3. Initial class feedback: Trailer This is one part of our audience feedback, made by watching each other’s trailers as a class and making notes on what was done well and what could be improved on. From looking at all the different feedbacks from within our class there are parts of the trailer which have been commented on of which we expected, and also other parts which have not been commented on but of which we expected to be. The first point which came up twice in this feedback session was our music. It was said to be 'very appropriate' and 'fitted with our theme', of which we agreed with and ensured to keep it in-fitting with the ballet theme when we created the trailer. Another point which was commented on twice was our titles 'fitting with the genre' of our film. We also agree with this statement as the titles looked very delicate and the font we used was elegant and reflected a ballet theme. I'm glad the audience liked the titles as they took an unexpected amount of time to make as we had to use a different version of iMovie on another computer, which meant transferring the downloaded font and importing it into the new iMovie, and then transferring our saved titles back on to our original computer and editing them into our trailer. A long process!
4. Initial class feedback: Trailer Thirdly the editing was picked up on by the audience. This includes the faster montage of shots of Lauren practicing her ballet at home, and also the slow motion shot of her falling over when dancing on stage at the school whilst she is supposed to be cleaning. The slow motion shot was one our our favourites from the trailer so I'm glad the audience enjoyed it too. After receiving the feedback I thought that there would be some areas of our trailer of which we had expected the audience to comment on, but did not. Actually, this was not so, and all our main areas have been explored in the audience feedback, including the sound of the music and voiceover, the camera shots as there was a 'variety' and also the lighting of Lauren dancing on stage at the end in the spotlight. One thing they have not commented on is the mise en scene, however I think that we did use costumes and props appropriately but the audience are used to seeing this in ballet films and therefore it does not jump out at them to comment on.
6. Initial class feedback: Poster After seeing the trailer, our class then fed back about our poster. One comment that I was pleased to see was made was that it 'suited the trailer'. This means that it effectively promotes the trailer in accordance to the theme and plot shown, meaning it is easily identifiable to the audience through the synergy created by fonts colours and mise en scene. Another common phrase involved in the feedback is 'effective' imagery and use of IT. I'm pleased that the audience picked up on the use of IT as there was a lot of work involved in editing the backdrop and colours/contrast used in the image, to make this fully stand out and for the colours to be highlighted effectively.
8. Initial class feedback: Magazine Cover The main points of interest from the audience within the magazine cover feedback were about the design and layout of the magazine. A few people stated that the layout truly represented the Odeon magazine layout, of which I'm really happy with as it was one of our main points we focused on when creating the poster as we wanted it to look professional. The lens flares on the Odeon title also seem to be highly liked by the audience. We really liked this as not only was it featured on the influential Twilight Odeon magazine cover, but we also felt it clearly related the dance genre and theme of the film, once again creating synergy between all three of the texts.
