Media Studies A2

Saturday, 1 May 2010

Audience feedback

I invited 4 people to watch my overall final product, my music video promo. I asked them for their honest opinion and this is what they said.
Tim Anderson (media teacher)
Overall Emily i think your video is very effective, it is all narrative based which could look boring but it doesn’t. The end sequence is very artistic and you’ve edited it well with the beat. The colour effects are very good as well. If you were to do it again i would suggest varying your techniques and contrasting the narrative base to also including performance base so you had a variety of techniques and wasn’t as draining to watch. The acting works well, the characters are suitable and the footage is very good.
Beth Mcbride (friend and also media student)
I think its good. The action is linked with the beat very well, it is cleverly edited. The narrative is funny and enjoyable and with me being a 18 year old girl in relationship i can relate with the narrative. The song is very catchy and the narrative you have chosen works well with it, you’ve used some clever editing techniques, i really like the way you’ve overlapped the letter and you in the background it works well.
Jonny Kelly (a2 media student)
The overall video is good. I know both the characters in the video so feel i am being slightly biases, it can get a little boring at some points because it is all narrative based but the editing techniques you have used are good, and you have made sure the action goes in time with the beat which is clever and consistent. I don’t like the end though, it seems strangely to slow and the camera is a little shaky.
Steve Brown (family friend62 years of age)
I like the video, the song is very jolly, and the action links with it. Both good actors and would have looked silly with anyone else in it. I find it easy to watch as its very smooth editing. Felt a little uncomfortable with some of the shots (the kissing) but apart from that its enjoyable.
^that quote shows the advantages and disadvantages of voyeuristic pleasure.

Audience Questionnaire

I also produced a questionaire, and handed it out to 6 students, 3 girls and 3 boys to make it fair.

Q1. What genre would you say my music video comes under?

Rock

R&B

Indie

Pop


Q2. Identify what target audience you think my video was aimed at.

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Q3. What features appealed to you in my video?

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Q4. If I were to change anything about my video what would you suggest?

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Q5. Do you think my music video successful in covering a variety of conventions?

YES

NO

Q6. Does the lyrics and beat of the song, reflect the narrative and performance structure do you think?

YES

NO


Answer:
Q1. Boy 1= indie boy 2= pop boy 3= indie
girl 1= indie girl 2=indie girl 3=indie

Q2. 5 said = 16-20 1 said = 13-16

Q3. "the effect at the end with the letter overlapping the girl."
"the way the action is in fast forward so it blends in with the beat of the song."
"i really liked the bit when the girl is laid on top of the boys feet and they are spinning round, the effect looks really good"
" i like the way you put a recording button and a date on the screen for the entire video to make it look more realistic as though it was a hand held documentry tape"
"the photograph flashes at the end were really creative"
" I liked the way the colouring was really contrasted, it stood out and didnt make the video look dull and plain."

Q4. all said =" i would have had some performance element in so the video wasnt too tedious."

Q5. YES

Q6. YES