When we first pitched our ideas to classmates and teachers, they seemed to be exciting at the prospec of having a party video. However there were a few concerns about how we would film the party scenes so we could create the illusion that 50+ were present when actually there were only 8. Also the mise en scene had to look effective/realistic and this was stressed by teachers and peers after our pitch.
Feedback from a variety of sources meant that i could take the advice from others and work on improving all pieces of work. I received feedback for my ancillary texts through different methods. This included Twitter, Blog posts, Facebook, Youtube. Through using the internet i could gain feedback on all ancillary texts form peers, teachers and the public. Overall my work has had a positive reception. However getting to the end result was not without changing a few of my original ideas/plans...
Feedback from our teachers and verbal feedback from our peers was very useful when showcasing our draft ancillary texts. The feedback was very constructive especially with our video, where we originally had many different shots of 'party' scenes that didn't work too well. My digipak also received helpful feedback concerning the colour scheme that was completely changed in my final draft. From the feedback on our draft ancillary texts we could really appreciate how important feedback is order to have a fantastic end media product. After listening to the feedback on our draft we re-shot some of the scenes with the female lead singer in order for her lip-syncing to be perfect. We then started from scratch again on Final Cut because a different beginning and end wad needed. Otherwise the video looked very amateur.
The bands Twitter account was created in the hopes that a range of feedback from the large variety of people could be received by people using the social networking site. However gaining feedback by using this site was slightly restricting because only the people who followed 'Intoxicated' could actually comment or even see the work.
Another way the i could gain feedback especially on the music video was through blogger. Classmates and peers comented on the final video and presented there ideas to us.
We constructed an animatic in order to get an estimate of timings and camera shots. The feedback on our animatic storyboard helped us further to get precise timings and possible camera shots that could be achievable and realistic. Although we changed the order of camera shots, cut some out completely and added others, it was still a useful process.
Our pitch enabled us to display our ideas to our classmates and teachers. Some initial concerns regarding, mise en scene, the amount of extras for the video and lighting issues where addressed to us so we could overcome the problems before we started filming. The feedback we received on our video from our peers was mostly positive and they thought the 'minimalistic party worked well.'
I think you can improve this one by really evaluating exactly what was said and the extent to which it helped you. Use some quotes from people who fed back and explain more specifically how it did/didn't help. You mention the concernsn at your pitch over the party scenes - what did you do about this to try to overcome the problem? Did it work?
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