As creators of this media product, we will want to know what the audeince thought was good or bad about the film. This will be helpful when evaluating our product and also improving it, to increase the quality of the veiwing experience.
1. What do you think the genre of the film was? Would you usually watch movies with this genre?
I was pleased with the outcome of this question as it was clear that 90% of my target audience couldrelate my film opening with the genres Action and/or Thriller. One person answer was :
“I think it was an action movie because it had the characters running and that was actiony. I wouldn’t usually watch an action but i would carry on watching this film if i could.”
This answer creates the impression that our film has been liked, and the main genres were portrayed successfully, however, only three people clocked the comedic aspects of the film which were supposed to be in the school girls walk, and the artists overall personality.
2. Do you feel you could relate to any of the three characters; Jayne (office worker), Noah (artist) or the School Girl? Why/why not?The two answers I think can sum up the other answers are:“I feel like i can relate mostly to the artist guy coz i do A level art and he seems like me. I don’t work in an office so i cant really relate to the Jayne character but i can probably relate to the school girl as i am a school girl myself. I cant really relate to the part where the characters are running, but i suppose that is supposed to be a confusing bit so we want to keep watching”
This person is an artist who can therefore relate more to Noah the artist, as they have similar hobbies. This answer also shows me that the overall “confusion” of the film opening was successfully portrayed, but possibly resented as the audience wanted to carry on watching. This is a good thing, as if my film was in the box office, it would sell more if the person had seen the trailer with parts of this opening in it. If someone at the cinema or watching a movie on another media platform for example Sky TV, they might stop watching a movie if they deemed the opening of the film boring, unrealtable and had a very simple and boring storyline. If it were a higher budget film, would lose the production company money.
“I can relate to Jane coz she reminds me of my mum, who works in an office. When i go to her work place she always looks really busy flicking through paper. I kind of feel empathy for jane coz she looks like she needs a rest like my mum!”
This answer shows something I had not really thought of when planning the film. The audiences empathy towards characters. I have discovered the fact that an audience doesn’t always have to directly relate to a character, and they can also relate to a character by knowing someone else likethat character.
3. Do you think the locations chosen for the film made you able to relate more to the film? Which location can you most relate to and why?
“I felt I was most able to relate to a school location as I spend most of my time in a school and also the office location. I work part time in my parent’s office and I can relate to being in the surroundings. It’s quite boring and there’s not much colour and excitement, which makes it pretty boring. I think I could relate to the Jayne character because I know what it is like in an office and things can seem very depressing.”
The answer I chose here is similar to answers from above in the way that the audience member feels that they can directly relate to the characters due to the similarities in lifestyle to the characters.
“I liked the fact that the people were running in the streets coz it made it seem real, and i could relate to the film coz i walk to school every day and you see the pavements and things like street lamps and cars a lot and seeing the characters in the film running through them made it seem like this sort of thing could actually happen. It made the film seem more real”
I think the fact that so many of the audience members can relate to the characters and a surroundings in the film opening makes it more successful. One of the aims we set out for was to enable viewers to relate to the characters they are watching.
4. Do you think the name of the film gave you a false impression on the movie might be about? Why?“when the opening was first played i was expecting something to jump out from behind Jayne or something to be the “occurrence” but i only realised after i had seen the full opening that the occurrence must be the earthquake that happens. I thought the film would be scarier because of the name because it is quite a scary and mysterious name for a movie that isn’t a horror movie. So yeah i do think it gave a bit of a false impression but not in a negative way coz i think most people like horror movies so they might think your movie is a horror movie and watch i and then like it anyways like i did.”
The person who answered this question seemed to pick up on the fact that the name of the film was misleading to people as it has a "horror" feel to it. This may have impacted on the success of the film opening in the way that the people who like horror films might go to see the film thinking it was a horror movie but then liking it anyway even though it isn't. This could also be a bad thing as people might get angry and walk out of the veiwing of the film and resent it for misleading them and wasting thier money and/or time.
5. Do you think your viewing pleasure could have been enhanced with the addition of special effects? Why and how would this affect your viewing pleasure?
The answers we received for this question were all slightly different. Here are three different answers:
“I don’t know. I think it would have been different and maybe slightly unrealistic if the effects are used wrong. I think when the characters were running there could have been some kind of effect to make it look really weird and different like trippy.”
“Yeah i think there should have been more effects like to make it more original. I think films all look and feel too similar now. If it had like freeze frames and some kind of border like a superhero comic might have it might have looked a bit cooler”
“No it would look too cheesy because you are amateurs and not fully trained and skilled to use the effects professionally...no offence! “
I think we could have experimented more with special effects that weren’t too elaborate. If we did use effects, it would be going against the media conventions in The Blue Tower which had no effects at all in the opening of the film. I can relate and agree with the last answer the most because we don’t have very expensive elaborate software or the skills to successfully and effectively use special effects. The best bet for us amateurs is to do what we can do well, and not use too many effects unless we have perfected the art of using them.
The overall success of the film opening in relation to the usage of special effects is unknown as there were many different answers to the questionnaire. I have come to the conclusion that it is a viewers own individual opinion which doesn’t relate to the age group or sex of the person, just personal preference. If we were to re-edit the film, I wouldn’t pay attention to this question to improve it, as I think that special effects are an artistic vision that the creators of the film should always decide on their own preferences.
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