“WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM AUDIENCE FEEDBACK?”

Evaluation Question 3

INTRODUCTION• During this year of the course, I have learnt to

value outside feedback even more because I have been working alone. Last year I had a partner, so we could feedback ideas to each other and get opinions on what we do within our group.

• On my own, I was more worried about my video than before even though I actually thought my video concept and outcomes are better than my previous work. When I finally received feedback from friends and my teachers, I was relieved for it to be positive.

TAKING ON FEEDBACK• During this whole media studies course I have

learnt that taking on feedback and using it to my advantage when coming up with new ideas and solutions to problems is just as important as using feedback to gauge whether you video is good.

• For example, even if people only give positive feedback, there is still ways to improve from this. If people say they like a particular thing about a video, maybe this can be used a bit more to make the video better as a whole.

TAKING ON FEEDBACK• When people give negative feedback, you

can ask the person how they would think you can improve. If lots of people give ideas on how to improve or even just reasons of why certain things don’t work, it can be a lot easier to come up with solutions to problems.

• If people say what they dislike, you can think of ways to either improve or replace this with something else to achieve a better outcome.

EXAMPLES OF ME USINGFEEDBACK TO MY ADVANATGE

• For example, in my first draft feedback, someone commented that there was too much going on in the video and would be better toned down. I took this on board to think of the idea to make the video pace and editing gradually increase in intensiveness as it goes on because it is too much at the start. This improvement also fits in really well with my narrative of the man getting crazier as the video goes on.

EXAMPLES OF ME USINGFEEDBACK TO MY ADVANATGE

• Another example of feedback helping me improve, is someone saying that they found the video to have only one location making it boring. To use this negative feedback to make something positive I kept that in mind when recording more footage so I can vary the way I shoot and the setting I used. I also tried to make the straitjacket / cell scenes as different as they could be to the other scenes by making it a pure white backdrop and costume compared to the other shots which are all dark.

EXAMPLES OF ME USINGFEEDBACK TO MY ADVANATGE

• Positive feedback also is important and during this course working alone, the feedback I received gave me confidence in the video I had created motivating me to make it the best I can do.

• Lastly feedback can help with more trivial descisions such as choosing fonts or slight colour changes. Especially if I think they all look good/fit the genre, having other perspectives can help find the best option overall.