Peer / teacher feedback on our 1st episode

We have received feedback on our 1st episode for or web series 'lines'

Here is a list of the peer feedback we received from the class:

• Sound levels need improving (some bits louder than others) (Mentioned 5 times)
• CD films logo to long (Mentioned 4 times)
• Credits are to fast at the end (Mentioned 3 times)
• Poor acting
• Opening sequence is to repetitive
• Editing of the video is good & works well
• Nice logos, they look well made and effective to the audience
• Poorly recorded narration
• Inappropriate music used throughout the video (including the opening sequence)
• Camera work could be better
• Too many cuts
• Script is too basic
• Poor cuts used
• Poorly planned
• The actors need rehearsals before acting in next video as they don't seem very confident in the first episode (Mentioned 3 times)
• Catchy song works well (Mentioned 3 times)
• The stereotypes are not clearly shown in the 1st episode
• Need more close ups
• Need more core content
• Visual gags of skeleton work well
• Need more comedy rather than drama to make it more comedic
• Continuity issues need improving (Mentioned 3 times)

Here is the feedback we received from Pete (Teacher):

• When the character is holding the polos, there could of been a close up
• While I was watching the 1st episode, it felt as if I was in a theater, there needs to be more use of close ups and shot changes
• Voice over explaining each character works well, needs to be more narration
• Cut to show different characters
• More planning is needed prior to next shoot (rehearsals etc) to avoid bad acting
• High angle show works well, but panning shot doesn't work within the same shot
• Sound levels need improving / editing

Reflection on feedback:

After looking back at the feedback we have received today, I can clearly see that there are some strong points which need improvement, these main things are as follows:

Sound levels need improving / editing (We had 5 people who commented on this)

The CD films logo is too lengthy (We had 4 people comment on this)

Credit sequence is too fast (We had 3 people comment on this)

Continuity needs work (We had 2 people comment on this)

The video did not explain each character well enough (We had 3 people comment on this)

As you can see above, these are the main things which were mentioned in the feedback session today by both our peers and our teacher. As a group we have discussed the possible changes in order to ensure that the 2nd episode is more of a success than the 1st.

The changes which we are planning to put into place are as follows:

• Organize the crew better, and also ensure that they have rehearsed their lines BEFORE the shoot
• Make sure that a boom-mic pole is used in order to create better sound, and to make sure their is no back ground noise
• Slow down the credits at the end of the video
• Also the logos (CD films and CRaM logo) will be speeded up
• Continuity issues will be resolved, during the shoot, by sticking to the storyboards and shot list
• The characters which were not mentioned in the first episode narration, will be mentioned in the 2nd episode to avoid confusion about the characters

All the above will be put into place for the filming of the 2nd and 3rd episode