Our short film targets an audience through a number of techniques such as music. As soon as our short film starts, the music begins which draws the audience in immediately and creates a mood. I feel the idea around are short film targets a more female dominated audience because of the topic. As females are able to relate more to the character then a male would because the short film is about a females perspective on what the ideal body image is. The still images also target a female dominated audience, as they are familiar to them and are what females are bombarded with on a daily bases from the media. I feel the name of our short film targets an audience as it will attract those that are interested in the ideal body image and why so many people want to achieve it.
The feedback we got from year 12's was fairly good. The interesting thing about the results is that a majority of females said that the short film conveys that females spend to much time worrying about their looks. Where as a majority of males when asked said that no matter how much one alters the the way in which they look confidants comes from in which means that the difference in sex effects interpretation of the short film and that the females can relate more to the female character and have more of an understanding as to how she feels.
We wanted to show the physical and emotional effects some females go to, to perfect their body image. From my findings I realised the effect we wanted our short film to have has been successful. The only criticism we got back from this particular question was that the short film could have been more in depth and that it started to this towards the end of the short film so it's about finding the right balance.
More then half the people that answered the questionnaire said they felt that they wouldn't have understood the meaning of the short film without the poem which means we didn't incorporate enough visually and that we should have featured more shots or filmed more footage. This brings me to the next point where everyone felt the poem either complemented or made them understand what our short film was about which shows that without the use of this, it wouldn't have had the same effect and wouldn't have been very successful. As a result a vast majority of the people asked felt that dialogue wasn't necessary as the poem was enough.
The feedback I got back when we asked if they could change one thing about are short film what would it be? More then half of them said the length of our short film. They felt it was to short and would have been better if another verse from the poem had been included and would have provided a better insight into what the short film is about. Many felt more scenes of the character putting on the makeup would have helped make the short film better and more shots of her looking in the mirror at herself really connoting that she is not satisfied with the way she looks would have made it more intense. Another person felt the editing could have been improved as well as the titles which I mentioned previously. Whilst another wanted a clearer shot at the end which I agree with to some extent, as I feel we could have ended our short film in a better way.
When asked if the mise en scene and use of the camera made our piece visually engaging and if not how could this been improved? I got back a variety of responses such as the use of still images works well alongside the meaning of the short film. This was one of the things that I felt made our piece successful, so I am pleased they liked this aspect. The only negative thing mentioned about the use of the still images was the speed as they felt they were to fast. One person felt that the short film wasn't girlie enough which I disagree with and so did another. They felt the mise-en scene reflects what the poem is describing and really shows the different aspects that effect the characters life. One person added to this point by saying they felt the mise en scene and camera shots made them understand why people go to the lengths they go to, to be accepted. Another person really liked the colours and felt the costume worked really well. Others liked the close ups and variety of shots used and liked that they were snappy as it kept them engaged and made them listen to the poem.
The feedback we got from year 12's was fairly good. The interesting thing about the results is that a majority of females said that the short film conveys that females spend to much time worrying about their looks. Where as a majority of males when asked said that no matter how much one alters the the way in which they look confidants comes from in which means that the difference in sex effects interpretation of the short film and that the females can relate more to the female character and have more of an understanding as to how she feels.
We wanted to show the physical and emotional effects some females go to, to perfect their body image. From my findings I realised the effect we wanted our short film to have has been successful. The only criticism we got back from this particular question was that the short film could have been more in depth and that it started to this towards the end of the short film so it's about finding the right balance.
More then half the people that answered the questionnaire said they felt that they wouldn't have understood the meaning of the short film without the poem which means we didn't incorporate enough visually and that we should have featured more shots or filmed more footage. This brings me to the next point where everyone felt the poem either complemented or made them understand what our short film was about which shows that without the use of this, it wouldn't have had the same effect and wouldn't have been very successful. As a result a vast majority of the people asked felt that dialogue wasn't necessary as the poem was enough.
The feedback I got back when we asked if they could change one thing about are short film what would it be? More then half of them said the length of our short film. They felt it was to short and would have been better if another verse from the poem had been included and would have provided a better insight into what the short film is about. Many felt more scenes of the character putting on the makeup would have helped make the short film better and more shots of her looking in the mirror at herself really connoting that she is not satisfied with the way she looks would have made it more intense. Another person felt the editing could have been improved as well as the titles which I mentioned previously. Whilst another wanted a clearer shot at the end which I agree with to some extent, as I feel we could have ended our short film in a better way.
When asked if the mise en scene and use of the camera made our piece visually engaging and if not how could this been improved? I got back a variety of responses such as the use of still images works well alongside the meaning of the short film. This was one of the things that I felt made our piece successful, so I am pleased they liked this aspect. The only negative thing mentioned about the use of the still images was the speed as they felt they were to fast. One person felt that the short film wasn't girlie enough which I disagree with and so did another. They felt the mise-en scene reflects what the poem is describing and really shows the different aspects that effect the characters life. One person added to this point by saying they felt the mise en scene and camera shots made them understand why people go to the lengths they go to, to be accepted. Another person really liked the colours and felt the costume worked really well. Others liked the close ups and variety of shots used and liked that they were snappy as it kept them engaged and made them listen to the poem.
From my findings I discovered that many people agreed with me on the bases of what they liked and what they disliked about our piece however also gave some constructive criticism where they mentioned some points which I wasn't aware of before. Overall I found the year 12's feedback really insightful.
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