Focus Group Feedback

    After filming, I thought I should splice together all of the footage, and show it to a couple classmates, to collect any criticisms and compliments they had for us.

    Brian had nothing but compliments surprisingly, saying "I like the camera angles and how we never get to see the antagonists face". He also went on to say," The camera angles and shots are very high quality".

    Daniel said," I like the camera work a lot, but I think the lighting could have been much better". This is a complaint we expected, and one that we plan to fix. Daniel also said," The acting is almost funny and not too serious, I like it". This is something that I don't know if its compliment or not, but we'll take it.

    Ryan, one of the actors in the film said," The film is pretty interesting and intriguing. I like the angles and the scenes. I just really think better lighting would make the scenes so much better, so if you get the chance you should edit it."

    Noah, another actor in the film said," I really like the acting and the script that they have. I like the scenes, but I think the mob boss is not as intimidating as he should be, he looks small."

    After reading over all the feedback, I'm happy with what they had to say, and will be sure to use their criticisms to improve our film. Im not surprised with what the focus group had to say, and I honestly expected more criticisms than what we got. I found it interesting how we have some conflicting statements, and I'm happy that the film gathered different ideas and perspectives. For the complaints about the lighting, we do plan on trying to fix it in post, trying out different color grades and filters, to see if it will solve our problem. For complaints on acting and the roles given, I don't think this is a major problem, as we all did our best that we could. Im happy with the compliments on the camera angles, and hopefully its something we can build off of.