One of my major pitfalls in my work at AS was not taking audiences feedback into consideration. This year, instead of getting offended by the comments made, i've taken it on board as constructive criticism.
Many of the comments were concerning the very beginning of the film, where its purely just sound and the only think that appears on screen in the titling and some credits. I used the same font for the credits as the font in the type-writer scenes, I originally thought my using the same it would make the whole thing tie together, however now I see that it just looks a little bit boring. Equally many of the comments were regarding how perhaps there were too many type-writer scenes, this lead me to decide that I definitely should change the opening.
Because I have created the first draft of my film poster, I was able to take some of the idea's from there. So I swapped created a blackboard background (the same as my poster) and the writing on lined paper, again the same as my poster. This, in my opinion, looks a lot more creative and also ensures that it links in nicely with my film poster.
Also, some of my other criticism was that there wasn't enough footage of the protagonists and that my shots and angles weren't varied enough. This issue was slightly harder to address as in reality re-filming at this late stage isn't really what I want to be doing. Instead, I had a look at some of my originally disregarded footage to see if there were any shots at all that I could perhaps use. To my luck, there was!
I've added in some of the more varied angled shots for example in the 'girl in the toilet scenes' i've added in a low angled shot and some medium shots. This gives a little contrast because I realised that the majority of my shots were actually close up, or extreme close up.
Secondly, I also had to ensure that the continuity was correct in the later scenes with Jordy. Part of his action is rolling a cigarette and I had to ensure that this was done in the right order (something I had to research, because I dont have a clue about that sort of thing). I tried to ensure that the continuity was perfect, concerning him inhaling and exhaling as I didn't film them in one take.
One of my other comments was about having music over the top the narration, It's an idea that I've been toying with throughout the process, and after receiving this feedback its made me wonder again whether it would be a good idea. However then the arduous task of finding music that fits had to begin.
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