After showing my opening two minutes to 34 year 12 and 13 students studying media studies. The feedback i got i am generally not suprised by the comments as i agree with most of them. Although some i do not agree with but can see that it just down to the persons personal opinion as there alot of contrisicting responses.
Positive feedback included:
Good shots 13
Good setting 3
Clear narrative 13
Good story 12
Good music 9
Voice and voice worked well together 4
Clear that it was an opening not trailor or music video 3
Didn't give away too much 2
Easy to follow 5
Emotive 6
Good actors 5
Good,clear mise en scene 3
Good range of ages 3
Negative comments included:
Not emotive enough 2
Too much speech 1
Bad font 7
Characters were too different 1
Shakey camera 2
6 years later? 2
Shots needed redoing 1
Cliche 1
Jumped to the point 2
2 boys? 5
I am very pleased with my positive feedback as it supports all the areas i was particually consentrating on, such as making the dialogue clear, uses a different setting not stereotypical, using a range of shots and building the emotion. Some of my negative feedback i will take on board but contradict other people so i take down to opinion, such as jumping to the point - where as 12 people loved the story. 2 people said it was not emotive but 6 people said it was emotive. I agree with the comments that the two boys did not look alike, i found this particually difficult as i had an actor but it had to be changed at last minute and i got the closest i could get to my younger actor. The six years later and dialogue clearly illustrates that the boy is him older, which some people understood but 5 did not.
