Evaluation Question 3

3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Firstly i tried to get as much audience feedback as i could possibly get, there was a school screening, i uploaded the video onto Youtube and Facebook and my blog, i showed family, the AS Media classes watched the videos andgave feedback. So from all of that i felt that i had then had enough audience feedback to analyse. The screening and the AS media feedback was given via a questionnaire, this consisted of 8 questions and rated 1 to 4, this gave me some quantitative data to analyse:How steady were the shots?

1. How well framed were the shots?


2. How varied were the shots?


3. Was the choice of location appropriate?


4. Was the lighting appropriate?


5. How clear was the meaning?


6. Was there appropriate use of special effects?


7. Was there appropriate editing of sound and image, did the film make sense?

I took the questionnaires away and made them into graphs, this gave me a clearer idea of what people thought of the video.

This graph shows that 45% of viewers rated the steadiness of the shots 3 and 31% a 4. I think this shows that i managed to hold the shots steady and I'm happ y with this feedback because i only used a tripod for the perform ance parts with the singer and guitarist and when i did the down town filming, the rest was hand held.

This graph shows another positive resp onse with 57% of viewers rating the framing a 3, only 12% a 2 and no one rated it a 1. This i feel is quite a good response because i think that the framing was quite good as well. I didn't have shots where the characters head was out of shot, or their are important pieces (hand gestures or objects) slightly out of screen.

This is graph shows a very positive response with 45% rating the variety of shots the highest score. I am really happy with this result because i did feel that although what was in the shots were along the same lines that i managed to keep the interest and the flow with the variance in shots. This graph shows that it was recognised and appreciated.

With over half the ratings being a 3 i am happy with this feedback. I am a little disappointed with 23% ratings of 2 and the 2% of 1's. I don't know what wa s wrong with the locations and it would have been nice to have got some comments suggesting alternative locations, but unfortunately none were given. I think that for what the video content is, the locations used were suitable; with them always on the move it could be seen as if the two characters were subconsciously looking for each other.

With this graph i am confused, I got 62% of people saying the li ghting was a 3 which i interpret as being good but then i got a few comments (which i agree with) saying that shots are too bright. I do think that shots are too bright in a few circumstances in my video so to have the higher rating percentage i think is slightly odd, not that i'm complaining. Its good to know people thought the lighting on the whole was good but i think it is something i would improve on given another chance.

This graph shows that the viewers were pretty much split on the whether they understood the video or not. I think that the narrative is easy enough to interpret, two people alone and sad have a chance meeting which brings the two people together. I think this is question is subjective to the way each individual perceives the video so I'm disheartened by the split in the views.

Again a high percentage of 3's, i didn't use a lot of special effects in my video, the green screen things for the vocals, the cloning and the odd transitional effect. O ther than those i don't feel i overloaded the video with special effects so i agree with this feedback.

This graph is a basic overview of the general opinion of people on all aspects of the video. I am pleased to see the higher percentage of people had a positive view on the entirity of the video but a little bit dissapointed on the quite so high percentage of 2 votes.

I don't think this pie chart is a correct representation of peoples view on the video when you compare it with all the other graphs. If you go by the responses on all the other graphs then apply those figures to this question i would think that the green section would be nearer 60/65% than the 45% its at at the moment.

Here are the comments that the people made from the screening and the feedback from facebook and youtube. From these comments i am happy there is a generally positive response and the slightly more negative comments i agree with some of the points, some of the lighting is to bright and some of the syncing is out, not all but some of it.

So overall from all of the feedback i have collected i think that my video got a generally good reception. If i was given the second chance given the feedback i received this time round i would make sure that i definately worked alot more on my planning so that i had a concrete path to follow. I think this would give me a stronger base to then make sure that the narrative is clearer, i would be getting the filming done quicker and could then concentrate on the editing process and then things like the cuts and syncing would be spot on. I think i would also maybe do a more studio based video because from the comments, the effects are what people like and i also wouldn't really have the lighting problem with the shots being too bright because i would have control over the lighting.