Evaluation : question 3

3. What have you learnt from audience feedback?

The audience review can be watched from the links below
http://jackdanseannuala.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQA_J2oYoDI

From audience feedback me and my group were able to explore what was good about our documentary and what didn't work in our documentary through asking a series of questions to fellow pupils to receive there opinions and feed back. As camera person i was most concerned with what they had to say on the cutaways and interviews, and also playing a 50% role in sound there opinions on that as well. Our group as a whole received both positive feedback and negative feedback, on the up side the audience found the framing of the interviews good and the cutaways were framed well and were effective, the documentary flowed and on screen graphics were visually stimulating in contrast the viewers didn't find the documentary had enough cutaways, the mise en scene was not very good and the voice over was not dominant enough.

The questions we asked were.
1. What aspects of the documentary did you think worked well?
2. What do you think could be done to improve the documentary?
3. What codes and conventions did you notice within the documentary?
4. Did you find the documentary to be biased or non biased in anyway?
5. Was you able to interpret a clear idea of both sides of the argument?
6. Do you think the documentary was informative?

Feedback
1. The audience found that the quality of the cutaways were good and effective and converged well with the topic and the speakers within the documentary, they also found that the array of speakers were good and supplied important information and the onscreen graphics were also effective and attractive to the viewer.

2. The audience mainly had an issue with the mise en scene within the documentary and especially with the clothing and location of some interviews, they also felt that the voice over was not powerful enough within the documentary although still remaining formal did not flow or dominate the documentary as it should. They also felt that more cutaways were needed for the documentary that related to the topic and felt that some cutaways did not relate to the topic well enough.

3. The audience felt that one of the main codes and conventions that worked well was the on screen texts and graphics as they kept the audience interested and were attractive to the eye. The audience also felt that the rule of thirds was used well within the documentary with good framing of interviews allowing the viewer not to be sidetracked by irrelevant mise en scene, they also found that the majority of cutaways worked well relating the the topic IE. shots of alcohol.

4. The audience found that the documentary focused on both sides of the story and was fair in its portrayal of the arguments, viewers found that the documentary allowed them to pass there own judgement as well as variety of speaker giving there varied opinions.

5. The audience found that both sides of the story were conveyed well and understood the arguments involved from the different speakers within the documentary.

6. The audience found the documentary to be clear and informative they fully understood what was going on throughout, they also found the facts and figure to be helpful in aiding the documentary.

As camera person i am pleased with the feedback i have received saying that shots were framed well and effectively, and the rule of thirds was applied to interviews well and cutaways worked well and integrated within the documentary. i understand that more cutaways were needed and some were irrelevant to the topic if i were to tackle this project again i would take the time to include some cutaways with people drinking in public. As partly responsible for the role of sound i am pleased that the track chosen was effective and worked well in the documentary and all the interviews came out clearly without any distractions, my only disappointment is that the voice over did not work as well as planned and did not convey dominance within the documentary.

Overall i feel that the documentary worked well and came out as planned, being informative and followed a number of codes and conventions of everyday documentaries. i am pleased that shots were effective and well framed and the editing was effective showing continuity. My biggest disappointment within the documentary is that mise en scene was below par and the voice over did not have the required dominance to keep the viewer engaged the whole time.