Post-Production Questionnaire Results - Question 3

The third question we asked was 'Are there any shots you don't like? Please explain.'
This question is important as it allows the audience to be critical and through this we can then change a few things if we have a lot of the same answers. It is very important for us to use the answers, that we get in this questionnaire, to perfect our video and make it appeal to as wide an audience as we can.

A few people answered no because all the shots built up the suspense, and that there was a good contrast between shots and a wide variety of shots.
We received a few constructive criticisms, for example 'Some very effective images, perhaps too many iconic/memorable shots'. This answer suggests that there is too much going on and perhaps it is difficult for the audience to keep up with the narrative.

We also received a comment about the toy dolls, saying that 'perhaps it is a bit dark'. We do not see this as a criticism as this is exactly what we wanted to do. It sort of symbolises a voodoo doll and with the cross cutting to the doll shots in between the shots of the boy - they portray his emotions and help show the audience his emotional instability.

We received a few critiques about shots of our character walking; 'cut some of the walking down the road out', 'maybe too long with walking down the road', 'the shots in the street aren't the best quality'. This was definitely something we were aware of and something that we are going to fix in editing before showing our final music video.

We received a few crticisms about the lighting of a few shots; 'the first shot of him sitting looking at the door - too bright' and 'the one in the park, too much light on the actor'. This is something that we can fix in editing by adjusting the colour of these particular shots.

I feel that this question has given us the most constructive criticism (depending on detail of answer from audience member) and by looking through all the answers we can adjust some shots in our video.