Evaluations: Audience Feedback for Shades of Grey

After producing and finalising our project, we asked ten people who fit the criteria of our target audience to carry out a questionnaire to determine whether the audience understood and enjoyed our final product, what they thought was effective, and what they thought could be improved. Our questionnaire consisted of eight questions, and here is the feedback we received:



Shafaah and Chelsea

Final Edit.

Change of Soundtrack

After we started to edit the sequence, we realised that the soundtracks we chose failed to fit into the diegesis and genre conventions of the film. It did not comply with the images on the screen. To solve this problem, we decided to use a soundtrack from iMovie. This soundtrack was parallel to the sequence and triggered the emotions from the audience that we aimed for.

Chelsea.

Risk Assessment Form

Inspiration for new plot

We drew inspiration from these films for our opening sequence, the reason being is that our film begins with the end of the narrative. This usually creates enigmas for the audience from the start. This is done in  Memento due to the non-chronological order which represents the mental state of the central protagonist, where the disorientation reflects his way of thinking. The order in the films gives the audience an insight to their mental state, as they too experience confusion and a sense of displacement.
This is evident in our sequence in that the reasons and events leading up to the act of revenge are unknown to the audience, however, this foreshadows the events to come and creates dramatic irony for the audience as they are already aware of how the plot ends.

Chelsea and Shafaah.

A Change of Plot

Due to the unreliability of Dimitris' actor, we had to drastically change the plot.

The original plot was a confrontation between a police officer and the head of a crime syndicate. However   because we only had one actor on set, we were left with no choice but to change the plot completely. 

We decided to portray our head of the crime syndicate as a schizophrenic suffering from post-traumatic stress of losing a friend. Due to the condition, his mind created an alter ego without his knowledge, hence why he believes him to be a completely different person. A person who he believes is the one to have murdered his childhood friend. 

Shafaah and Chelsea 

Re-shoot

Upon reviewing our rough edit we came to realise that we had serious continuity issues. A number of the camera shots failed to coincide with one another, meaning that the audience would thus be confused. In order to avoid this, we decided to reshoot a selection of shots so that the plot would be clearer. We will work efficiently to abide by the deadlines set, and to keep within hours of daylight. 

The shots that we will change:

1:15 seconds- POV shot of believed "dead guy" rising to his feet and brushing himself off.

1:20 seconds- Close Ups of "Crime Syndicate Boss" closing his eyes as the "dead guy" stands.

1:22 seconds- Medium Shot of "Dead Guy" slightly turning to shoot "Crime Boss".

1:25 seconds- Close up of "Crime Boss" opening his eyes to look down the barrel of a gun.

1:29 seconds- POV shot from "Crime Boss's perspective, of "Dead Guy" pulling the trigger.

1:32- Additional shot of "Crime Boss" falling to the floor after being shot, from another angle.

Chelsea.

Rough Edit

This is a rough edit of our 2 minutes opening scene.

Miramax Logo

This logo and Film Company has been used to relate back to the Crime/Thriller genre, where a majority of the genre movies are typically distributed by Miramax Studios.

Chelsea.

Soundtrack.

Heartbeat 


http://soundcloud.com/thisisbilly/04-lucid-dream - Lucid Dream by StrangeZero from their album 'Future Is Yours'

http://soundcloud.com/thisisbilly/01-the-herb-harden - The Herb Garden by StrangeZero from their album 'Future Is Yours'

http://soundcloud.com/thisisbilly/01-oleg-serkov-i-still - I Still Remember by Oleg Serkov.