Rough cut - Miss Georgiou

A rough cut is the first version created of a film after the preliminary editing is complete, this is the first stage in which films begin to resemble there final product.

Rough cut feedback analysis:

Receiving feedback is a hugely important part of our production of our opening sequence as it allows us an insight into what our potential viewers (target audience) may be thinking when viewing our sequence. As well as discovering whether our film has been successful in conveying certain key elements to our film which are conventional to the genre it is important that we display these conventions as this helps us to make sure that we have structured our film as a thriller and that it is clear for the audience to recongise it as a thriller and therefore won't feel disappointed via the advertising of the film. If a film is said to be of the thriller genre then the audience are going to be expecting to see certain elements of the genre within the film without enough of these then viewers may feel disappointed in that what they are watching is not in fact a thriller and not something which they wish to be watching. These could not only result in a bad experience for the viewers but also this could have a negative effect upon the people involved within the production of the film for instance the production company. Finding this feedback also informs us of the reaction we may be receiving from the release of our film and therefore preparing us for it. However the most important thing we can gain from this is the knowledge of how we are able to improve our film for the better hence allowing us to make it as successful as we possibly can.

In our group we received feedback from the audience within a variety of different ways. This consisted of taking out a focus group upon people whom we knew were knowledgeable of the thriller genre from more than just a viewers perspective. We also took out a questionnaire which was able to help us discover what the public's general view was on thrillers as well as our own personal ideas although we manly used the video we put on you tube and the comments we received from it. These gave us a clear unbiased opinion of our film as did the focus group. In fact their views provided us with a deeper insight into the effects of our micro elements throughout our opening sequence. The participants were able to tell us what was effective as well as what we may need to either add /change in order to make our film more successful and to further convey the various conventions displays throughout. This is all most helpful as it aids us to relate to our audience as the people involved within our focus group and watching our video on you tube are likely to be members of our target audience.

Here are some of our feedback comments:

 Feedback for improvement:

 - 'The plot is seen to be too complex and maybe too much like a trailer'

This would be a problem for our production as if the audience see's the narrative as to be too complex for them to be able to follow with ease then many members of the audience will simply loose interest. Another negative side effect from this could be that audience members may view the plot to be something completely different and miss out on the point altogether.

After all we have carefully set and structured our opening sequence to be a certain way hence this is how we would wish for it to come across otherwise we haven't worked towards our achievement. So to make sure we are able to keep the audience engaged and interested within our film  as well as following the story-line as intended we need to ensure that we make our sequence as clear as possible via making certain adaptions.

So to make the plot appear less complex we can go through our sequence and only keep scenes which we feel simply add to the main narrative so taking out any scenes which we think take away from that and aren't necessarily needed and may in fact confusion the plot.

As we can tell from our feedback we have made our story-line too complex for the main audience which isn't something we want to do as we will be eliminating most of our audience from having an enjoyable experience.

Viewers may feel that our sequence appears like a trailer as scenes are shown from different time frames. If audience members were not to understand this and recognise that this scenes are shot from different time periods and that some are from the present whereas others the past then they may think that it is just a trailer showing a variety of different events throughout the duration of the film.

- 'The camera work was slightly unprofessional and jagged, maybe due to the camera itself being insecure'

This could have a negative effect upon our film as it means that it could ruin the experience for the audience as the camera angles could put the audience off however in some scenes staggered camera shots/angles are used to represent elements of the film such a panic. When going through our editing phrase we will have to see if there is anything we can do to fix this perhaps cutting certain shots, going through our old shots to see if there is anything similar which we can work with that has been filmed at a high standard, we can also experiment with the editing software on final cut pro and see if there is anything we can do on there to fix this problem.

- 'Could do with a sound track running throughout the sequence'

This was something we were yet to add to our sequence we showed it to our critics. We had everything intention of adding this in later on however we were having dilemmas with adding this in in time for our showing.

Positive feedback:



Viewers may feel that our sequence appears like a trailer as scenes are shown from different time frames. If audience members were not to understand this and recognise that this scenes are shot from different time periods and that some are from the present whereas others the past then they may think that it is just a trailer showing a variety of different events throughout the duration of the film.  

How myself and my group members shall make use our criticism:

One thing we have spoke about doing would be to simplify our narrative so that it is easier for the audience to follow and stop them from getting lost or confused and therefore loosing interest within our film making it a bad experience for the viewer. We shall conduct this via cutting out scenes from our sequence which may lead to confusion and only leaving in those key elements which are important to the narrative and help to tell it within a clear motion hence making it far easier for the audience to be able to follow.

We have also discussed including another sound track to input running throughout the duration of our opening sequence. This shall in theory make our film flow in a more smooth action and allow the narrative to be uncovered as the story progresses along with the music and sequence.

Fitting in with this we have also decided that we would like to improve the transitions which occur in-between our separate shots. Again this shall be creating more of a flow to our sequence and shall be able to highlight the different tenses in which the scenes are taking place, for instance we have some scenes from the past and some from the present, this shall help the audience to be able to distinguish what time frame the different scenes are happening within therefore helping them to be able to understand and follow the narrative with more ease.