Class Feedback

After screening our title sequence to the class we got audience feedback. We got a range of good and bad feedback which is good so it then is giving us the opportunity to improve what needs improved the class mostly mentioned about the camera being very shaky in some shots which we agreed with as we already knew that there had been some shots that weren’t as successful as others although we did try and resolve these faults by trying to overlap the shots when we were editing all the clips together. In our storyboards we mentioned that we were going to feature a nursery rhyme into our sequence although when we were editing we decided that we didn’t think that it went well with the shots we had done and we felt that it made the sequence seem cheesy. Although the class have mentioned that they think that we should include it into the sequence, they said that it would make it more creepy or that we should include some children giggling to give it that eerie atmosphere, but as a group we are still unsure of what our decision is going to be.

Feedback Editing

Since we got the feedback from our blog we have started to look at different fonts we could use as we have been told that the font colour should be changed as it wasn’t the right colour. This was the main fault that the class pointed out that needed to be changed also they mentioned how the typography itself should be re-positioned. We are trying to find another font type that will fit in with our genre type but we also didn’t want it too seem too boring or fit into another genre, it is difficult trying to find a font that we like and that the audience will like. We have found Supernatural Knight but we felt that it might come across as too boring, we have also found Ed Gein although we think that this goes totally out of our genre and into more of the slasher genre and we want to make sure that the audience don’t forget that the genre we have gone for is the horror genre for our title sequence.

Blog feedback

I agree with the feedback that I got as I did notice that my work was rather short as they were independent working, I found myself rushing them even though I shouldn't have as we had long enough to do it so I was to make it more detailed as there was a lot more that I could write about. I have gone and added more to my analysis as I did have more to say about the title sequence but didn't add it to my post. I have added more onto my blog since sir had recorded my feedback as the fight sequence is up on my blog now, I have also put some class notes on to show what I have learnt in the lesson for example, the codes and conventions and the sound design. Also how that the work within the group when we do it together is more detailed as it tends to be easier as we all have our own bit to research for.

Feedback on pitch

From the feedback that we were given from the class, the target audience we used for our pitch were around the correct age range (12-25). Also the director that we used was suitable for our genre James Watkins we looked into our director’s success in other films and the budget, he has directed similar films e.g. The Woman In Black so we then came up with a budget we thought would be suitable for our film. In near enough every sheet we had ‘It definitely has potential’.

In the feedback I saw a repeated thing that didn’t work is the name for our film ‘Orphanage’ it has been said to be original. Although we struggled with coming up with a new title. Some people said that they were confused with our storyline, as we didn’t expand on some of the main characters like ‘Mildred’ for example she had a main role in the film, but she didn’t come across as she did in the pitch that we gave.  They said that the actors/actress we chose weren’t recognisable enough although we chose them as we thought they were suitable for our price range. Other than that, I think that our pitch went rather well as we all had a role to play and got a mixture of good and bad feedback.