Audience Feedback Questionnaire Analysis

These are the results and feedback that we received from 20 people about our trailer from the questionnaires we handed out.

1.       The graph shows that the most popular answer, surprisingly was the Variation of shots followed by the narrative as the second most popular answer. This was a surprise to us as we expected the narrative to be the top answer because it is our unique selling point (USP).

The results conveys the point that our variation of shots was an element that our group worked well on, even in the continuity in editing, which is important to show that our trailer  is of good standard.

2. As the pie chart shows, the majority of the audience we asked thought that the non-diegetic sound used in our trailer matched the action on screen. However, only a small few considered that the sound that didn’t sit well with the action on screen.

3.  From the graph above, all of the audience agreed that they could clearly see the effects of the drug taking by the main character Nicole, with various shots used in our trailer conveying the effects the drug has on her.

4.  From the options of the different biopic movies listed above, the most frequent answer of what film does our trailer remind the audience of is Nil by Mouth as it portrays biopic elements with a string narrative but more notably a common ground with our trailer as it shows the effects of drug abuse.

5. The graph portrays that the audience agreed unanimously that our biopic trailer conveyed codes & conventions that are usually found in a biopic for e.g a strong narrative,   sad incidental music to reflect the mood of the character as well extreme close-ups of character’s face which are elements that visible in our teaser trailer.

 

6.  What was bad about our teaser trailer? (Open Question)

The negative points that we received about our teaser trailer was that they would have liked to have seen more on how the main character ended up as a drug addict which is a fair point raised by members of the audience, but however must remember that this is a tease trailer.

7. What could we do to improve our teaser trailer? (Open Question)

The main point that was frequently put forward to the group was by having a wider variation of camera angles as well as more explanation on the story how the main character, Nicole, started to become an addict.

Also, many mentioned that a good idea would be for the narrative to show how nicole obtained the drugs i.e. by drug dealers.

Others points put forward were that whilst the main character was walking on the pavement towards, it could have been screened in black& white & show it as a flashback.

A few enthusiastic people commented in our questionnaire by saying they thought there wasn’t anything bad in our trailer and there was nothing to improve on it!

8.  As you can see from our graph, there was an overwhelming majority in people who would want to watch the whole film having seen our teaser trailer.

They thought that the trailer appealed to them to follow-up their interest in the film so they may know what will eventually happen to the main character because they thought the narrative was intriguing &attention- grabbing, which are the given reasons why they would want to watch the whole film.

The people that said they wouldn’t be interested in watching the film gave reasons such as the genre of the film is not their type i.e. Heroine being a biographical film, although they thought that the trailer was of good standard.

By Mohamed Al-Mousawi

Audience Feedback Questionnaire

This questionnaire was created in order to obtain feedback from the audience about our finished trailer.

1.       What did you enjoy most about our teaser trailer? ( Circle your choice)

Variation of shots

Music

The narrative

Continuity in Editing

2.       Did the sound go well with the action on screen? ( Circle your choice)

Yes

No

If no, explain why

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3.       Could you clearly see the effects of the drug taking? ( Circle your choice)

Yes

No

4.       What film does our teaser trailer most remind you of? ( Circle your choice)

Pursuit of Happyness

Transpotting

Nil by mouth

The Wrestler

5.       Did you think the teaser trailer conveyed codes & conventions that you would usually find in a biopic film?

Yes

                No

                If no, what was missing

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6.       What was bad about our teaser trailer?

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7.       What could we do to improve in our teaser  trailer?

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8.        Having watched our teaser trailer, would you want to watch the whole film?

Yes

No

If no, explain why

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By Mohamed Al-Mousawi

Storyboard

This story was created using Micorsoft PowerPont with the each slide with shot details being printed screened.

 

Mohamed Al-Mousawi

Locations

We shot in 2 main areas in addition to around our school; one of which was a park playground, the other a bedroom.

The bedroom acted as the main setting, with it being the closest practical location similar to the garage in which Bubbles finds himself in my earlier Character Analysis due to the untidiness and off-white coloured walls, the window shown in the picture also allowed us to have the light necessary to shoot effectively.

There were obvious obstacles such as the presence of media devices such as a TV and CD players, but they simply weren't included in the shots.


The second setting we filmed a lot of (although our final cut only included 1 short shot from it) was the playground

 The latter of these photographs is where we set our character, smoking what we tried to portray as illegal substances through a clear pipe. I also felt it would be an interesting concept to situate such harsh subject matter and character in such contrasting scenery of a playground.

 Jamie

character profiles

Character profiles

Nicole Smallman: Main character, a chronic drug addict coping barely with her feeble excuse of a life. She resembles a skinny trampy looking individual struggling with day to day normalities without her fix!!!

Ruaidhri Sharp: The unforgiving boyfriend once in love but was turned away by her junky ways and slowly gave up on his former love to the extent of taking her money to improve e his own life.

Mark Mayaski
Pictures by Jamie McLynn

Props

Props

Crack pipe: Was used to symbolise her drug taking and the problems she has her life.

Lines of “coke”: Once again used to symbolise her chronic drug issues.

Spoon with cinnamon burning: used to recreate heroine burning.

Syringe and belt: to show her taking heroin, and her junky ways.

These props were very important to the trailer in symbolising her drug addiction and her poor state of life the trailer would have been very bare without this content. The props being real drug utensils gave the trailer credibility and a professional feel rather than imitating them.

Mark Mayaski