First Cut Feedback

First Cut (Link)

We got a lot of response from our first cut, both negative and positive. One of the comments we were given back was about our titles, we had not yet put in our production company title before our documentary started and is something that we are going to put in the next time we edit, moreover we had some text that displayed a fact about drugs, we were told that the paragraph was too large and that because it would be too much for the audience to read we were given the idea of splitting the fact up into two different shots.

Another piece of feedback that we got was about our sound, in some shots the music was too loud and in some shots where there was also dialogue it was hard to hear what the people were saying, so now the next time we edit we are going to adjust the volume so that you can still here the music in the background but it will just be a lot quieter than the dialogue which is being spoken. In addition with the theme of sound we had not yet included our voice overs in our video, this is something which we still have yet to do, but we also got some helpful feedback about how we could use the voice overs to read out the text which is going to be displayed on the screen reading out different facts, however not all the text that appears on the screen will be read aloud through the use of the voice over.

As well as the constrictive feedback that we got given my our classmates and teacher we also received a lot of positive feedback about our production. For example, we were told that we had a consistent use of steady shots which helped to make it look like a documentary which you would see on television, moreover we were told that some of our shots were creative and also add to the effect of making it look like a channel 4 documentary, in example the use of when the mother is making a cup of tea.

Another piece of feedback that we were given was that our choice of music which we play in the background is very good and appropriate the clips which play over the top of the music and it fits the genre of our documentary. We were told that our choice of using a school environment to talk and ask about drugs was a good idea because our documentary is about drugs in the youth culture and how the drugs effect different age groups and the knowledge in the youth about drugs.

Overall we got a lot of feedback about our first cut, we have not yet got all the footage yet however due to the fact that had not yet finished completely it has allowed us to receive more feedback and use everything that we will interpret as much of the feedback in our final production as possible.