Overall the feedback we received on our video was positive and many of the groups agreed with the decisions we decided to include. Looking through the feedback the majority of the comments refer to our music choice with one group saying “The non-diegetic sound was a good choice”, as a group we decided to end our music abruptly as the main character falls to the ground to highlight a disruption this early into the film. We felt that our song choice was effective for our chosen genre of teen romantic comedy as it creates an upbeat atmosphere, one group have picked up on this point stating: “music clear and matches the opening”
A negative comment that we received regarding the music and noise was that the “background noises change; disrupts the continuity”, I agree with this point as we tried to film in the corridors when they were silent however our filming had to be postponed due to people cleaning afterschool therefore creating some background noise. If I was given the chance to do this task again it would have been better if we decided to film in a corridor that isn’t in much use afterschool which may have gotten rid of some of the background noise.
As a group we wanted the different stereotypical groups to be clearly identifiable to our audience in the opening, this was something that we felt would be important to include as we found from our research that the conventional stereotypical characters are what help move the narrative along and are what the audience are drawn too/relate too. One group thought our costume, props and iconography were “excellent throughout the opening; such as the lip gloss for the popular girl and the big glasses for the geeky girl”.
An improvement that we could have made regarding the costume was “the only thing that our group would change would be the colours and the clothes of the popular girl. The fact she is blonde helps but it would of been more stereotypical if she was wearing pinks and bright colours”. This was something we were deciding to do so the ‘bitch’ stereotype would be more identifiable with a pink skirt, high heels and black top however when we began filming this outfit wasn’t possible so we had to use a black skirt instead of pink therefore taking away some of the stereotype. If we were to do this task again it would be best if we were to use the costume that we had originally planned.
Some positive feedback on the topic of our camera shots and movements were that we used “a range of accurate camera shots and camera movements” and that they have “helped to portray the genre, such as a tilt up the jock character”. The tilt was what we felt hard to accomplish on our first try however the use of a tri-pod aided us greatly in producing steady, smooth shots in our opening. By doing this it has helped us to create verisimilitude and continuity throughout. Another group said that our “close ups of characters getting ready introduces the characters well” which is something that as a group we felt is important as it allowed us to identify the stereotypes to the audience clearly, such as the glasses on the ‘geek’. It also allowed us to clearly show the main character of Nina as she is the first face you see.
The comments about our use of titles were positive with one group saying: “We like the titles used and the way the title of the film stands out from the rest and it is also looks like an already made teen romance”. The idea of making the title of the film stand out from the rest of the titles was something we thought, as a group, was essential so the audience clearly identify the name of the film. On the other hand a negative comment about our titles was: “the actors names are on screen for different lengths of times”, this is something that we noticed whilst editing our opening however I don’t feel that it is a massive problem that distracts the audience from the opening as we decided to place them in the bottom centre of the frame. We were going to correct this however we found it was a hard problem to overcome since the clips are of different lengths of time.
A negative comment that we received regarding the music and noise was that the “background noises change; disrupts the continuity”, I agree with this point as we tried to film in the corridors when they were silent however our filming had to be postponed due to people cleaning afterschool therefore creating some background noise. If I was given the chance to do this task again it would have been better if we decided to film in a corridor that isn’t in much use afterschool which may have gotten rid of some of the background noise.
As a group we wanted the different stereotypical groups to be clearly identifiable to our audience in the opening, this was something that we felt would be important to include as we found from our research that the conventional stereotypical characters are what help move the narrative along and are what the audience are drawn too/relate too. One group thought our costume, props and iconography were “excellent throughout the opening; such as the lip gloss for the popular girl and the big glasses for the geeky girl”.
An improvement that we could have made regarding the costume was “the only thing that our group would change would be the colours and the clothes of the popular girl. The fact she is blonde helps but it would of been more stereotypical if she was wearing pinks and bright colours”. This was something we were deciding to do so the ‘bitch’ stereotype would be more identifiable with a pink skirt, high heels and black top however when we began filming this outfit wasn’t possible so we had to use a black skirt instead of pink therefore taking away some of the stereotype. If we were to do this task again it would be best if we were to use the costume that we had originally planned.
Some positive feedback on the topic of our camera shots and movements were that we used “a range of accurate camera shots and camera movements” and that they have “helped to portray the genre, such as a tilt up the jock character”. The tilt was what we felt hard to accomplish on our first try however the use of a tri-pod aided us greatly in producing steady, smooth shots in our opening. By doing this it has helped us to create verisimilitude and continuity throughout. Another group said that our “close ups of characters getting ready introduces the characters well” which is something that as a group we felt is important as it allowed us to identify the stereotypes to the audience clearly, such as the glasses on the ‘geek’. It also allowed us to clearly show the main character of Nina as she is the first face you see.
The comments about our use of titles were positive with one group saying: “We like the titles used and the way the title of the film stands out from the rest and it is also looks like an already made teen romance”. The idea of making the title of the film stand out from the rest of the titles was something we thought, as a group, was essential so the audience clearly identify the name of the film. On the other hand a negative comment about our titles was: “the actors names are on screen for different lengths of times”, this is something that we noticed whilst editing our opening however I don’t feel that it is a massive problem that distracts the audience from the opening as we decided to place them in the bottom centre of the frame. We were going to correct this however we found it was a hard problem to overcome since the clips are of different lengths of time.
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