Evaluation Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

100% of people who answered the questionnaire claimed that they would want to watch our documentary after watching the first five minutes. We got various answers as to why such as;

‘It was interesting and educating’‘I felt I could relate to it’‘It kept the audience engaged’

All these responses tell me that we were successful in engaging the audiences attention in the first five minutes, through the editing, mise-en-scene, camera work and sound.

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100% of people claimed that our documentary had similar qualities to professional documentaries. We had various answers as to why including;

‘The effects and transitions were really effective’‘The SFX worked well with the clips on the screen’‘The music linked with what was being shown’

This proves to me that my early research in the pre-production stage of my A2 coursework was successful, so from watching a range of different documentaries I was able to analyse the similar qualities that make them appear professional and so include them in Awake Inside a Dream

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100% of people who answered our questionnaire said that they think the voice over represents the topic of dreams successfully. We had various answers for this question as to why such as;

‘It was really intriguing’‘It was gentle but built tension at the perfect parts’‘The tone matched the topic of the documentary’

This shows me that I was successful in analysing the Codes and Conventions of a Documentary. As a Voiceover had to be a clear, authoritive English voice, as well as the fact it had to convey dreams in the tone linking with the documentary.

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80% of people said that the effects and transitions were used successfully in cutaways . Other responses such as the sound effects, the music, the information that was given in the documentary.

This shows me that my editing on Adobe Premiere Pro was successful as my documentary ran smoothly. Also, that the sound effects linked with the relevance of the topic of dreams on the screen for example we used harsher music when Paris Jones explained her experience with Sleep Paralysis, contrasting with when using a gentle tone when the meaning of dreams where being explained by Abigail Bourgors and Vox Pops of people dreaming were shown.

The majority of people claimed that there should be more story examples of people’s experiences with dreams.

This shows me that I could have used more Vox Pops, so that the audience felt like they had some more short experiences to listen to as they are interesting and some people watching could relate.

Professionalism

For professionalism 100% of people said 5

Editing

For editing 85% of people said 515% said 4

Entertainment

For entertainment 100% of people said 4

Continuity

For continuity 100% of people said 4

Mise en Scene

100% said 5This shows me that my documentary was overall successful and all rounded as from the questionnaire results high numbers were scored in this question.

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87% of people who answered my questionnaire claimed that they were intrigued to watch Awake Inside a Dream after watching the radio trailer. The other 13% did not feel like they needed to watch the documentary.

This shows me that my radio advert may not have appealed to everyone with different ages.

From this question this shows me that we got a lot of positive feedback. I ensured that the Voiceover for the radio advert linked with dreams through the tone, as well as being clear so that the listeners could hear the scheduling information. I was successful in taking clips from my documentary on Adobe Premier Pro and putting them on Adobe Audition to entice the audience with people and their unique dreams – this also gave them a taster of the documentary so they would want to watch it. However, one response was to have included more sound effects in the radio trailer. With trying this I believed that the radio trailer became too crammed and with it being the topic of dreams it should run gently and smoothly so every piece of information can be understood.

Soundbed

For Soundbed 100% of people said 5

Editing

For Editing 80% of people said 520% of people said 4

Continuity

For Continuity 100% of people said 5

Professionalism

For Professionalism 100% of people said 5

This shows me my editing skills on Adobe Audition were successful when importing sounds and clips from my documentary. Also, my audience feedback tells me that with the Soundbed being 100% scoring 5 this means that when recording in the Ice Radio Studio in my school means that I successfully ensured all sound levels were clear for listeners.

My audience feedback tells me that I was successful in my research and planning of my print advertisement as I successfully followed the codes and conventions of a Channel 4 poster, which also makes my product professional. However, I needed to include more hashtags as in this day and age, alot of teenager use social networking sites where on Twitter you can find more information about something using hashtags. So this may have enticed more teenagers to watch my documentary.

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11 out of a possible 15 people claimed that they would want to watch the documentary after viewing the print advertisement. Whereas, 4 people out of 15 disagree.

This shows me that I was successful in engaging and capturing the viewers attention. From using, colours, unique images, bold titles to capture their attention as they walk past. As the topic of dreams is something everyone experiences, a lot of people would have been intrigued as to the meanings behind why we dream after seeing the poster therefore want to go and watch the documentary.

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93% of people claimed that the main image on the print advertisement works well with the theme of dreams in our documentary. Whereas, a small 7% of people who answered the questionnaire disagree.

This shows that I used the mise en scene effectively to reflect dreams such as;•The light colours to indicate clouds•Someone being asleep involving an image above of someone isolated running down an empty corridor –emphasising the title Awake Inside a Dream

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100% of people who answered this questionnaire said that the title of our documentary being Awake Inside a Dream, works well with the subject of our documentary on our print advertisement.

This shows me we were successful in our creativity in deciding the images to use on our print advertisement as we have emphasised on the fact the actor in the poster is awake inside her dream, as the image behind her is faded and surrounded by clouds which is dream like.

Professionalism

For Professionalism 80% of people said 520% of people said 4

Eye-Catching

For Eye-Catching 100% of people said 5

Editing

For Editing 100% of people said 5

Continuity

For Continuity 75% of people said 525% of people said 4

This shows me that our final product was also successful in 4 vital areas and as 100% of people said my editing was a 5 proves the my skills on Adobe Photoshop have enabled me to create a professional well rounded product.

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14 out of a possible 15 people said that they think the 3 media products work well together. Only 1 person said that they do not work together. However, there were various answers for this question as tor why they thought they combined excellently together such as;

‘They all linked to dreams’‘It was relevant to the target audience of 20s-30s in all three products’

This shows me that I was successful in my research and planning skills and my editing skills in three different aspects of media them being film, photo and sound to create 3 products that link together successfully and reflect the topic of dreams.