EVAL 3

1. EVALUATION QUESTION 3
''WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM YOUR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK?''

2. ANSWERING THE QUESTION:
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION,I HAVE DECIDED TO SPLIT IT INTO TWO
CATEGORIES:
* AUDIENCE FEEDBACK ON THE FILM.
* AUDIENCE FEEDBACK ON THE POSTER. [THE POSTER QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED FIRST SO TO AVOID SPOILING]
* AUDIENCE FEEDBACK ON THE REVIEW.

3. WHO IS ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS?
TO THE LEFT IS SUBJECT 1.
NAME: ALEXIS HEAPHY
SEX: FEMALE
AGE: 18
OCCUPATION: FILM AND ANIMATIONSTUDENT

4. WHO IS ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS?
TO THE LEFT IS SUBJECT 2.
NAME: ADAMFLORENCE
SEX: MALE
AGE: 23
OCCUPATION: MICROBIOLOGYSTUDENT
SPEAKS FLUENT IRISH

5. WHO IS ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS?
TO THE LEFT IS SUBJECT 3.
NAME: PAUL MCGAHEY
SEX: MALE
AGE: 42
OCCUPATION: FURNITURE SALESMAN

6. QUESTION 1: TOPIC - FILM
''WHAT ARE YOUR GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE FILM?''

7. ANSWERS:
ALEXIS:
''SPENT TOO LONG ON THE SHOTS. THERE WEREN'T ANY INTERESTINGTHINGSTHAT CAUGHT
MY EYE. I WOULD HAVE CHANGED THINGS UP TO BETTER CONVEY SITUATIONS
ADAM:
''NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WAS GOINGON, IT WAS OKAY.''
PAUL:
''THAT WEE BOY NEEDED A HUG BECAUSEHE'S LONELYAND UNLOVED. LOOKINGAT IT FROM A
DIFFERENTPOINT HE COULD BE A BIT OF A STALKER, TAKING PICTURES OF THAT PERSON FROM
AFAR SO HE COULD DRUG HER AND KIDNAP HER.''
THE GENERAL CONSENSUS FOR
THE FILM IS MIXED, WHICH IS FAIR
CONSIDERING THE DIFFERENT
AMOUNT OF TASTES THAT PEOPLE
CAN HAVE IN FILM. I VALUE THE
TOP INTERPRETATIONMOST, DUE
TO THE PERSON'S OWN
EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY
AND THEIR MORE CRITICAL MIND.
ALTHOUGH THE DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONSFROM THE
MEN I INTERVIEWEDARE VERY
INTERESTING,AS
STEREOTYPICALLY THE THRILLER
GENRE IS SUPPOSED TO APPEAL
MORE TO THEM.

8. QUESTION 2: TOPIC - FILM
''WHAT DID YOU THINK THE STORY WAS?''

9. ANSWERS:
ALEXIS:
''WITH THE GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER AND THE PHOTOS ON THE WALL,
I ASSUMEDIT WOULD BE A STALKER-ISH SCENARIO. I WAS CORRECT. OVERALL, IT SEEMSTHE
PLOT WAS ABOUT A MAN OBSESSEDWITH A GIRL WHO IS TAKEN.
ADAM:
''SO THE LAD HAD A DATE, BUT HE DIDN'T GO FOR IT, THEN REGRETS HIS CHOICE?"
PAUL:
''I STARTED OFF THINKINGIT WAS A LOVESTORY, IT HAD THE WEE HEARTS ON THE CALENDER,
AND THEN AS HE WAS RUBBINGHISOWN HAND AND THINKING ABOUT RUBBINGHER HAND.
THEN I THINK IT TURNED INTO HEARTBREAK.''
I WAS PLEASED WITH THE
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS
FROM THE AUDIENCE, AS THE
GOAL OF OUR FILM WAS TO HOLD
SOME FORM OF AMBIGUITY WITH
THE STORY AND HERE WE SEE
THREE DIFFERENT
INTERPRETATIONS.I THINK THAT,
IN TERMS OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE
INTERPRETING THE FILM WE
SUCCEEDED WITH WHAT WE
WANTED TO ACHIEVE.

10. QUESTION 3: TOPIC - FILM
''DO YOU THINK IT FITS THE PSYCHO-THRILLER GENRE?''

11. ANSWERS:
ALEXIS:
''IT WASN'T VERY THRILLING. BUT IT DID FIT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL GENRE.''
ADAM:
''I AM UNFAMILIAR WITH THE GENRE, BUT I'LL BE HONEST AND SAY IT COULKD HAVE
BEEN (PERHAPS MORE CLEARLY?) DARKER IF AIMING FOR IT.''
PAUL:
''COULD HAVE WENT FURTHER, YES.''
AGAIN, HERE WE SEE A MIXED REVIEW
FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE GENRE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT MANY
PEOPLE ARE IN TO THIS NICHE FILM
GENRE AND MAY NOT UNDERSTANDIT,
AND THAT IMPACTED THEIR
INTERPRETATION.
IF I WAS TO PERFORM THIS TASK
AGAIN, I WOULD TAKE THE ADVICE
GIVEN HERE AND DO MY BEST TO
MAKE THE GENRE MORE EXPLICIT,
POSSIBLY WITH FURTHER COLOUR
CORRECTION.

12. QUESTION 1: TOPIC - POSTER
''COMPARING IT TO PROFESSIONALLY MADE POSTERS, DO
YOU LIKE IT?''

13. ANSWERS:
ALEXIS:
''I DON'T LIKE IT. I DON'T THINK THAT YOUR EYES ARE DRAWN TO ANYWHERE IN THE
POSTER, I FEEL THE TEXT IS OUT OF PLACE FOR EACH SECTION
ADAM:
''I LIKE IT. THE ONLY THIS IS, I KNOW IT'S SMALL:IS THAT STRANGE APOSTROPHE ABOVE
THE I, IT JUST SEEMSHIGH, OR MAYBE ITS JUST THE FONT.''
PAUL:
''YES, I DO. IT'S VERY CRYPTIC AND I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE CLOCK IN THE
BACKGROUNDWITH THE BROKEN FACE.''
THE FACT THAT ADAM, WHO SPEAKS
FLUENT IRISH, WAS UNABLE TO
RECOGNISE THE IRISH ACCENT ABOVE
ONE OF THE LETTERS SHOWS THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE WORKED ON THE POSTER
TO GIVE THE FADA A MORE NATURAL
FEEL WITH THE FONT, AS THE FONT WE
USED DID NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO
INSERT ONE IN ITSELF. GENERALLY THE
VERDICT ON THE POSTER IS GOOD
THOUGH.

14. QUESTION 2: TOPIC - POSTER
''WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU ABOUT THE FILM, IF ANYTHING?''

15. ANSWERS:
ALEXIS:
''WITH THE WAY THE IAMGE USED FOR THE POSTER IS POSITIONED, ALONG WITH THE COLOUR
AND FONT USED, I ASSUMED IT IS A POSTER FOR A HORROR MOVIE. HOWEVER I AM
UNCERTAIN.''
ADAM:
''FROM THE SHATTERED GLASS AND RED, I'D ASSUME THERE WAS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT
RESULTED IN DEATH, AND WITH THE NAME PERHAPS THE PROTAGONIST REGRETS
SOMETHING WHICH CAUSED THIS.''
PAUL:
''LOOKING AT IT BEFORE YOU WATCHED THE FILM I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS BASED
ON LOVE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT SOMEONE'S LIFE BEING DESTORYED OR WASTED WITH
THE CLOCK AND THE SHATTERED FACE''
THE VERDICT ON THE RELEVANCEOF THE
POSTER TO THE FILM ITSELF IS NEGATIVE.
MANY THOUGHT THAT THE POSTER DID
NOT CORRELATE TO THE IMAGE, WHEREAS
I PERSONALLY THOUGHT THAT IT DID DO
SO. I HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS AUDIENCE
FEEDBACKTHAT, PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE
USED ANOTHER IMAGE RELATING TO THE
FILM LIKE THE ACTOR OR ACTRESS' FACE
WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE IT MORE
APPLICABLE AND RELEVANT.

16. QUESTION 3: TOPIC - POSTER
''WHAT COULD WE DO TO IMPROVE IT?''

17. ANSWERS:
ALEXIS:
''CHANGE THE IMAGE USED FOR THE POSTER AND REPOSITION THE TEXT.''
ADAM:
''PERHAPS SOME SORT OF IMAGERY COULD BE APPLIED TO THE CENTRAL AREA,
WHICH IS RELATIVELY BARE, INSTEAD OF SOLID SHATTERED GLASS ALL THE WAY
THROUGH. PERHAPS A FAINT VISION OF A FACE OR SUCH.''
PAUL:
''NOTHING.''
THE REASON THAT WE WERE
UNABLE TO PUT A FAINT FACE IN IT
IN THE FIRST PLACE, AS ADAM
SUGGESTED, WAS DUE TO OUR OWN
LACK OF EDITING ABILITY AND SKILL
TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY EXCECUTE
THAT WITHOUT IT LOOKING CHEESY
OR DELIBERATE. THE FEEDBACK,
HOWEVER WAS VERY HELPFUL.

18. QUESTION 1: TOPIC - REVIEW
''DO YOU THINK THIS IS A FAIR REVIEW FOR THE FILM?''

19. ANSWERS:
ALEXIS:
''I THINK IT IS FAIR FOR THE MOVIE, AS I LIKED THE STORY.''
ADAM:
''I THINK ITS VERY NICELY LAID OUT.''
PAUL:
''YOU CAN'T SAY A FAIR REVIEW, A REVIEW IS SOMEBODY'S IMPRESSION SO,
REGARDLESS IF I THINK ITS FAIR OR NOT SOMEONEIS GOING TO THINK ITS FAIR.''
AS PAUL NOTED, ALL REVIEWS ARE
SUBJECTIVE, BUT THEN AGAIN SO
ARE THE REST OF ALL MEDIA
PRODUCTS. IT IS VITAL THAT A
CRITIC PEGS THEIR REVEW AS
SIMILAR TO WHAT THE GENERAL
MASSES WOULD THINK REGARDLESS
OF THEIR OWN TASTES, AS THEY
SHOULD GIVE A ROUNDED VISION
OF WHAT THE PUBLIC, THE AVERAGE
CONSUMER IS TO EXPECT.

20. CONCLUSION:
IN CONCLUSION, FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS CRITICAL TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
UNDERSTANDHOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO AND PROCESS
YOUR FILM. EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT TASTES SO IT IS ALWAYS A PLUS TO SEE IF
YOUR FILM IS WELL ADJUSTEDAND ROUNDED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO APPEAL
TO DIFFERENT PALLETS AND TASTESFOR CONSUMERS. I HAVE LEARNT A LOT
FROM THE PROCESS AND, I BELIEVE THAT IF I WAS TO RESTARTTHE PROCESS
OVER WITH THE KNOWLEDGE I NOW POSSESS FROM MY FEEDBACK I WOULD
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.