Questionnaire result

For my questionnaire I only got females to answer my question being that my produced is aimed at them. With most people that filled out my questionnaire they were aged 15-17 and other being 11-14. Having that age group fill out my questionnaire helped being that they are my target audience, so getting feedback from this age rang allowed me to understand if my product appealed to my audience and the ways in which I could improve my product.

I wanted to know what my audience felt overall about the film. Asking this question allowed to work out if marking this film appealed to the audience. From looking at the results I found that most people felt that the opening was good this showed that I could still improve on my opening to make in appeal and put over the plot better but with this no one I asked said that it was bad or could be better which puts that the opening did in same ways appeal to my audience and put over the ideas I wanted it to.

To work out if my product fit in with my chosen genre and the ways in which it used the conventions I asked about how my film compare to other teen films openings. Must people felt that it fitted in with other teen openings they had seen but had elements that were different. As 'it goes straight into the action and shows the characters that the film will be based around' I had chosen to develop the convention instead of challenging them which can seen by the results people given finding that most people felt that it was conventional 'You could tell it was a teen film as it was similar to other I have seen'. With this question I found that the feedback was manly positive and fit in with how I wanted the opening to come over to the audience.

To make sure that I had represent I had chosen for the characters was put across to the audience. I ask about their view on the characters. Most people understood the way in which I represent with the audience liking the 'nerd' and not liking the 'bully'. 'I felt sorry for the girl all by herself. The other person was horrible'. This was the overall view from the audience was that the character that I create were conventional and easy to identify. This is what I wanted from the opening to introduce the characters to the audience in away that they would be able to identify the characters well.

One of the important things about making a film is that people would go and see the film, this is why I asked them if they would go and see the film to know if the opening was a susses. 75% of the people I asked said yes, knowing this helps in the fact that my film was on the right lines. I asked why they would go and see the film. Most of the people that said was because they were interested in what was going to happen next 'interesting to fund out how the situation between the two girls turns out' knowing that the audience are appealed to my film because of the storyline, shows that with this I was able to create and plot line that would appeal to the teen audience. 'It is also suitable for teenagers who want a twist on a stereotypical teenage girl film'. Through with this 2 people said that they would not go and watch the film. The reasons that these people said that they would not go was because 'the film does not grab my attention and to me it does not look exciting' and 'because I'm not a fan of teen films' with this I know that I need to look at my storyline to try and make it appeal to a wider audience. Including elements that are more unusual to this genre to interested people that are unlikely to go and watch that genre.

To know where my film stood with the audience I asked them where what they would rate the film doing this allowed me to get an idea as to where my film stood with the audience. Most people gave it a 4 this shows that my film is good but there are areas that need to be improved but knowing this rating allows me to know understand the way in which the film opening when down with the audience having the 4 rating allows to work out the ways in which my film could be improved .



To find out what my audience through about different elements of my film I asked them rate the different elements. Asking if they were good, alright, bad or not sure. The different elements of the film I asked about with the music, one person said that they did not like the music but the other said it was good- alright this means that I need to look closely  at my chose in the music and look into the way in fits in with the genre, storyline and the audience. I then asked about the acting as when researching into my audience this was something that they said was imported when watching a film and if I was creating a professional film I would have used well know actors but with my film I found that most people said that the acting was alright which I felt was good things being that they were able to put over the type of character I was trying to create. Then I ask about the storyline as I felt that this was an important part in the part of the overall film for this the audience manly said that it was good which I thought showed the way in which the film was able to appeal to the audience and the way it plays an important part in the overall way the film appeal to the audience. Another element that I felt was important to their over success of the film is the location with this 5 saying it was good and 3 saying it was alright. I felt that the location I chose fitted in with the genre and conversions but with the location I chose of the main action could have been better because of the lighting making it hard to see the characters this was something that I need to think more carefully about when filming next time all choosing the location and the way the lighting will affect it. From looking into the different style of titles I felt that this was an important part of the film and the way it appealed to the audience with this I had the same results that I had for location. Showing that the titles fit well with the genre but that I need to look more carefully at that the way I used them making the titles appeal to the audience better. I felt that the way in the film look overall was important to the way the film appealed to the audience. For this six people said that it was good and 2 people said that it was alright. Knowing this meant that I was able to know that the look of my film fit with what the audience wanted.

I wanted to work out what had when well in creating the opening so that when film next time I would be able to create the right effects.  The most common thing that come up was the storyline say how it came over well, showed the two different characters and the theme of bullying. I was pleased with this as I had put a lot of work into looking into the different type of storyline I could use and the way in would appeal to the audience. The other thing people liked was the characters and how they were introduction into a dramatic situation.  The characters are an important part of the film and being able to portray them correctly to the audience is important to the way the film appeals to them. The feedback also said that there was good use of camera angels this is important to the narrative of the story and the way audience understand what is happen.

With this thought I asked what could be improved in the opening, so that next time I will be able to create a better film that appeals to the audience. The mean thing that could be improve was with the sound of the characters being that you could not hear them well, this is an important thing that for next time I need to think about using a quite location and all into the editing software to find out away to make the voices louder. There also said that they could be more action. With this I need to think about the timing of the opening working out better the ratio to the action and credits.  Along with this there was problems with lighting which created slights of the characters and I need to think about the lighting with the location, looking at the way in effects it.  

Focus Group

For my focus group I got together a group of people that are my target audience to watch my film and find out what they thought of my film opening. Putting together this focus group helped me to find out the strength and weakness for my product and the way it appealed to my audience. I asked my focus group for their feedback on the film saying what could have been done better, what the liked about the film, finding out the strength and weakness of my film. Getting audience feedback is important being that find out what my audience thinks about my film will help me.

 What they said I did well

• It flowed well from shot to shot meaning that the editing used worked well and the different transition fit in with the film.
• The storyline was interesting this was because it was shown clearly and leads well into what going to happening. Makes me what to keep watching it.
• The setting was put over clearly this was because of the shots at the start doing this help the them to connect to what is happening and understand what type of film it is.   
• It introduced the storyline well this they felt was important being that it made the interested to see what was going to happen next.   
• It was believable this was an important part in the film and was down to the acting and the way the characters were represented through the costume worked well.   

What could be improved

• They said they that there could be less shots of the school and more of action, doing this would make the opening more appealing to the audience keeping their attention.
• Lighting being that you could not always see the characters well this was because of the weather and next time need to think carefully about the location and the effect the weather has.
• Sound the voice of the of the actors were quite and this meant that they were unable to hear them well. I should have changed this when editing.
• Less names this was as it became boring and lost their attention with the film.

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Lilly Gray- Opening (2)

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Copy Right-Music

The type of music that I planed to use I would not be able use as it would be copy right and use the type of music that I planed and that would appeal to my audience would be illegal. Through if I was creating a real media film then I would be able to get in contract with artists to use their music. Along with this I would think about having them create a new song for the film. This would help market the film creating synergy and appeal the audience by using artists that are aimed at them such as Justin Bieber, doing this would create a wider audience and from audience research I found that the music chose effects the audience. But as I will not be able to use this type of music I will look online at different copy right free music sites for my music. Looking at different sites and finding music that will appeal to my audience and fit in with the plotline of the story, reflecting what is happening.     

Opening Credits

I looked into the order that the credits should put in when doing the opening, so that I could make my opening realistic.

1. The Name of the Studio that distributing the film or/and the produced it such as Universal, Buena Vista, Columbia ect.
2. Then the name of the production company normally saying  'in association with' or studio name production.'
3. Next putting in the producer name such as a film by...
4. Then the Principal actors in the film
5. The Name of the Film
6. Next the Featured actors
7. Then the Casting director
8. Next putting in the information about the Music.
9. Now putting in the production design/designer
10. Then including set design, costume, hair, make-up artist, visual effects director- these one will depend on how long my opening is.
11. Next putting in the Editor
12. Followed by the Director of Photography.
13. Producers, co-producer, executive producer ect.
14. Then if based on a book or other medias such as a play.
15. Next who the story is by.
16. Writer or writers
17. Then the Director

Knowing the order in which the credits are normally in will help me to create more realelict opening scene. Making sure that I fit in with the genre of the film.