After the film was finisehd with all the music added we used the questionnaire method of gathering information from the audience and viewers. This is the information that we found... (by clicking on the photo you can see it enlarged.)
The first question gets the same response every time, the film's title first impression is seen as a romantic comedy or a 'love story' as Guled says. This is partially true for our film however because many people have felt it is a comedy I feel this means that the effect of the drama in the movie will have a bigger effect on the audience and will challenge their views and thoughts on the topic that we have approached.
The second question that approach how realistic our film looked also had a common response, many felt that we portrayed the relationship and its development well within 5 minutes and that specific scenes were also realistic in their actions for example Miss Hawker pointed out the jealousy between the male and the contrast of the beginning is very effective and realistic. The criticism of the realism in the movie is shown by Ashleigh who says 'its slightly surreal at the end when she leaves as that's not always the case.' This is due to how we stereotypically created the characters and the view of innocent naive girls and controlling males however we wanted to send a positive message on the movie by letting her leave.
Question three is an important part of our development as it asks the viewer what part they felt was produced well and what was not so good. Many felt that the music complimented the film well and the choice of location was also well done as it connotes the feelings throughout the movie. Oliver felt that the fight scene could have had faster edits, which when watching back can be agreed with as it would have picked up the pace even more so. Guled also felt that at the start we needed to distinguish between the different days they are together as it can be confusing that their relationship has developed, with these criticism taken in to account there was a lot of positive feedback from the selection that we questioned.
Question four was about the camera angles and shot selection within our film to see how our camera movements influenced the emotions of the film, we found that all five people agreed that we had used a wide variety of camera angles that fitted well with the scenes, we also found that the main scene that was mentioned by Lucy and Ashleigh was the fight scene with its connotations of power within the camera angles and the mixing of all different angles.
One aspect that we felt excelled our film was the music that we had in the background, we wanted it to influence the emotions of the film well and be able to affect the audience. All of our questioned viewers felt that the music fitted the film well and 'was well timed' as Oliver put it. Another scene that was mentioned a lot through the music answers was the build up of tension that the fight scene music created. This was the most important shot for the music due to it being the most emotional provoking scene.
The last question was a personal one towards the audience, we asked this with the idea that the answer would be that the viewer sympathizes with the girl the most out of the characters and it is because of her innocence. Guled wrote 'At the end, I felt relief as she was able to leave him,' this shows that our idea of creating a more positive ending was effected on the audience and that the girls character influenced the audience a lot. Apart from Lucy everyone else felt sorry for the girl because of her innocence that was portrayed and her love for the boy who is abusive towards her. Lucy felt sorry for both of them due to 'the love that they lost, as they used to get on so well and be in love.' This answer from Lucy shows us that we have created the development that we wanted to show within the movie and create a character that they can relate to or sympathize with as well as understand the situation they are in.
Holding shot steady when appropriate
- High angle well held.
Framing a shot including and excluding elements as appropriate
- Pipe in hand – framing of fight scene.
Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate
- Long shots show reality.
Shooting material appropriate to set task
- Shows meaningful story throughout the 5 minutes.
Selecting mise en scene including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting
- Setting is clear for the feeling of the movie.
- Could have had more shots on the necklace to show the visual symbol.
- Lighting on the indoor scenes should be lighter and brighter.
Editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer
- Black and white established the change in tone.
- Pace of editing was good throughout the fight scene.
Using varied shot transitions, captions and other effects selectively and appropriately for the task set
- Shot transitions helped establish the changes of time.
Using sound with images and editing appropriate for the task set
- Music changed throughout the film when Megan is in the bed.
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