Feedback on video

After collecting data from my survey, I also gathered some feedback from my peers in class. The comments seemed to pick up on the connection between my research and the project, so I'm really happy to get that feedback.

There were a few comments about the audio quality. On reflection, using a phone to record isn't going to have amazing quality. This is especially noticeable in the party scene, which (as picked up on in the feedback) has a few audio pops and is fairly unintelligible. However, I think the subtitles are the best way to combat this problem, as I can't go back and re-record it.

Ultimately, the feedback lets me know that I have successfully been able to capture the tone and narrative of being on a night out. I'm really glad of this, and wish that I had been able to capture slightly better audio quality at the party.

Survey responses

I conducted a survey for the viewers of my short film to fill out. I gave statements for respondents to agree or disagree with on a range of levels, to understand their reactions to the film.

The reason for this survey was that I couldn't rely on it going viral in order to provide data for my research. By gathering information from the people who watched it, I could get an idea about what the chances were of people sharing it, and their habits when it came to videos online.

The results that surprised me the most were the ones relating to how often people shared video content online. Only 35.42% said that they share videos on social media often / very often. 85% said they found my film entertaining, which was interesting seeing as only a third would share it online. It was also interesting to see how few people share videos from UNILAD and other meme websites, whereas a lot of the videos I see on Facebook are from these sources.

The information from this survey will help to influence my reflection of my practical piece in my essay.

Shooting and Editing

There were a couple of hiccups in setting up to shoot, which meant that I was delayed a little, but I was able to get back on track and shoot in time.

Shooting was fairly quick due to the fact I wanted to finish it as soon as possible so I could get feedback. I used the audio clips, imported into Dragonframe, in order to sync up the action to the words. I had never animated in this way before, but it felt very easy to pick up on. It was much quicker than using a dope sheet, especially since I wasn't doing any lip sync work.

Part of the edit was making sure to include subtitles, as I took from feedback from the audio that it was pretty unclear what was being said all the time, as it was natural conversation. Especially with the party, this was necessary, as there are a lot of other loud sounds going on at the same time.

It was a challenge trying to work out what was being said all the time during the conversations. I tried to layer the subtitles to reflect many conversations going on at once. I also colour graded the shots to make them feel more atmospheric, including adding changing colours during the party.

My final film is here, and I will put it online to be shared and reflected upon with a survey.