Screening Feedback

We held a screening of our video to two audiences: year 13s on Friday and year 10s (I think?) on Thursday, getting them to fill in questionnaires for us (which we altered slightly after seeing how useless some questions were on Thursday). So here's the results in a shortened version:

Most (about 98%) managed to establish the story of our video or at least understood it.

Everyone partially or fully identified the song/artist's name.

Generally teh yellow text boxes could be read with only a couple being too fast including the one with the front door opening.

The comic book effect was well received with no one saying it was bad. Quotes include: "blates good", "adds variety", "favourite aspect" and our only negative one was "a bit washed out".

The split between buying the single or not was split almost equally. Females and year 10s were most likely to buy it with reasons being it was a good song. Reasons for not buying included liking the orginal better, it being a "girl's song" it was annoying, depressing.

Several poeple (10) suggested that nothing needed improving however others suggested the following: bettwe synching of the performance, changing the yellow boxes, male hero instead of female, more comic book stuff and less singing and smoother camera movements.

The comic effect was by far the favourite thing about the video with 10 votes from just 25 year 13s asked, and almost all of the year 10s. This was followed by Wonder Woman with 5 votes and the story with three votes. Other things mentioned include it being an original idea, the artist, the colours, ice cream (where it moves) and the transitions between shots.

Almost everyone would watch the video if it came on TV mainly for Ava, Wonder Woman and the comic effect being entertaining however not liking the song was the main reason for not watching or the repetitive nature of many shots.

THe question regarding which venues they'd expect our artist to play at wasn't answered too well, many saying they didn't know or not answering. However answers included the Astoria & other simillar sizes venues, small venues, "cotched clubs" (?), discos, general "indie" venues and medium capacity arenas.

TV channels that people thought our video would be shown on were mainly MTV/TMF/4Music/The Hits. One person said "kids TV" whilst two said Heart and one said Kiss.

Or ratings out of 10 varied from 7 to 9 with our average being 8.125

Emma

Thr Feedback

Hi girls!

I was watching your footage for your performance bed and agree totally with what Mrs B has said. However, I also think the microphone is a huge distraction, especially as Jasmine doesn't seem that confident using it...it's kind of waving around in a distanced manner from her mouth and I just think it'd look a lot better without it. If you had a band you might include a mic but most times performers just sing to the camera. What do you think?

loving the look btw and have been experimenting with comic book effects for you...

mrs t

BLK feedback

I don't know if i said this before but i do really like the set girls, lovely colours and textures, and jazmin looks gorgeous btw.

just go a bit wild on the performance this time and get in nice and close with your camera (plenty of mids and mcu's too) so you end up with some good cutaways.

nice sweeping shots and plenty of creative movement would be great too

good luck for thursday

BLK feedback

hey girls with the bedroom shots can you disguise the windows so you can't see the street/houses etc in the background

Ms B

BLK feedback

well done angelie and emma, great location recces, lots of good ideas

love the james McAvoy work angelie - nice subject!

BLK feedback

just checkin in to say hi before i go on hols (no internet for a week!) but wanted you to know I'm following all this with interest.

Angelie just keep going even if it doesn't work, at least you'll know, but for what its worth I like the effect you did to the wonder woman image. looking forward to seeing the photos Emma.

Well done girls, great blogging!

BLK feedback

girls, we need to see your reflections on yesterday's feedback on your individual blogs asap. Based on what was said, it seems to clear to me that the succesful areas were the overall idea, and the comic book style; less successful was the plausibility of the actors, roles and so on.

I felt that your feedback was extremely useful and made things much clearer. the sensible and obvious way forward appears to be for Jennifer to play the much more dynamic, significant role of the super hero, which plays nicely with conventions and works to her strengths/personality, and for you to find a performer more suited to playing the victim eg Jasmine who was very keen to be involved.

Compromises will be needed now, if this is to happen. There must be group agreement on a way forward by Sunday, if this is to be resolved before Jennifer goes on holiday. You must all understand that I will not give approval for the original plan for the actors roles unless the whole group were adamant that creatively this was the right way forward, and could convince me that this was the best solution for the project.

If no agreement is reached, it's back to square one, I'm afraid.

Last night's feedback

At the feedback seesion the idea about cartoons was well received, and there was teh suggestion of including more cartoon strips throughout the video.
The issue about us targeting a predominantly white audience yet having an entirely black cast was also raised, as well as the idea about having a very confident actress playing a shy part, which wouldn't work
Questioons ove rthe style of our video were raised as we have not yet made this clear

These three points will have to be discussed at our next meeting

Emma

BLK feedback

great development work here girls, both on ideas and locations well done. V. exciting meeting today as well!

blk feedback

this is really coming on girls, well done

regarding locations, can i suggest that you really push the boat out and go for the best. for example, the central london parks have some stunning bridges and other iconography that would work really well. enfield's ok, but it is, well, enfield!