary
and the radio trailer works well. We used
the same narrator in order to keep both
products consistent and linked.
93.75% of those asked also stated that
the voiceover is both understandable and
clear which is vital in ensuring the
information provided throughout the
documentary and radio trailer is received
and understood by the audience.
Is it understandable and
clear?

15. Are there any improvements you would have
made to the documentary?
50% of those who filled out our questionnaire
indicated that there are no improvements to be
made to the documentary. This suggests that
our documentary so far is comparable to a
professional standard and works effectively with
the radio trailer and print ad.
However, 6 people would improve the audio in
our documentary; this has since been changed
in order to make it more understandable and
enjoyable to watch. We also edited the sound
levels in our radio advert as 2 people suggested
that these could have been improved. After
these adjustments our documentary is now
hopefully of a higher standard.