The film students received feedback on their rough cut teaser trailer from other groups in their class. While the mise en scene and camerawork were well received, the feedback highlighted that the trailer felt unprofessional because it included unedited shots and lacked finished sound. Suggestions for improvement included adding more titles, voiceover, and shots to lengthen and improve the pacing of the teaser. Based on this feedback, the group decided to film additional shots and secure props to extend the length of the trailer, and to focus on time management going forward.

1. Rough Cut Audience Feedback
Teaser Trailer Test Screening

2. We showed our unfinished rough-cut to the other six groups in
our class and got feedback from each on our use of mise en
scene, camerawork, editing and sound. They also wrote what
they felt were our trailer’s main strengths and the way they felt
the trailer could be improved.

3. Combined Feedback

4. At this point, our trailer is far from being finished
and we mistakenly left the unedited shots to be
included later at the end of the teaser so it looked
very unprofessional. In addition to this, we also
hadn’t finished our sound.
Most of the comments of how we could improve
picked up on this.

5. We scored highest in the Mise en Scene and Camerawork sections but had an
overall ‘Good’ response in all of the sections.
The comments highlight:
The Beginning: the company Ident, the establishing shot, the shots
introducing characters.
Transitions: conventional black fade.
Variety of shots, camera angles & locations
Main Strengths

6. Things to be improved
• Add more titles/ voiceover to suggest narrative
• Take more shots to make the teaser longer
• Improve the pace
To start:
• Editing the final shots
• Putting together genre appropriate music.
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7. We had a production meeting
and based on the response
sheets we decided we needed to
film some more shots so that
our trailer would be long
enough. We starting making
notes of types of shots we
could take and then a list of
props we would need to put
together to film these shots.
Time management has also
been an issue so we need to
focus on that too.
What have we learnt?