BLOG CLOSURE

We've finally come to the end of our film sequence project...*tear*... We hope you've enjoyed following us through this amazing journey! We've had some really great times...I think it's safe to say that Media is a magical subject! :)

We're really sad to go..but never fear, we WILL be back!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who helped us - the Media Department, audiences, and of course, everyone in the group! We deserve a jolly good pat on the back for our hard work!!

Three cheers for 'Remembrance'!!!...Let's party!!


Group 4 -
Ben, Selina and Tanya
xx

Audience Screening & Feedback

Today we had our audience screening, and I'm very pleased to say that we had a massive turn out! A total of 34 people responded to our questionnaire; giving us a very useful insight into audience tastes etc.

The group of people ranged from 15-17 years of age; this was helpful because they were a mixture of our core and secondary audiences.

We split the data into two categories, based on gender. We then divided this up further, looking at the different ages in each specific gender. Here is what we found:

FEMALES - 15 years old (4 participated):

• The average rating given was 8/10
• 3 classified it as Thriller, 1 as Horror
• Majority commented on good music, plot, character and title
  They all understood the sequence and picked up the name of the film
• Main areas for improvement were location & building tension throughout the scene
• 3/4 wanted to watch the rest of the film, saying they were interested to find out what happens next

16 years old (11 participated):

• Average score of 8.5/10
• All classified it as either Horror or Thriller (some even put both)
• Again, they most liked the music, plot and also liked the news broadcast
• 10 wanted to watch the rest of the film because "it would be interesting to see the plot develop", "it's creepy" and it "holds in the viewer". The other 1 person didn't want to watch the rest of the film because they are simply "not a big fan of Horror/Thriller"

17 years old (9 participated):

• Average rating of 8/10
• 1 girl didn't understand the significance of the poppy, the rest did
• Again, it was classified as either a Thriller or a Horror
• Music, plot and title were amongst the favourite things in the sequence
• Several commented on the knife in the back pocket; saying it was a little comical and could've been placed inside a jacket pocket instead. Also someone mentioned that the music could have been a bit scarier, and that the pace of the sequence could've been faster, to create more suspense
• 8 of the girls said they would be interested in watching the rest of the film, because of it's enigmatic qualities, with an "interesting and intriguing plot". The other girl did not want to watch the rest of the film because she said that she is not interested in the particular genre.

MALES - 16 years old (4 participated)

• Average score 9/10
• 3 classified it as a Thriller, 1 as a Horror
• They mainly like the music and plot
• They would all like to watch the rest of the film
• One area of improvement - acting in the nightmare sequence (not realistic enough)

17 years old (5 participated)

• Rated 9/10
• 4 classified as Thriller, 1 as Horror
• Liked music, character, title and plot
• All 5 want to watch the rest of the film
• Lighting and location are amongst the things to be improved.

-Posted by the Group-

Audience Feedback Questionnaire

We're having our audience screening today at lunch, which, we hope, will prove to be very useful when it comes to evalutaing our sequence. To aid us in this process, we have compiled a questionnaire which we plan to give out during the screening. Here is what it will look like:


Questionnaire

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Group Screening

I have used the internet social networking site Facebook to spread the word about our upcoming screening on Wednesday.
This is likely to attract a good sized focus group which we can ask a variety of questions in the form of a questionnaire.

Ben - On behalf of the group

Almost Done!

We're coming to the end of our project now, and needless to say, we're feeling the pressure! However, it's not all doom and gloom; we've significantly reduced the amount of work we have left, now it's just a case of minor tweaks here and there to perfect the sequence.
We recorded the News Broadcast this morning and imported in to the sequence (it works REALLY well, thanks Mr. Michael!!)
Now we're adding the correct fonts to our titles and just fixing a few errors we have with the sound...It's all good :)

-Posted by Selina, with the rest of the Group nearby-

News Report

The body of another ex-soldier was discovered this morning in North London.

The victim, identified as James Palmer, recently served in the Iraq War as part of the 5th Infantry Battalion.

Police believe the murder to be linked to the recent ‘Poppy Killing’ across the area.

Posted by Tanya, on behalf of the group

Production Name

We are currently discussing a final name for our production company...

After some consideration, we have narrowed it down to these options:

• UnPlugged Productions
• Unhinged Productions
• Catalyst Productions
• Roulette Productions

Here are some possible logos for our company:

From this, we are most likely to choose 'UnPlugged Productions', seeing as we have a good logo for it and we like the catchy name.

-Posted by Selina, with Ben close by :)-