We submitted the first draft of our film opening for feedback by our peers in order to find out what they felt could be added, removed or improved in our film opening. We received a range of comments on our film opening and specifically asked for feedback on the genre and its conventions, sound, editing, titles, what they liked and what they thought could be improved.
Genre: The majority of groups that gave feedback successfully identified that the genre of our film opening was a Slasher Horror, with one group identifying it as a Supernatural Horror. They also successfully identified some of the main conventions linked to the genre such as female victims, a knife, blood and a secluded location (woods), suggesting that we met the typical conventions for the genre of our film opening.
Sound: We received a range of different ideas and feedback for the sound in our film opening. Many of the groups said that they liked the girls screams when she was being chased as they didn't sound added in. Others also said that they thought the non-diegetic soundtrack was eerie and monotone in the background and worked with the film as it went along, however, some suggested that it could've built up more to create more tension as it neared the end. Another suggestion we received was that the phone ringing sound was not continuous through the shot-reverse-shot despite us trying to edit it so it sounded in the distance. This suggests that we need to increase the volume as it was too quiet and couldn't be heard easily. The final suggestion was that more sound needed to be added when the twig was stepped on and the girl began running as it was too quiet and awkward.
Editing: Many of the groups who gave feedback said that the editing was smooth and successful and that they enjoyed the range of different camera angles and shots used throughout the film. One group said that the match on action in the film was smooth and flowed well, and others said that the shots of the feet running were effective as well as the use of slow motion in some scenes. However, one group felt that some shots were too long and needed to be shortened such as the dog running and the girl removing her jumper.
Titles: Many of the groups said that they thought the title for our film 'The Woods' was effective and conformed to the conventions of the genre. They said that they thought the choice of font was successful as it looked like it had been written with twigs and so fitted well with the name of the film opening. We also received feedback on the opening credits with some people suggesting that we could've been more creative with the positioning of the text when they appeared to make it more interesting, as well as this we needed to add more names as there were currently only three.
Liked: Many people said that they enjoyed the use of the dog in the film opening as we were able to get her to do what was needed to film our opening scenes. Others said that they enjoyed the chase scenes and the range of different camera angles and shots that were used throughout. Many also said that the editing was successful in creating good match on action and adding effects such as slow motion. The main title was also liked as it fitted with the name of the film opening as well as genre it was based on.
Improve: We received a variety of different improvements that we could make to our film opening. The main improvement was to shorted some scenes as they were too long, this included the one of the dog running and the girl removing her jumper. Some also said that some shots were too repetitive such as at the beginning when the two girls were walking the dog together. There was also a large amount of suggestions on how to improve the sound by adding in more to fill out the silent parts as well as adding in more diegetic dialogue to make it more interesting. We also received feedback on the mise-en-scene in the beginning scenes as the blood didn't look very realistic and we could've added more wounds to the actors body and face to make it look better.
With all of this feedback we plan to go through and act on the suggestions given in order to improve our film opening and make sure that it is to a high standard before submission.
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