Film Audience Feedback

Here is our audience questionnaire for people to fill in after watching our film. By using this, we will be able to collect enough feedback to understand how our finished product comes across to its intended audience.

Below is the feedback that we received from our audience shown as a summary.

Summary of Feedback

Overall, our audience feedback has been very helpful. It is clear from this summary of results that most of the people that watched our film were within the age groups that formed our initial target audience of adults. The responses we received came from the 16-20, 21-40 and 41-60 categories, with 2 people in the first category, 3 people in the seconds category, and 2 in the third. We wanted to aim our film at a mainstream audience because they are the most likely to understand the underlying moral message to our narrative. It is a well-known fact that most young people tend to enjoy films mostly linked with genres like action/adventure, fantasy, romance, comedy, thriller, horror, suspense, and sci-fi. Adults audiences tend to often enjoy films of similar genres, yet they are more likely to watch dramas because they are more likely to relate to situations and characters.

When asked what kind of films people usually watch, the most popular answers were 'romance' and 'comedy'. 'Action/adventure' received one vote, as did the 'other' genre because one person said they like all genres. This tells us that perhaps based on this particular questionnaire, people are less likely to watch dramas when they have the choice of indulging in other genres like romance and comedy or action/adventure.

One of our survey questions was 'do you think the title of a film is important? If so, why?' We wanted to ask this questions because we found the title of our film very difficult to come up with. Of all the responses we received, every person agreed that the title of a film is very important. Below is a bullet point summary of their reasons:

• If the film has a good title you are more likely to want to read what it is about
• Some people think the title reflects how good the film is going to be based on its title
• It's the first think you get from a film so if the title isn't interesting or appealing, people are less likely to watch it
• They usually give you an impression or an overview of what the film is about

One person agreed that the title of a film is important, but made the valid point that some good films have bad titles and vice versa, so it depends on the individual film.

Following this question, we asked people what they thought about our film title, and we received a mostly positive response. A few people thought our title was intriguing and made you want to find out what happens in the film. Another person said that it could mean several things, which is more than likely going to encourage people to want to find out what the film is like. Others liked it because it was unusual, it gave a clear overview of the moral message in the narrative, and liked that it was used relevantly throughout the film to signpost the moral message to make it clear to the audience. One person disagreed and said that it was maybe too long. This is true because a lot of people like one-word films titles that are sharp and concise, and maybe even conceal the plot which could be more intriguing for people. Perhaps this is something we could have improved on, because our title clearly reveals the plot of the film.

Of all the people who watched our film and completed the survey, all seven people understood our film. This means that our narrative turned out very clear, possibly because of the additional scene we added onto the beginning.

In terms of improving our film, one person suggested that the acting could have been better and that some scenes flowed better than others. Most people agreed that they couldn't think of any ways for the film to be improved. One person suggested that in correspondence with their personal preference of comedy films, it would have been better if there had been some comedic value to the narrative. As a result, six of the seven people replied that they enjoyed our film, meaning that only one person answered 'mostly'. Perhaps this is down to personal preference. The more specific responses as to why people enjoyed our film are listed below:

• Has a good moral message and highlights something that is still a problem in society today
• Unusual and had a good twist, didn't expect the stereotypes of the characters to be flipped at the end
• Targets the audience, whereas most films the audience is just expected to sit back and watch. Makes you question yourself for judging
• Isn't like any other film that has been made before, unique

Finally, we asked people if they would consider recommending our film to others. Of the seven people that took the survey, 4 replied that they would, and 3 said 'maybe'. Overall, this is a very good result. We feel that as long as our audience was satisfied, our film has turned out to be a success.

In conclusion, we are able to discern from our audience feedback, that people have their own personal preferences, and therefore will enjoy a film based on what they normally watch. Everyone has a genre that they really like, but generally, our film was enjoyable enough to watch because it was different and unique.

Filming photos from Production Day 4

These are the filming photos from Production day 4. This was the additional scene that we filmed out in the street, in the front garden and in the kitchen of Millie's house. Filming went really well on this day because we felt more comfortable after already having the main bulk of our film completed and having the script and storyboard done beforehand.

Final photo Storyboard

Final storyboard

Here is our completed storyboard for the whole film.

Final script

Script of our added scene

*This is the script we have made to allow the message of "jumping to conclusions" to make more sense as we realised our film was too short to allow the audience to understand the message we were trying to get them to realise.

Storyboard for our Additional scene

Below is the first draft of a storyboard that I created for our additional scene. This scene will go before the main bulk of our film that we have already edited.

Photo Storyboard of additional scene

This is our additional scene, this allows the audience to show how the main character, Millie, is prejudice and this additional scene also introduces the other character's such as Sam and Millie's mum. This will be added to our original storyboard to have our complete film.

Costume and Location photos for our Additional scene

Street

We wanted to use the same locations that we use later on in the film so that the style of our film is consistent. This way the film makes sense all the way through and there is no break between the additional scene and the rest of our film. The lighting was also perfect, because of the nature of the scene (judging people and being suspicious of someone) we wanted the location to look dark and not too sunny. 


Millie's house and garden

Again, by using Millie's house at the beginning of the film, the additional scene seamlessly fits with the rest of the film because the location is the same.

Costumes

We decided to keep Sam's character in the same kind of outfit that we see her in the main part of the film later on. This way the audience knows straight away  that this is the character that Millie questioned the day before. The dark clothing naturally makes her seem suspicious, and is the stereotypical kind of costume that is used in films for gangsters and 'bad' characters, so this will make it easier for us to challenge the conventions of the genre. 

Millie's character is wearing a similar outfit to the one she wears in the main bulk of the film - a trendy outfit, yet something an average teenage girl might wear, nothing too extravagant.

Similar to Millie, her mum dressed fashionably yet comfortably. We chose a similar outfit to the one she wears in the rest of the film to keep a consistency with the character.

Brainstorm for Additional scene

After editing our film, we found that the narrative isn't as clear as we had thought it would be, so for this reason, we have decided to add an additional scene to the beginning of our film. Our film will make more sense if we add another scene to the beginning to explain more about the relationship between the main character and her mother, because at the moment our film is slightly fragmented.

Below are a few ideas that we had for this additional scene:

The idea we have chosen, is the first two. Below is a brief synopsis of what will happen in the additional scene:

(The day before the scenes we have already filmed) 
Millie and her mother are coming back from a walk and pass by a lampost with a poster on it showing a 'stolen car'. Then Millie notices that it happens to be the same make and colour car as one that is parked down the street (Sam's car). As they walk past they hear music playing loudly inside and catch a glimpse of the person sitting behind the wheel. Millie judges the girl straight away and jumps to the conclusion that the girl has stolen the car, but her mum doesn't agree. She tells Millie that she shouldn't 'judge a book by its cover', and Millie gets annoyed and storms ahead into the house. This is where our original film will pick up after the screen fades out to black to signify a passage of time.

Below is a rough draft of our storyboard for this additional scene: