Feedback Form- Suggested improvements

There was one other change suggested to me. This was to reshoot the beach shots due to wind however, due to the time constraints I am under and the changing season means I am unable to make this change. Another reason for not making this change is because through my sound and music questionnaire I found out that people expect to hear the sound of the wind at the beach.

Feedback Form- What makes this Short Film successful?

Feedback Form- Target Audience

After analysis the feedback I received about the target audience, I now know, that the target audience I aimed to reach has been achieved with my rough cut.

I know this is the case because in a previous post I believed my production would be suited to young children and early teens, this was confirmed for me through 9 out of the 11 people who were asked to watch my rough cut responding with either young children or young teens. Also, I predicted that my target audience would be 8-15 year olds. This has been confirmed in two ways, firstly through the response I have already spoken about and secondly, the ages mentioned in the feedback response where 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

In terms of the type of people that would be interested in viewing my short film, I aimed to reach those who were either interested in sport in general, or specifically surfing. This has been achieved because the feedback received from my peers indicated that three types of people would be interested in watching my film these were: surfers, people getting into surfing, and those interested in finding a new hobby.

I was very lucky with the response I gained because some of the responses included where my peers would expect to see my short film production. The suggested places were both BBC children’s programmes (Blue Peter, Deadly 100). This again highlights that I have set my film to reach those that I planned to.

Despite not getting a response directly about the target audience’s gender, I can assume that both males and females would enjoy my production. This is because firstly, the feedback group consisted of both males and females and secondly, due to not having a response on paper, the fact that gender was not mentioned is a response within itself.

Feedback Form- Editing

Feedback Form- Music

Feedback Form- Costume

Although I am happy with the positive feedback recieved relating to my choice of costume, I felt it necessary to highlight one particular negative point that was brought up from my feedback. The point I would like to discuss 'One character looked out of place'. I would like to discuss this because it was intentional to have a character who was not from a surfing environment, the reason for this was to show my audience that anybody can surf.

Feedback Form- Props

Feedback Form- Location

Feedback Form- Blank Copy

After completing my Rough Cut of 'The Perfect Wave', I thought it would be a good idea to gain feedback for a number of reasons. The first reason is to ensure that I am catering for my target audience, another reason for collecting feedback was to make sure my mise-en-scene is appropriate not only for the film itself, but also for the target audience.

Below is a blank copy of the feedback sheets I created for my peers that i showed my production to. I wanted to gain both positive and negative feedback about my production so that I could correct any negative aspects.

The Perfect Wave- Rough Cut

Target Audience

In this post I am going to explain who my target audience is and why.

I had a number of ideas for my target audience during planning, this ranged from individuals interested in sport to those with surfing as a hobby. I believe the best way to portray this would be as a children’s/early teens TV programme.

Ultimately I believed my ideas would be more suited to a children/early teens informational short film and could appear on a TV show such as ‘Blue Peter’. Having come to this conclusion the age range I will be targeting will be those between 8 and 15.

In terms of gender I hope that both male and female would want to watch my production but, as the cast is predominantly male I feel my targeted audience will attract mostly male attention.

Although the realistic aim is to target children and young adults, my production could also gain attention from adults with children. This is because my production could also be used as part of a holiday programme showing an attraction in the location of Cornwall which is a popular UK holiday destination.

Shooting Diary

October

Tuesday 25th – Today was the first day of filming my production. Today I filmed a variety of surfing shots. I tried to use a variety of angles and shot types to give me as much variation and options as possible, when it comes to the editing stage.

For a first day of filming this was basic filming and therefore, helped me get in the right frame of mind and ready to film the bigger scenes within the next week.

Tomorrow I plan to continue my filming and aim to film the core shots of the film.

Wednesday 26th – I filmed the majority of my shots today. This took me four hours to complete. The scenes I shot included:
• Walking down the beach
• Explaining about waxing a board
• Walking towards the sea
• Surfing scenes
• The final scene

This leaves me with just a few more scenes of footage needed. I feel that I have made good progress today and the location has been ideal. I still feel I need to film some more surfing scenes in order to have a variety of shots to use when it comes to editing.

Tomorrow I plan to do some more filming, the filming I hope to capture include the interviews, the first two shots of the film and more surfing footage.

Thursday 27th – Today I was unable to complete the outside footage due to the weather, however this did not stop me filming completely as I was still able to film two of my three interviews. I feel that the interviews went particularly well and I will be able to use them effectively within my production.

Tomorrow I plan to attempt the shots that I couldn’t film today, I’m hoping the weather will allow me to do this as this will be my last chance to get any footage from my current location in Cornwall.

Friday 28th – The weather was a lot better today and luckily I was able to film the needed footage. The footage included me walking past the Fistral Beach sign and the camera zooming into a map of the area (of which the focal point was Fistral Beach).

Due to having more time than originally anticipated I was able to film a lot more surfing then planned. This will enable me to play around with my footage more to get the best shots for my final production.

November

Tuesday 15th – Today I filmed a friend who is a recreational surfer in his free time. I thought this would add more depth to my film due to having contrasting opinions from professionals and from somebody that see’s surfing as a hobby. I thought this would also help speak to my target audience by confirming that you do not have to be a professional to go surfing.

The filming went well and I filmed two angles of this interview so I could play around with the editing.

This is all of my filming completed. Overall I feel that all of my filming went well and I have enough footage to make a successful short film.

Shooting Log

Risk Assessment

Props list

Location

Confirmed Costume list

Costume Research

costume research

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