Question number one:
'What do you think about my opening sequence now that I have made all the changes suggested?'
I asked this question to see whether or not people felt that my opening sequence had made a huge improvement and whether they felt that the changes I had made have been successful.
Some of the answers I received were brief yet to the point!
'Much better! The sound makes such a huge difference!'
One of the answers was really great and really stuck out:
'A lot better, really like the music and the change in titles had helped your production a lot. I think the shots where the young girl is walking up the stairs are really good as they flow into one another!'
The second question I asked was to find out what my audience thought of my music. 'After adding the music to my opening sequence I believe the whole sequence has changed dramatically, do you agree? And why do you agree?'
Everyone agreed with me, they all felt that the music added emotion to my production and generally made it much better and far more enjoyable to watch.
'How does my opening sequence make you feel?'
This question was to see whether or not my opening sequence was doing it's job! Because my opening sequence is a social realist I was hoping that people would feel sad and anxious for the young girl Gracie.
Everyone I asked said that they felt sad and emotional for the young girl in my opening sequence, a few also said that they felt intrigued and curious to see how the film would turn out.
My fourth question asked:
'What would you like the outcome of the film Gracie to be if I were to produce the whole film?' I asked this question mainly out of curiosity! I wanted to see whether people would see my film really as a social realist film or whether they would all like there to be a happy ending.
Most of the people I asked said they would like to see a happy ending where the little girl got what she really wanted and some said that they thought it would probably end very sadly where the family are forced to move away or even worse and one person said that they were unsure as to how they wanted the film to turn out because they didn't feel they saw enough to judge it.
Next I asked:
'What do you like most about my opening sequence?'
Many people said that they liked the title of my film because of the way I have used the two colours and the motions it uses is really effective.
Others said that they like my overall idea as they thought it was original and well thought out.
One person mentioned specific shots and they thought they worked really well. They said 'Your opening shot of the young girl scrubbing some graffiti off a door is really strong and effective, also the shots of the young girl colouring in a fairy shows her innocence and that contrasted with her making breakfast suggest she lives quiet a tough life?'
My final question required my target audience to think a bit more!
'As my target audience obviously this film is supposed to appeal to you, does it? Why/why not?'
Every member of of my target audience said that my opening sequence of Gracie did appeal to them. A couple of members of my audience weren't sure why it appealed to them however a few said that they felt that because the house the opening sequence showed seemed similar to their own they felt that they could relate to the characters more and therefore enjoying the film more and one person said that they felt although they new the film would make them feel sad she feels that sometimes a sad film is really what she needs and she referred to films such as p.s I love you and My sisters keeper which she thinks are really great films although they're incredibly sad.
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