FEEDBACK!

On friday, we presented our 'portfolio' to the class, that is our website, poster and trailer itself. This went very well, and having shown our trailer to the teacher before showing the class, we gathered feedback early. For our trailer, it was advised that we should shoot another scene for the end to make the ending more dramatic and tense, and therefore more fitting for a conventional thriller. Although we we wanted to keep a real sense of enigma in the trailer and not show who the true stalker was (as we were aiming to keep this minimal and keep the audiences suspicions on the ex-boyfriend, evidenced through the dvds organised just like the ex.) We thought of having the couple talking in a public location, such as starbucks or something, and then have an over the shoulder shot of a mysterious figure watching them before ending the trailer. She also said that we needed to make the shots more snappier and faster to create a more fast-paced trailer and thus making even more conventional. We watched the trailer of 'Primer' in which this is put into effect. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CC60HJvZRE, this is shown around 1:00)

When we shown our portfolio to the class, we discussed our process from a rom-com to the thriller, and briefly talked about the more important posts on the blog. Our feedback for the blog itself was very positive, with comments about how in depth our work was, and how much thought we'd put into our posts. The only critiscism was that the blog was somewhat disorganised because I (Sam) had not updated our links bar in a very long time!

For the website, our class were very positive about our page, liking our continuity of the cut out lettering for our logo (a reoccuring motif in all three texts), and the links page. They also liked how conventional it was, being a black page with some images (some from filming and others off facebook displaying the boyfriend and girlfriend to emphaise their relationship). We shown them our blooper wheel too which was a nice little laugh for us and the class. The only point of criticism was that it needed a few small tweaks such as items needing to be moved and some unfinished pages which needed a bit more being done to them.

The poster was the most negative aspect; we discovered that the 'empire' rating was generally included on posters advertising the dvd release of that film, and so ours obviously didn't fit. Also, we were in the process of editing it before showing, so we were showing an old copy in which the names of the producers etc. left an empty white space but apart from that, that was our only feedback for the poster.

The trailer itself too was very positive. Having already gathered feedback from the teacher, we had some points of re-emphasis which she had already told us, such as our cliffhanger ending and that the pace needed to be faster. They also thought that some of the shots could be a bit brighter. They liked the use of greyscale for our flashback and thought it fitting. We were exceptionally pleased that the audience fell for the stalker to be for the boyfriend, which is what we wanted, and also understood the narrative, something which had been troubling us for quite a while. We also discovered that it was 'Blooper Reel' not 'Blooper Wheel', and so we will need to recreate that link image and edit the blog too so it says the correct word!

From here, we are going to put all the changes into effect, and once the trailer is re-edited, shall post onto facebook and get our friends to critique the trailer, and these comments will all be posted onto the blog.