Showing posts with label research and planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research and planning. Show all posts
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Questionnaire of latest update Part 4
I continued to ask the 10 people on what they think about our latest video, the ten people where our target audience of the age 15-25. To get a fair answer I asked 5 boys and 5 girls, so we got an average answer of the target audience and did not base our survey on strictly one gender.
Whether they think it suits the conventions of our genre? (horror) and why? And if yes could you give an example.
The 5 boys where:
Harry
Ben K
Alex
Jake
James
The 5 girls where:
Lauren
Holly
Rosie
Jess
Zara
Responses:
Harry: Well at first it didn’t match up to your genre, as there was not enough viewing of the villain. The end music with the piano created suspense and made it fit in to your genre.
Holly: Yes because it contained what most horrors do, a villain a vulnerable girl and a killing. The music was scary at the end.
Rosie: Yes straight away because the “sphinx studies” noise was unexpected and from then on I was waiting for a killing scene and then you applied the killing scene. But would want one of them to die.
Lauren: Yes because it was inevitable that your character was going to die because he did not seem comfortable shown through expressions.
Jake: Not really because the lines like “I’m a doughnut” does not create suspense, it is too comical to be a horror.
Jess: Yes because your character was useless and it was inevitable that you was going to die. The music applied made it inevitable for example the “bird singing” on Aimee should it that she is dependent and when you die we know she was going to die.
Ben K: Yes especially the part where you two split up, it happens in every horror the idiots depart and both lead themselves into the villain, oh and the fact you was useless and it was inevitable you was going to die. (Cheers mate)
James: Yeah because you created suspense for example, at the very start with the “Sphinx Studios” made me jump.
Alex: Not that much, there wasn’t many parts of your film which made me jump.
Zara: Well I thought some part applied to the theme of your film, especially the ending when Ben died because the music matched it perfectly.
This survey was produced, so we can see what our target audience think the progression of the film is on, in terms of the conventions of our theme. That being horror theme. All participants gave us a helpful answer, regardless if it was a positive or negative answer because we can strive to progress so our film fits the needs of the conventions of horror. We gained mostly positive feedback, which can only be good as we are near the final stages of our film and to find out that we are on course, in terms of conventions of horror.
Whether they think it suits the conventions of our genre? (horror) and why? And if yes could you give an example.
The 5 boys where:
Harry
Ben K
Alex
Jake
James
The 5 girls where:
Lauren
Holly
Rosie
Jess
Zara
Responses:
Harry: Well at first it didn’t match up to your genre, as there was not enough viewing of the villain. The end music with the piano created suspense and made it fit in to your genre.
Holly: Yes because it contained what most horrors do, a villain a vulnerable girl and a killing. The music was scary at the end.
Rosie: Yes straight away because the “sphinx studies” noise was unexpected and from then on I was waiting for a killing scene and then you applied the killing scene. But would want one of them to die.
Lauren: Yes because it was inevitable that your character was going to die because he did not seem comfortable shown through expressions.
Jake: Not really because the lines like “I’m a doughnut” does not create suspense, it is too comical to be a horror.
Jess: Yes because your character was useless and it was inevitable that you was going to die. The music applied made it inevitable for example the “bird singing” on Aimee should it that she is dependent and when you die we know she was going to die.
Ben K: Yes especially the part where you two split up, it happens in every horror the idiots depart and both lead themselves into the villain, oh and the fact you was useless and it was inevitable you was going to die. (Cheers mate)
James: Yeah because you created suspense for example, at the very start with the “Sphinx Studios” made me jump.
Alex: Not that much, there wasn’t many parts of your film which made me jump.
Zara: Well I thought some part applied to the theme of your film, especially the ending when Ben died because the music matched it perfectly.
This survey was produced, so we can see what our target audience think the progression of the film is on, in terms of the conventions of our theme. That being horror theme. All participants gave us a helpful answer, regardless if it was a positive or negative answer because we can strive to progress so our film fits the needs of the conventions of horror. We gained mostly positive feedback, which can only be good as we are near the final stages of our film and to find out that we are on course, in terms of conventions of horror.
Questionnaire of latest update Part 3
The question was, what parts would you improve in our film?
5 Boys:
Harry
James
Alex
Jake
Ben K
5 girls:
Rosie
Lauren
Zara
Holly
Jess
Harry: I would make the sound from "Kwirk productions louder" and make the clip of that more like the "Sphinx Studios" as that created suspense whereas "Kwirk" didn't.
Lauren: The ending looked like credits, and as it is the opening 3 minutes of the film i would persume theres going to be more of the film, so i would re do the ending clip.
Zara: I would make your character more manly because he keeps saying lines like "are you kidding", also i would change the clothing of the villain.
Holly: I would put in more backing music, it is only scary at the end with the piano playing ion the background.
Ben: It was impressive, but i think you need to sharpen up some of the darken clips, especially the brightness so we can see whats clearly going on.
Jake: I would re do the middle scene because the light difference is to different, all of a sudden its pitch black maybe re film in the middle between the light scene and the dark scene.
Jess: I would change the "kwirk" so it is louder or get a new backing track, also re film the middle scene all together.
Alex: I would get rid of the last scene with the titles and put the titles of "producer" etc at the start along with the "starring".
James: I would make the villain scarier, maybe give him a shot of him attacking Aimee or Ben.
Rosie: I would make it so you could see the killing of Ben and also make Aimee die instead of ending it.
We asked the question of "what parts would you improve in our film?", because the 10 people i asked were all part of the target auidence 15- 25 most of them being about 16,17. This is extremely helpful because they give us an idea of what they would like to be improved in our film, so we are fulfilling their needs.
Of course we couldn't act on all of their ideas, for example "Rosie" stated that she would like to see the "killing of Ben", (cheers) of course we cannot do this because i am playing the role of two characters of me and the villain. So we could not contain a shot of me and me in the same shot, i'm not Eddie Murphy. James also stated he wanted to see either "Aimee or Ben" being attacked by the villain"but when we done the survey of anyone surviving the boys and girls had a divided opinion. So we thought to respect both views we would make one survive and the other to not.
But we took some into consideration, for example to improve "Kwirk Productions" was a popular view from the survey, Jess stated that she would "make it louder" or even get a "new backing track", Harry had a similar view but also stated make the clip of that more like the "Sphinx Studios" as that created suspense whereas "Kwirk" didn't. As this was a popular opinion we are going to look at the clip and see if we can use their ideas to improve our film.
Also one view was to "get rid of the last scene with the titles and put the titles of "producer" etc at the start along with the "starring". We are going to try this idea as we feel this is really effective idea as we were thinking of a way to try and change the titles because we had a similar view to "Lauren" as she stated that "The ending looked like credits, and as it is the opening 3 minutes of the film i would presume theres going to be more of the film, so i would re do the ending clip."
5 Boys:
Harry
James
Alex
Jake
Ben K
5 girls:
Rosie
Lauren
Zara
Holly
Jess
Harry: I would make the sound from "Kwirk productions louder" and make the clip of that more like the "Sphinx Studios" as that created suspense whereas "Kwirk" didn't.
Lauren: The ending looked like credits, and as it is the opening 3 minutes of the film i would persume theres going to be more of the film, so i would re do the ending clip.
Zara: I would make your character more manly because he keeps saying lines like "are you kidding", also i would change the clothing of the villain.
Holly: I would put in more backing music, it is only scary at the end with the piano playing ion the background.
Ben: It was impressive, but i think you need to sharpen up some of the darken clips, especially the brightness so we can see whats clearly going on.
Jake: I would re do the middle scene because the light difference is to different, all of a sudden its pitch black maybe re film in the middle between the light scene and the dark scene.
Jess: I would change the "kwirk" so it is louder or get a new backing track, also re film the middle scene all together.
Alex: I would get rid of the last scene with the titles and put the titles of "producer" etc at the start along with the "starring".
James: I would make the villain scarier, maybe give him a shot of him attacking Aimee or Ben.
Rosie: I would make it so you could see the killing of Ben and also make Aimee die instead of ending it.
We asked the question of "what parts would you improve in our film?", because the 10 people i asked were all part of the target auidence 15- 25 most of them being about 16,17. This is extremely helpful because they give us an idea of what they would like to be improved in our film, so we are fulfilling their needs.
Of course we couldn't act on all of their ideas, for example "Rosie" stated that she would like to see the "killing of Ben", (cheers) of course we cannot do this because i am playing the role of two characters of me and the villain. So we could not contain a shot of me and me in the same shot, i'm not Eddie Murphy. James also stated he wanted to see either "Aimee or Ben" being attacked by the villain"but when we done the survey of anyone surviving the boys and girls had a divided opinion. So we thought to respect both views we would make one survive and the other to not.
But we took some into consideration, for example to improve "Kwirk Productions" was a popular view from the survey, Jess stated that she would "make it louder" or even get a "new backing track", Harry had a similar view but also stated make the clip of that more like the "Sphinx Studios" as that created suspense whereas "Kwirk" didn't. As this was a popular opinion we are going to look at the clip and see if we can use their ideas to improve our film.
Also one view was to "get rid of the last scene with the titles and put the titles of "producer" etc at the start along with the "starring". We are going to try this idea as we feel this is really effective idea as we were thinking of a way to try and change the titles because we had a similar view to "Lauren" as she stated that "The ending looked like credits, and as it is the opening 3 minutes of the film i would presume theres going to be more of the film, so i would re do the ending clip."
Appleby Street survey- How boys and girls compared
Would you like there to be blood involved?
Boys:
Yes 7
No 0
Don’t mind 0
Girls:
Yes:4
No:3
Don't mind:0
In comparison they are slightly different, but still the majority on both of them are to involve blood so from both answers we are going to decide to involve blood in our film but as their is a minority who feel their shall be no blood we shall just make the blood not to a significant amount.
Would you prefer the film to be carried out in light, dark or both?
Boys:
Dark 3
Light 0
Both 4
Girls:
Dark: 2
Light:1
Both: 4
They are both have similar answers, so from an average the target auidence would like us to include both light and dark which is perfect as we were going to apply pathetic phallacy with the lighting of the sky reflecting the characters moods and emotions, which means it would be suitable to apply due to the answers we have gained.
Would you like backing track in the movie?
Boys:
Yes 5
No 2
Don’t mind 0
Girls:
Yes 5
No 2
Don't mind: o
Both views are exactly the same on this answer, with the majority claiming they would like a backing track, which we means we will try and put in as many soundtracks in as possible, but to try and keep every one satisfied we will remain some clips with out soundtrack so the people who claimed that they don't want soundtracks in can enjoy the film.
What would you like the villain to wear in the movie?
Boys:
Don’t mind 2
Mask 3
Other: Mask with a knife
• Dark clothes with a cape
Girls:
Don't mind: 4
Other: where Mask, mask and knife and mask and cape
They have some similarities and differences in comparison, but as an average i think we need our villain to wear a mask, but we could easily put any piece of clothing as the majority of the answer was don't mind so their is not a specific look which we should go for.
Do you reckon there should be a lot of dialogue involved?
Boys:
Yes 5
No 2
Don’t mind 0
Girls
Nope:2
Yes:4
Don't mind:1
In both the majority is for dialogue, so we are going to apply some dialogue so it fulfill the needs of the public.
In our opening 2-3 minutes would you like there to be any survivors?
Boys:
Yes 2
No 5
Girls
Yes:5
Nope:2
These answers are completely different which has left us in a sticky situation, initially both character were going to die, but know we are going to differ the situation so that the end of our 3 minutes finishes with a confrontation between the villain and Aimee, so that the ending can be interpreted that in the rest of the film Aimee will die in that confrontation or that she will manage to run away which will suit both answers.
Shall we name the villain?
Boys:
No 5
Yes 2
Don’t mind 0
Girls
No:4
Yes:2
Don't mind:1
This answer is more simple as both of the answers are near enough the same, so if the public feel we shouldn't name the villain there is no point trying to give it a name.
How often do you see horrors?
Boys:
Often 4
Rarely 3
Never 0
Girls:
Often 4
Rarely 3
Never 0
The answers we gained from this question were exactly the same which is great news as the majority of our target auidence watch our theme of film often so that means we have picked a good target auidence for our film.
Boys:
Yes 7
No 0
Don’t mind 0
Girls:
Yes:4
No:3
Don't mind:0
In comparison they are slightly different, but still the majority on both of them are to involve blood so from both answers we are going to decide to involve blood in our film but as their is a minority who feel their shall be no blood we shall just make the blood not to a significant amount.
Would you prefer the film to be carried out in light, dark or both?
Boys:
Dark 3
Light 0
Both 4
Girls:
Dark: 2
Light:1
Both: 4
They are both have similar answers, so from an average the target auidence would like us to include both light and dark which is perfect as we were going to apply pathetic phallacy with the lighting of the sky reflecting the characters moods and emotions, which means it would be suitable to apply due to the answers we have gained.
Would you like backing track in the movie?
Boys:
Yes 5
No 2
Don’t mind 0
Girls:
Yes 5
No 2
Don't mind: o
Both views are exactly the same on this answer, with the majority claiming they would like a backing track, which we means we will try and put in as many soundtracks in as possible, but to try and keep every one satisfied we will remain some clips with out soundtrack so the people who claimed that they don't want soundtracks in can enjoy the film.
What would you like the villain to wear in the movie?
Boys:
Don’t mind 2
Mask 3
Other: Mask with a knife
• Dark clothes with a cape
Girls:
Don't mind: 4
Other: where Mask, mask and knife and mask and cape
They have some similarities and differences in comparison, but as an average i think we need our villain to wear a mask, but we could easily put any piece of clothing as the majority of the answer was don't mind so their is not a specific look which we should go for.
Do you reckon there should be a lot of dialogue involved?
Boys:
Yes 5
No 2
Don’t mind 0
Girls
Nope:2
Yes:4
Don't mind:1
In both the majority is for dialogue, so we are going to apply some dialogue so it fulfill the needs of the public.
In our opening 2-3 minutes would you like there to be any survivors?
Boys:
Yes 2
No 5
Girls
Yes:5
Nope:2
These answers are completely different which has left us in a sticky situation, initially both character were going to die, but know we are going to differ the situation so that the end of our 3 minutes finishes with a confrontation between the villain and Aimee, so that the ending can be interpreted that in the rest of the film Aimee will die in that confrontation or that she will manage to run away which will suit both answers.
Shall we name the villain?
Boys:
No 5
Yes 2
Don’t mind 0
Girls
No:4
Yes:2
Don't mind:1
This answer is more simple as both of the answers are near enough the same, so if the public feel we shouldn't name the villain there is no point trying to give it a name.
How often do you see horrors?
Boys:
Often 4
Rarely 3
Never 0
Girls:
Often 4
Rarely 3
Never 0
The answers we gained from this question were exactly the same which is great news as the majority of our target auidence watch our theme of film often so that means we have picked a good target auidence for our film.
Girls survey for Appleby Street
We have already completed a survey of 7 boys, so to make it a fair questionnaire we needed to complete a test with 7 girls as well so we can get an average public response to our questionnaire, as our target auidence is 15 and above we asked 14 teenagers ranging from 15-19.
Question 1: Would you like there to be blood involved?
Question 2: Would you prefer the film to be carried out in light, dark or contain both?
Question 3: Would you like backing track in the movie?
Question 4: What would you like the villain to wear?
Question 5: Do you reckon there should be a lot of dialogue involved?
Question 6: In our opening 2-3 minutes would you like there to be any survivors?
Question 7: Shall we name the villain?
Question 8: How often do you see horrors?
Question 1: Would you like there to be blood involved?
Question 2: Would you prefer the film to be carried out in light, dark or contain both?
Question 3: Would you like backing track in the movie?
Question 4: What would you like the villain to wear?
Question 5: Do you reckon there should be a lot of dialogue involved?
Question 6: In our opening 2-3 minutes would you like there to be any survivors?
Question 7: Shall we name the villain?
Question 8: How often do you see horrors?
Question 1: Yes: 4 No: 3 Don't mind:0
Question 2: Dark:2 Light:1 Both:4
Question 3: Yes:5 Nope:2 Don't mind:0
Question 4: Don't mind: 4 and the other responses where Mask, mask and knife and mask and cape
Question 5: Nope:2 Yes:4 Don't mind:1
Question 6: Nope:2 Yes:5
Question 7: Yes:2 No:4 Don't mind:1
Question 8: Often:4 Rarely:3 Never:0
Question 2: Dark:2 Light:1 Both:4
Question 3: Yes:5 Nope:2 Don't mind:0
Question 4: Don't mind: 4 and the other responses where Mask, mask and knife and mask and cape
Question 5: Nope:2 Yes:4 Don't mind:1
Question 6: Nope:2 Yes:5
Question 7: Yes:2 No:4 Don't mind:1
Question 8: Often:4 Rarely:3 Never:0
Questionnaire of latest update PART 2
Did you like the part of the film where the character died? and why?
Harry: I thought it was really good, especially the part where it went into detail of the wound on your neck and the effect you used gave it an effect which exaggerated the death which created tension.
Rosie: It was really good because the death created tension.
Ben: It was good because it saddened the mood and created tension but the wound needed to be clearer.
Lauren: It wasn't really that scary because their was not enough blood in the scene, and i would prefer to see the death rather then just a grunt and then a shot of him dead.
James: I thought it was really good, especially the soundtrack which went extremely well with the scene because it created tension and revealed that the two characters were week.
Jess: I thought it was a really good end to the opening scene and i like the effect of the fuzzy camera on your character, annoyed me tho that they split up although it made it more scary.
Alex: Wasn't very scary needed to reveal the villain more.
Holly: it was very scary, and i really liked the shot of Aimee running because the music fitted in perfectly with it.
Jake: Thought this scene was your best and most sinister scene, it really was a good use of tension building because throughout the film it gets a bit scarier each time and then as soon as you reach the fields its the begging of the end.
Zara: It was very good and scary because the effect made it feel like the killing was not over, but maybe have a better ending.
This is also a gave me some extremely useful information because we have built the opening 2 minutes up so the last minute of our film will be at its most sinister and we applied pathetic phallacy and mood progression to try and highlight this to the auidence. What this questionnaire gave me was where we stand at the moment with our last and most important scene. The majority gave a severely positive answer, for example "tension building" which we tried so hard to try and create, "beginning of the end" which signifies the inevitability of the downfall and the vulnerability which we also tried to apply, "i like the effect of the fuzzy camera" meaning Bad Film on Final Cut Pro which as editor is very good news because this is an effect which i put into try and give the shot an sufficient effect. but there was also some criticisms from the minority, which we will still take into account "Wound needed to be clearer" i am going to have a talk with the rest of my teem and see if we need to recreate this scene or if its good enough to sat in the scene.
Harry: I thought it was really good, especially the part where it went into detail of the wound on your neck and the effect you used gave it an effect which exaggerated the death which created tension.
Rosie: It was really good because the death created tension.
Ben: It was good because it saddened the mood and created tension but the wound needed to be clearer.
Lauren: It wasn't really that scary because their was not enough blood in the scene, and i would prefer to see the death rather then just a grunt and then a shot of him dead.
James: I thought it was really good, especially the soundtrack which went extremely well with the scene because it created tension and revealed that the two characters were week.
Jess: I thought it was a really good end to the opening scene and i like the effect of the fuzzy camera on your character, annoyed me tho that they split up although it made it more scary.
Alex: Wasn't very scary needed to reveal the villain more.
Holly: it was very scary, and i really liked the shot of Aimee running because the music fitted in perfectly with it.
Jake: Thought this scene was your best and most sinister scene, it really was a good use of tension building because throughout the film it gets a bit scarier each time and then as soon as you reach the fields its the begging of the end.
Zara: It was very good and scary because the effect made it feel like the killing was not over, but maybe have a better ending.
This is also a gave me some extremely useful information because we have built the opening 2 minutes up so the last minute of our film will be at its most sinister and we applied pathetic phallacy and mood progression to try and highlight this to the auidence. What this questionnaire gave me was where we stand at the moment with our last and most important scene. The majority gave a severely positive answer, for example "tension building" which we tried so hard to try and create, "beginning of the end" which signifies the inevitability of the downfall and the vulnerability which we also tried to apply, "i like the effect of the fuzzy camera" meaning Bad Film on Final Cut Pro which as editor is very good news because this is an effect which i put into try and give the shot an sufficient effect. but there was also some criticisms from the minority, which we will still take into account "Wound needed to be clearer" i am going to have a talk with the rest of my teem and see if we need to recreate this scene or if its good enough to sat in the scene.
Questionnaire of latest update PART 1
For our latest questionnaire I decided that 5 boys and 5 girls should take part in order to abtain a balanced with of our film and what we could include, unlike the last questionnaire in which only 7 boys took.
5 Boys:
Harry
James
Alex
Jake
Ben K
5 girls:
Rosie
Lauren
Zara
Holly
Jess
1.What do you think about the production and studio company names?
Harry: I think the Sphinx Studio label had a better effect that the Kwirk, didn't like the "Kwirk productions" sound in the background.
Rosie: I liked the Sphinx Studios because of the background and the writing looked like blood which made it quite scary.
Ben: I like both of them, they both were unexpected which makes the film already seem quite sinister
Lauren: I loved the Studio name because it took me by surprise, I like the production label name but just need to tighten the sound.
James: I really liked the first 1 because it was tension building, but the second one didn't have the same effect.
Jess: I preferred the Kwirk productions because the sound made it more sinister, need more sound for the sphinx.
Jake: I didn't really like either of them, they didn't really build up tension, need better soundtrack.
Holly: The Sphinx studios was very unexpected and made me jump whereas Kwirk didn't have the same effect, Kwirk needs a different sound.
Alex: They were both really unexpected and sinister , just make the Kwirk productions then the laugh more clearer and then i think it will have a better effect.
Zara: They were reasonably good but didn't make me scared so it didn't wantt me to watch on, i feel that the Studio company name had to much more of an effect than the production label, maybe even them out.
From an conclusion, form these 10 results the majority said they thought there were good, especially the Studio name but their was one who said they didn't like either. This result helped us tremendously because the majority liked "Sphinx Studios", "took me by surprise" that was the effect we wanted it to have because it creates suspense also "tension building" this was also the effect we wanted to gain because all horror films apply tension building so we will keep this clip of Sphinx Studios for definite. We received mixed results from our production label but most of them said they liked it but it was not as good as the studio label so we are going to have to edit the sound either re record the soundtrack or tighten up the sound or the other solution is to get another soundtrack in the background but we do need to apply a soundtrack because in the other survey we received an answer of the majority that they want a soundtrack in their horror film.
So we are going to carry on editing our film tomorrow, as editor i need these results so i can understand what they target auidence think of our initial company labels and how we applied them to our film because i need to how i can improve it to fulfill their needs.
5 Boys:
Harry
James
Alex
Jake
Ben K
5 girls:
Rosie
Lauren
Zara
Holly
Jess
1.What do you think about the production and studio company names?
Harry: I think the Sphinx Studio label had a better effect that the Kwirk, didn't like the "Kwirk productions" sound in the background.
Rosie: I liked the Sphinx Studios because of the background and the writing looked like blood which made it quite scary.
Ben: I like both of them, they both were unexpected which makes the film already seem quite sinister
Lauren: I loved the Studio name because it took me by surprise, I like the production label name but just need to tighten the sound.
James: I really liked the first 1 because it was tension building, but the second one didn't have the same effect.
Jess: I preferred the Kwirk productions because the sound made it more sinister, need more sound for the sphinx.
Jake: I didn't really like either of them, they didn't really build up tension, need better soundtrack.
Holly: The Sphinx studios was very unexpected and made me jump whereas Kwirk didn't have the same effect, Kwirk needs a different sound.
Alex: They were both really unexpected and sinister , just make the Kwirk productions then the laugh more clearer and then i think it will have a better effect.
Zara: They were reasonably good but didn't make me scared so it didn't wantt me to watch on, i feel that the Studio company name had to much more of an effect than the production label, maybe even them out.
From an conclusion, form these 10 results the majority said they thought there were good, especially the Studio name but their was one who said they didn't like either. This result helped us tremendously because the majority liked "Sphinx Studios", "took me by surprise" that was the effect we wanted it to have because it creates suspense also "tension building" this was also the effect we wanted to gain because all horror films apply tension building so we will keep this clip of Sphinx Studios for definite. We received mixed results from our production label but most of them said they liked it but it was not as good as the studio label so we are going to have to edit the sound either re record the soundtrack or tighten up the sound or the other solution is to get another soundtrack in the background but we do need to apply a soundtrack because in the other survey we received an answer of the majority that they want a soundtrack in their horror film.
So we are going to carry on editing our film tomorrow, as editor i need these results so i can understand what they target auidence think of our initial company labels and how we applied them to our film because i need to how i can improve it to fulfill their needs.
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