Response to Feedback

Here are our thoughts on the feedback we received from our peers:

Group S2-50: We agree with the fact that the edited version of our thriller (rough cut 2) was far more effective than the original (rough cut 1). We also agree that the shot change between Lydia in the car and walking to the location, could be smoother and better executed, maybe cutting it slightly earlier or later and by using a fade? The fact that some of the shots did not seem relevant to the sequence was intentional to disorientate the viewer.

Group S2-51: We agree with their opinion on overusing the "bad TV" effect. However we disagree with their point of the car scene being longer and more sinister, since the film is already rather long and we cant make it too sinister as Lydia is meant to be portray a vulnerable character. We also disagree with having the car scene in colour, since we believe that having the entire sequence in black and white gives it continuity.

Group S2-52: We agree with the majority of the feedback from this group yet we are uncertain on what to do about the 'Looks like someones been killed' dialogue at the end of the sequence. This group has pointed out that it is too obvious which is a really good criticism as we hadn't seen this and we will most probably modify it but we have yet to decide how.

Group S2-53: The feedback from this group was not as constructive as we would have hoped and we disagreed with the majority of it because of this. Although we have a similar theme to the 'Blair Witch Project' we have done a lot differently, for example the heavy editing and the figure in the background. We could have made the story we told more interesting but that could have taken the focus a way from the sequence itself.

Group S2-54: This groups feedback was all positive which we were really pleased with. Especially the fact that it made a one of the group members jump and this was the exact desired effect for that part of the sequence. We also like the point they made about using the hand held camera because again, this is the response we wanted to achieve from our target audience.

Overall we were very pleased with all of the feedback, positive and negative. The positive shows us that we are heading in the correct direction and the negative gives us points to improve on and helps us to look more critically at our work.