Trailer First Version Feedback

After completing the first version of my film trailer I decided to ask a selection of people for their feedback on it. I did this so as to discover what people thought of it and to identify any areas that people felt I could improve on. I obtained this feedback by messaging a number of people I knew via the social network ‘Facebook’. I sent the following message to people:

The feedback that I got was as follows:

“I like the look of your trailer so far. The locations and acting that you used were very nice. However I feel that it could be made better if the audio were to be changed”
– James Smith

“I didn’t like it because I’m not into that genre of movies. The camera work was decent though.”
– Amy Jones

“Lovely trailer, but I didn’t really understand what was going on.”
– Luke Cameron

“Ha, it’s a lot better than my trailer. Really decent piece of work, the narrative is quite vague however and the sound effects could have been improved.”
– Stanley Mills

To conclude, the responses of people seemed to be mostly positive. However they have identified some of the key areas of improvement that could be made. I had already considered changing the majority of the negative things mentions, but it was a positive experience hearing that other people felt that they needed to be changed as well.

Magazine Cover Feedback

After creating a version of my magazine cover that I was happy with, I decided to ask a set of people for their opinions on it. I chose to do this as I felt that it would give me an insight into what magazine’s readers would think of the cover, as well as allowing me to identify possible areas of improvement.

The first person that I decided to ask for feedback was Micah Hills, a student currently studying media. He granted me permission to film him giving a small overview of the magazine as well as giving his suggestions on how it could be improved.

The second person that I asked for feedback was Christian Turner. He opted for giving the feedback in a written format rather than being filmed. His feedback is as follows:

“I feel that this is a very strong magazine cover design. It captures the style and conventions of a Little White Lies magazine perfectly. I honestly can’t think of any way in which you could improve it.”

The third and final student that I asked for feedback was Joseph Gower. His feedback was as follows:

“You’ve designed the main image very well. I really like the splatter effects that you’ve used in the background. Altogether the design of the magazine is really good. As for improvements, I noticed that there wasn’t an issue number displayed on your cover. I don’t think this would be a major issue but I feel that it could be better if you added one. Also you may want to experiment with the colours of the main image and the background.”

In conclusion, from the feedback it was clear that I needed to add an issue number to my cover. In addition to this I shall take into account their opinions about the background colour and experiment with a few different colours and styles.

Trailer Proposal Feedback

After presenting the proposal for my group’s trailer we asked a selection of people for their feedback on it. Getting feedback from these people was important as it allowed us to identify potential issues with our ideas as well as seeing the initial reactions and people’s opinions of the film trailer that was proposed.

The first person interviewed was Micah Hills, a student currently taking media studies:

The second person to be interviewed was Mark Rowland, a former media studies student:

The third person to be interviewed was Megan Smith, a student currently taking media studies:

Overall the responses from people were positive. Their feedback has given us an insight into people’s opinions on the ideas presented. Due to what we have heard, our group has decided to keep on heading in the direction that we were planning on taking the production.

Film Title Survey

One of the problems the group was facing was what to name the fiction movie that we were producing a trailer for. As a solution to the issue we decided to create a small survey via the use of the website SurveyMonkey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/) to select the name of the movie. We came up with a selection of seven potential names. These seven names were The List; Revenge; Dyer’s List; Payback; Dyer’s Days; Cold Hard Killers and The Thug. This survey was then sent to 20 different people to answer.


The layout of the survey is shown below:

What do you think would be the best title for my action/thriller movie? (the movie is about a man who has his money stolen from him and is out for revenge)

Choice 1 - The List

Choice 2 - Revenge

Choice 3 - Dyer's List

Choice 4 - Payback

Choice 5 - Dyer's Days

Choice 6 - Cold Hard Killers

Choice 7 - The Thug

The results of the survey were as follows:

The List – 3 votes

Revenge – 2 votes

Dyer’s List – 6 votes

Payback – 2 votes

Dyer’s Days – 0 votes

Cold Hard Killers – 4 votes

The Thug – 3 votes

From the survey we were able to decide that the name of the film should be ‘Dyer’s List’. I believe that this is an appropriate name as it intrigues the audiences as well as including the name of the main character and one of the major plot devices.