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3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
The video above is just an example of what verbal comments were received.
Putting our finished documentary on social websites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc., enabled a vast majority of an audience to view it, in particularly, teenagers. Because the documentary is aimed at people aged 16 and onwards, this was helpful in targeting if it engaged them or not like intended. Here are the some of the comments received via comments:
"This is good and quite interesting, there could of been better cutaways than what was used and graphics that are clearer to read."
"Editing flows but the intercutting didn't really balance out any side of a true, balanced argument. 6/10."
"Too many interviews, needs more cutaways and shots on location rather than in college."
From this, it can be improved upon the usage of cutwaways, graphics, interviews, and where they are placed/filmed if the media product was to be done again.
As well as showing the audience the documentary, the ancillary texts alongside such as the print and radio advertisement was thought to be linked. Here are some more comments when they were shown all:
"The colour purple adds to the theme of the poster and the documentary."
"The radio ad included some of the vox-pops and interviews from the documentary that made it recognisable. Although, it didn't really fit in what was said."
"I thought the radio advert wasn't clear enough but the print advert looks relevant and interesting."
This audience feedback allowed us to spot the mistakes made and alter them accordingly to what the audience want to see/hear in order to engage them at the fullest. The fact that they thought they linked showed that we had followed the codes and conventions correctly.
Two questionnaires were constructed and filled out by the audience, this was the basis of the media product and how the outcome relied/reflected on those answers. For example, most people favourited the colour purple to be the text colour of the graphics which is what they thought was suitable towards the subject matter of phobias, so that said colours was used. Overall, the audience feedback was a reliable source.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Documentary script
V.O: Everybody has something there scared of...
Vox-pops play.
V.O: But what causes a phobia to develop?
Interview with Sue.
V.O: It’s evident that phobias effect everyone, and that the phobias we can suffer from can range from the most commonly heard ones, such as arachnophobia-the fear of spiders or Aichmophobia-the fear of needles to odd and unusual phobias such as Ecophobia the fear of home.
Interview with Debbie.
V.O: Approximately 4-5% of the U.K has, one or more clinically significant phobias. But is it possible to be afraid of something that doesn’t pose a logical threat?
Interview with Nat, followed by another interview with Debbie.
V.O: But can a phobia stop us from leaving our house?
Interview with the dog attack victim.
V.O: Is it possible to be scared of things that don’t even exist such as monsters in films or video games?
Vox-pops play.
V.O: But what causes a phobia to develop?
Interview with Sue.
V.O: It’s evident that phobias effect everyone, and that the phobias we can suffer from can range from the most commonly heard ones, such as arachnophobia-the fear of spiders or Aichmophobia-the fear of needles to odd and unusual phobias such as Ecophobia the fear of home.
Interview with Debbie.
V.O: Approximately 4-5% of the U.K has, one or more clinically significant phobias. But is it possible to be afraid of something that doesn’t pose a logical threat?
Interview with Nat, followed by another interview with Debbie.
V.O: But can a phobia stop us from leaving our house?
Interview with the dog attack victim.
V.O: Is it possible to be scared of things that don’t even exist such as monsters in films or video games?
Radio advertisement script
MB: Short music introduction.
V.O: Approximately 4-5% of the UK has one or more clinically significant phobias.
Vox-pops for 4 second.
V.O: There are phobias of open spaces such as agoraphobia which effect at least 3 million people in the UK alone.
Clips from sues interview.
V.O: Find out more on Monday, Channel 4 at 8 PM.
V.O: Approximately 4-5% of the UK has one or more clinically significant phobias.
Vox-pops for 4 second.
V.O: There are phobias of open spaces such as agoraphobia which effect at least 3 million people in the UK alone.
Clips from sues interview.
V.O: Find out more on Monday, Channel 4 at 8 PM.
Audience Feedback - Results
As part of our research, this questionnaire was given out to 15 people. Here are the conclusions in which they had:
1. Was the framing and intercutting appropriate?Most people answered yes, it suited the subject matter of phobias with it being fast paced and quite tensed. The few that answered no commented on not using the rule of thirds in some interviews and slightly off jump cuts that didn't come into play when arguing two sides.
2. Was the music suitable to the documentary?Majority answered yes, it was suitable and not too off-putting. Those that said no said it needed to be more subtle and not so loud for the narrator to be heard.
3. Was the editing good or poor?Feedback shows that it was more poor than good because of too much interview and cutaways that didn't really relate to what the person was explaining.
4. Did this documentary engage/interest you?Some said yes, it's something they can relate to in day to day life. Some said it lacked realistic approaches towards the facts stated.
5. On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you rate this documentary overall?On average, a 7 was given.
6. What was the weakest element of the documentary?Answered proved it to be the cutaways which lacked towards proving a point and interesting interviews with people who have experienced a more serious phobia.
7. What was the strongest element of the documentary?Audience favourited the bluescreen because of it's moving ability when the gamer is mentioned about how games can trigger a phobia with footage from Silent Hill.
8. Does the radio advertisement relate to the documentary?Having watched the documentary, seen the poster advertisement and listened the radio advertisement, the audience gave the opinion that it did from using some of the voxpops from the documentary.
9. Does the print advert relate to the documentary?Since the print advertisement was based on a previous questionnaire and what the audience favourited, people commented on the use of purple in the titles and for the colour of the boxes in the poster.
10. Does the overall voiceover engage and tie in the documentary, print and radio advertisement?
Some say the voice-over was weak and not clear enough to imply the seriousness of the subject matter but on average, tied in moderately due the using the same voice in the radio advertisement and the documentary.
1. Was the framing and intercutting appropriate?Most people answered yes, it suited the subject matter of phobias with it being fast paced and quite tensed. The few that answered no commented on not using the rule of thirds in some interviews and slightly off jump cuts that didn't come into play when arguing two sides.
2. Was the music suitable to the documentary?Majority answered yes, it was suitable and not too off-putting. Those that said no said it needed to be more subtle and not so loud for the narrator to be heard.
3. Was the editing good or poor?Feedback shows that it was more poor than good because of too much interview and cutaways that didn't really relate to what the person was explaining.
4. Did this documentary engage/interest you?Some said yes, it's something they can relate to in day to day life. Some said it lacked realistic approaches towards the facts stated.
5. On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you rate this documentary overall?On average, a 7 was given.
6. What was the weakest element of the documentary?Answered proved it to be the cutaways which lacked towards proving a point and interesting interviews with people who have experienced a more serious phobia.
7. What was the strongest element of the documentary?Audience favourited the bluescreen because of it's moving ability when the gamer is mentioned about how games can trigger a phobia with footage from Silent Hill.
8. Does the radio advertisement relate to the documentary?Having watched the documentary, seen the poster advertisement and listened the radio advertisement, the audience gave the opinion that it did from using some of the voxpops from the documentary.
9. Does the print advert relate to the documentary?Since the print advertisement was based on a previous questionnaire and what the audience favourited, people commented on the use of purple in the titles and for the colour of the boxes in the poster.
10. Does the overall voiceover engage and tie in the documentary, print and radio advertisement?
Some say the voice-over was weak and not clear enough to imply the seriousness of the subject matter but on average, tied in moderately due the using the same voice in the radio advertisement and the documentary.
Friday, 6 January 2012
Original image for poster advertisement
This is the original image for the print advertisement. Our initial idea was to have a porcelain clown doll as our main subject matter, instead, the thought of using an object that you would least expect to be scary was used. And so a teddy bear was replaced it. This was then going to contrast the shadow, that was simply not a normal shadow but a shadow of a monster to imply phobias can come from unusual experiences or from pretty much anything. Since the shadow is going to be black, it is thought that the background is going to be plain white and the teddy bear shall be cropped out from this original background.
Poster advertisement draft
This is the draft of what our poster advertisement is going to look like and will hopefully be the outcome prior to the original image. It is going to be made in Photoshop and edited accordingly.
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