Audience feedback was one of the most crucial parts in the making of all of the media products for this coursework. A lot of my feedback came from my peers, teachers, family and friends, each giving me an insight into how to improve my product, or the elements which I should keep for the final piece.
Through the use of questionnaires, and informal feedback through screenings, I was able to get a feel for how audiences would receive my work, and the ways in which I needed to create and design each piece to gage audience interest.
As a lot of my audience feedback came from people that also fit into my target audience, the information I found was of vital importance throughout the whole process. From this feedback I learned how the audience reacted to each component, such as the climactic music, where every single one of my audience sample commented on how they felt the piece had a great tension building ambience keeping them on the edge of their seats throughout the viewing. This was important feedback for me as the ambience and atmosphere was one of the more important parts of the whole production, ensuring that the right mood came across fully and not just through the images on screen. Other compliments came on the use of a cliff-hanger ending, where all of the audience feedback stated that they couldn't wait to find out who the kidnapper was and what actually happened to Ellie Dean.
Having done earlier audience feedback from just my peers and teacher, another aspect I was advised to look at was into the ending of soap opera trailers, and how broadcasters presented the name of the show and the date of its release. From this I added my own logo and advert to the end of the show to display all of this crucial information, when I later showed the final product to my screening group, everyone loved the professionalism of the ending, and how I had emulated the ITV logo, however changed it to incorporate my own channel.
Constructive criticism was one of the most important things to gain from audience feedback, and helped me to make the right decisions about what the final piece should be like, and how it is completed to the best possible standard. Most of the criticisms regarding the trailer was the sound in some areas, where the dialogue became a bit too quiet to be fully heard, therefore from this I managed to go back to the piece on iMovie and increase the volume wherever was needed. Also from an earlier showing from the first draft of my product, some of the audience felt that the footage was grainy towards the end of the trailer, therefore I reshot the whole ending scene to give it the professional quality it needed.
Even through the process of the ancillary tasks, I was being given informal feedback of the tasks during their making, with my peers' guidance on how things should look to get the best effect. This feedback helped me with the placing of my text on my magazine cover, and also the magazine title itself. I handed out a questionnaire to the students and staff at my Sixth Form to get their opinion on the different names I was considering for the magazine. The feedback was almost unanimous on the title of the magazine, therefore I incorporated it onto the cover. From these results it was clear that my target audience were very similar in their likes and dislikes when it comes to media products, and I was sure to capture their likes into my own piece. Through the poster design, I asked peers to inform me if there were any elements that needed improvement, from this they told me that the background image was a bit too dark, therefore I added a lens flare onto the piece, brightening up certain elements in a much more commercial way.
Overall, the audience feedback process throughout my coursework has been hugely valuable in helping me to fully access and reach out to my target audience. Each of the questionnaires and comments have really helped to improve all of my tasks, and get them up to a professional standard of which the audience agrees with and likes.
As a lot of my audience feedback came from people that also fit into my target audience, the information I found was of vital importance throughout the whole process. From this feedback I learned how the audience reacted to each component, such as the climactic music, where every single one of my audience sample commented on how they felt the piece had a great tension building ambience keeping them on the edge of their seats throughout the viewing. This was important feedback for me as the ambience and atmosphere was one of the more important parts of the whole production, ensuring that the right mood came across fully and not just through the images on screen. Other compliments came on the use of a cliff-hanger ending, where all of the audience feedback stated that they couldn't wait to find out who the kidnapper was and what actually happened to Ellie Dean.
Having done earlier audience feedback from just my peers and teacher, another aspect I was advised to look at was into the ending of soap opera trailers, and how broadcasters presented the name of the show and the date of its release. From this I added my own logo and advert to the end of the show to display all of this crucial information, when I later showed the final product to my screening group, everyone loved the professionalism of the ending, and how I had emulated the ITV logo, however changed it to incorporate my own channel.
Constructive criticism was one of the most important things to gain from audience feedback, and helped me to make the right decisions about what the final piece should be like, and how it is completed to the best possible standard. Most of the criticisms regarding the trailer was the sound in some areas, where the dialogue became a bit too quiet to be fully heard, therefore from this I managed to go back to the piece on iMovie and increase the volume wherever was needed. Also from an earlier showing from the first draft of my product, some of the audience felt that the footage was grainy towards the end of the trailer, therefore I reshot the whole ending scene to give it the professional quality it needed.
Even through the process of the ancillary tasks, I was being given informal feedback of the tasks during their making, with my peers' guidance on how things should look to get the best effect. This feedback helped me with the placing of my text on my magazine cover, and also the magazine title itself. I handed out a questionnaire to the students and staff at my Sixth Form to get their opinion on the different names I was considering for the magazine. The feedback was almost unanimous on the title of the magazine, therefore I incorporated it onto the cover. From these results it was clear that my target audience were very similar in their likes and dislikes when it comes to media products, and I was sure to capture their likes into my own piece. Through the poster design, I asked peers to inform me if there were any elements that needed improvement, from this they told me that the background image was a bit too dark, therefore I added a lens flare onto the piece, brightening up certain elements in a much more commercial way.
Overall, the audience feedback process throughout my coursework has been hugely valuable in helping me to fully access and reach out to my target audience. Each of the questionnaires and comments have really helped to improve all of my tasks, and get them up to a professional standard of which the audience agrees with and likes.
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