My Opening Two Minute Film : Audience Feedback For Rough Cut...

I have finally been able to have a rough cut of my film which I can show to my other peers and gather some feedback on what improvements I should make, what works and what doesn't and just generally receiving their general opinion about my film. In this rough cut I have quickly imported my title sequence as I was having a slight technical hitch over how to export it from after effects into premier making sure it stays as a transparent background so I could overlay it onto of my footage, I managed to fix this in time to show however was not able to spend lots of time on my sequences therefore I am going to go back to it after showing the rough cuts and develop it.

My class friends, viewed my rough cut on the projector and filled out audience research sheets, where they could not only give me feedback but also an estimated level at the moment and score, here is a table which I have created of the feedback :

	Mark	Level	Positives	Improvements
1	54 out of 60	Level Four (48-60 marks)	+ The ident was incredible + The shot of the photographs at the start was really well done because the camera moved so smoothly + The home-videos are really effective, you even forget that they have been specifically filmed + The narration was really effective	+ Hearing the speech at the end was a struggle when it was alongside the music
2	46 out of 60	Level Three (36-47 marks)	+ Good home-video effect + Rhetorical questions really makes the audience thinks and engage with the film + Nice narration	+ music sounds a bit depressing, not sure whether this was the effect you were after or not
3	45 out of 60	Level Three (36-47 marks)	+ really like the beach huts + Good home video effect + I want to know what is going to happen next + Really effective as an opening + Good use of shots and angles + Effective music + I really liked it
4	46 out of 60	Level Three (36-47 marks)	+ Good steady shots + Interesting idea	+ A bit confusing + Some shots a little bit too long
5	-	-	+ Really good ident + Loved the transitions between present and past tense + The voice over was really good and cinematic
6	49 out of 60	Level Four (48-60 marks)	+ old footage looks really effective and idents are made very well + I would like to see the rest of film as interested to find out what happens next + The two brothers idea is really good and mothers layer to the film give its more suspense + The modern shots are still, and home-video shots a bit shaky this is really good as gives a clear contrast to the audience between past and present
7	50 out of 60	Level Four (48-60 marks)	+ Very good titling production company, especially the seagull which I loved + Great editing and range of shots + Great mise-en-scene
8	48 out of 60	Level Four (48-60 marks)	+ Loved the production logo + Good shot selection, video transitions, filming, music and narration + A really strong rough cut
9	50 out of 60	Level Four (48-60 marks)	+ Loved the ident + Very good story + Liked the narration + Very interesting	+ Ending cut very quick, was hard to know whether film had finished or not + Music a little over powering
10	-	-	+ Old photos were very effective alongside the dramatic music	+ Music could maybe fade a little while the interview takes place
11	45 out of 60	Level Three (36-47 marks)	+ Particularly like the ‘nature-nurture’ debate story behind the film + Music is very well chosen and sets a good tone and pace for the opening + Ident was very good + Editing on top of footage which created the home-video effect was very good	+ In interview scene the music could be reduced in volume in order to help the audience hear the dialogue better