The comments from the overall audience feedback
Looking
at the video of my audience feedback from my fellow students, the written
responses from various people on Facebook and the other videos of the (general
public) I have found that most of their comments were quite positive towards my
film, and all the negative comments I got can only be described as constructive
criticism, to give me something to think about and look back on for future
references, to ameliorate my short film to make it the best it can be.
Positive Comments
Most
of the positive comments mentioned were mainly about the flashback scene, and
the end scene in the toilets, where Rosalie appears in the mirror. Most of the
comments remarked on good visual effects, good transitions and editing. It
managed to create thrill and suspense/ atmosphere and this was mostly aided by
the non-diegetic sound.
I
think putting the one year ago in black just makes it distinctly obvious for
the audience to avoid any confusion, just to make it 100% clear in order to not
estrange the audience. Most people remarked that they liked the visual and
sound affects, I made it look dream-like so the audience know that it is not
within that time frame.
They
commented on the end scene too, saying that I made a good job with the editing
for Paloma to look in the mirror and then for Rosalie to appear as well like
that, it was just like straight out of a horror movie. Different people had
different answers and different interpretations about the end scene, but most
of them really liked the effects I had done with this scene.
Genre
When
I asked them to establish a genre, they all managed to mention the genre
Thriller, however they all came up with different hybrids within that genre,
Horror, Supernatural and Psychological. The fact that only a few people
recognised it as a psychological thriller seem to me that I maybe need to look
further into the codes and conventions of that particular genre for that to
really come across in the short film. One commented acknowledged: ' This short film
plays on the mind. It is for you to decipher and determine what is going on'
Narrative
When
asked, most people cited that the narrative was easy to understand, however a
few people said they were a bit confused, but they managed to understand what
was going on by the end of the film. This was due to things like audio, some
couldn't really hear what was happening, but mainly most of them understood
what was going on and had no problem understanding the narrative.
Enigma
The
majority of the people I asked indicated that the flashback and ending scene
created more of an enigma than any other part of the short film, but it must
have been the way I also worded that particular question: ' Did this short
film create an enigma?' Most people became quite confused by the
question and some even hesitated before coming up with an answer, so maybe I
should have worded it differently and in a simpler way and maybe I would have
got different answers.
Negative Comments
When
I say negative comments, what I actually mean is comments that I can take as
constructive criticism in order to progress with this short film and improve on
it.
What needed improving
- Most people commented on improving the acting. The acting was not
the best, even I thought that, watching the short film back, it was a bit
too over-zealous and didn't seem real or natural, some have
mentioned that hiring out professional actors. However due to the fact
that I couldn't hire and find any professional actors who are willing to
work for effectively nothing, I had to rely on fellow students on short
notice, which makes the short film less believable.
- Some mentioned more character development
- Making the shots flow a bit more and become less jittery
- Audio could have been improved with the pitching and volume
Looking
at what needs to be improved, I would say that most of this stuff is quite
technical, the fact that I didn't have that much filming before shows that I
don't have the experience to make that good a short film, however I think
taking all these comments on board, I should be able in the future to
make a good short film.
Someone
also mentioned character development. ' I didn't feel
connected to the characters that much'. Due to the short time I had to make
this film, I do agree with that comment about not being able to connect with
the characters as much as the audience do in feature-length films, I think in
order to improve on this, I would have to look at making the narrative as easy
for the audience to understand as possible to not create any confusion and
alienate them.
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