G321: Final Cut of Film Opening

Charley 

G321: Second Rough Cut of Opening and Feedback

This is the second rough cut of our film opening. We have again received feedback from a range of people. This time, instead of receiving feedback from our teachers, we asked a range of pupils about what they thought of the opening. We asked a range of ages from 14-18, who commented on what they both liked and disliked about the opening. The feedback is layout below the video link.



Feedback from pupils:

Year 10 (14/15 years olds)

• Music is relevant to the genre and plot line
• Liked the titles and the way they entranced and exited
• Liked the actual title of the film
• Liked the use of tracking across the desk
• They like the way the actress circled the name of the film in the notebook
• They felt that the actress could have acted a little more panicked to fit in with the sound of the voice over

Out of a class of 26 15 females and 2 males said that they would watch the rest of the film

Year 11 (15/16 year olds)

• They said it reminded them of 'Bridget Jones' (2001)
• The liked the use of background music and felt it fitted in well with the genre
• They like the fact that you didn't see the full face of the character as it added to the mystery of who she was

Out of a class of 26 12 said they would watch the rest of the film

Year 13 (17/18 years olds)

• They felt that it the most like an opening out of the all the other openings that they watched and analysed
• The shot showing the computer screen was very 'Sex and the City' (2008)
• They said that they didn't understand why the tracking shot repeated across the desk
• In contrast to the year 11 students, they did understand why you do not see the face of the character at any point during the scene

Out of a class of 15 10 said they would watch the rest of the film


Just as with out first rough cut, collecting feedback for a second time is very important for the development of our film. At this point in the editing process it will be hard for us to make any major changes as this may involve re-filming certains shots, which would take a lot of time to complete. However, all the feedback is still very valuable to us and will help us to further improve the opening for our final rough cut.

Charley