GROUP: Audience Feedback - Rough Cut

This is the rough cut of our final production piece. This is used to give us an idea of what shots work and which do not, as well as giving us an indication of how long the film will be, which seems to be exactly as we predicted, however, this is only a "rough" indication as we have not cut the shots to music as we plan to for our final cut. Some shots have changed over the course of filming, as well as new shots being put in due to complications with either filming inside a car or manoeuvrability inside the house. Overall, we believe the rough cut was a success for our group and portrays the image we intended

Feedback:

 

After sharing the rough cut with our classmates, we received this feedback:

• People were impressed with the dual lines of action, finding it easy to follow and interesting to watch
• The lighting for the shots inside the car were liked as the red connotes a demonic feel to the situation
• Others were impressed with the cutting rate and how it was used to build tension in the final moments of the opening sequence
• However, there were some qualms regarding the positioning and colouring of text. All the titles remained in the corners of the frame until the last one (intended for the director). This was described as "unnecessary" as the title of the film would appear in the same position several shots later. In regards to colour, text that appeared inside the car was in red to match the lighting, whereas the rest was plain white. Despite criticism, we believe that the colours of the text is not a problem, and that the font is what needs to be changed
• We also received comments regarding the face of the victim not being shown enough. Admittedly, we had planned to show more, but failed to shoot the particular shot. However, this can be resolved

Evaluation:

 

We believe that the feedback we received was positive and the few issues raised can be dealt with easily. Ben BK plans to shoot several more shots showing the face of the victim, and as a group we shall relocate the position of the final piece of text. While these are solutions to the problems raised, we still have to consider cutting to the music we have "Beyond The Sea" by Bobby Darin, as well as fine-tuning the cutting rate and finalising the font to use for production credits