What have you learned from your audience feedback?

We received feedback from many different sources and they were all helpful in helping us produce our final product.

Our initial idea for film had a very different plot, involving a lot more characters and props and having a very different style all together. It was one of our actors Alex Bagnel who stated that our production wouldn't be as successful in creating a typical Noir style production, 'I feel your production lacks the typical conventions of a film Noir. Although the plot is strong it seems more like a crime/thriller so maybe a change has to take place'. What Alex said helped us realise we were heading in the wrong direction. This is when we re-wrote the script and went at the whole production in a completely different direction.
With our new script written we started filming our production, we initially used longer panning shots, along with the overuse of certain camera shots such as extreme close up and a simple 2 shot. To find out if what we had filmed so far and to see camera shots and angles were as gripping and exciting as we hoped it to be we carried out as survey. Obviously we couldn't just ask the audience which camera angles they thought worked best as many viewers wouldn't know how to answer and don't usually pay attention to it. So we had to think up other specific questions that would help us find out what our film was missing.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L2XYCJN - Link to actual survey

1. How well do feel our production flowed?

How well do feel our production flowed?  Slow/clunky Smoothly Too fast/jumpy out of sync

2. Was what we filmed so far in our production entertaining to watch?

Was what we filmed so far in our production entertaining to watch?  Yes - kept me pulled in No - losing interest at certain points

3. Was what we filmed so far typical to a Noir Style film?

Was what we filmed so far typical to a Noir Style film?  Yes - stayed true to conventions No - did not stay true to conventions Both - Some aspects stayed true to the conventions whilst others scenes did not

From what we found out from this feedback the editing did not sync very well, we also got  results with 100% of the feedback saying we stayed true to the conventions of a Film Noir. This inspired us to keep with the same style but also adapt our editing techniques. We began using many different shots and editing them and a much greater speed but still keeping it flowing well like we had previously.
We showed our newly edited piece to Alex and others who had taken part in the survey; Alex - 'Editing is now flowing at a much smoother level whilst making the scenes more exciting and keeping the person watching involved.
Our media teacher Mr Stapley gave very good advice on where certain shots should be stopped, cut and edited using different techniques. He gave us advice on when during the driving scene when to cut it off and introduce the next scene.
Further audience feedback helped us decide on what time of music genre should be used for our film piece - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LL8MKBP - This survey had a variety of responses, but with a majority vote of 3, the Jazz genre was the most selected. We had already decided on using Jazz music for our film piece, but having the majority of the audience agreeing with you gave us more confidence.