Sunday, 13 March 2011

Audience Feedback.

In order to get feedback I asked the same 10 people what they thought of all 3 of my ancillary texts. What I received:

'Very professional and it looked real.'


'I didn't quite get how the cruel woman and the pretty girl were the same two people, however I'm open to the idea of French New Wave I quite enjoyed it!'


'My favourite thing about all three was the poster, it was fun, cool and playful. I liked the French flag which was incorporated into in really snazzy!'


'I like how the magazine was so simple and wasn't over-powered with fonts! I would definitely pick up that magazine'


'I really liked the music in the trailer, it was very catchy and I'm finding myself humming to it now!'


'I think it's because I don't really understand the genre that I don't really get why the shots were so long...'


I also posted questions on Yahoo answers asking what they thought of all three of my ancillary texts, unfortunately I only got one reply:


the pretty girl , cruel girl and the English girl look like the same girl? They should be more unique in their appearances so they stand out as individuals. The bad boy looks like a smart *** but not a bad boy. Also when you show the spark.. you should strike the match much sooner. Take away some of the long pauses and get more to the point.


Although I appreciate and take on board what he is saying, I don't think he completely understood the concept of French New Wave. I'm not saying my trailer is perfect, as it is far from it, I just don't think he GOT it. Which I completely understand.

This is why I intended to keep my audience niche instead of branching out like many films make the mistake of doing. The reason I will not do this is because it will not tend to the needs and wants to many individuals, like this man for example.


Adding onto this I posted all three of my texts onto my tumblr.

For my poster I got 17 notes.

12 people liked it and I got 5 responses:

'This is so cool!!'

'I wish I was French now!'

'I have a lot of love for this, never knew you were so creative!'

'LOVE! LOVE! LOVE THIS SO MUCH!'

'Lucille, please can you get this printed out HUGE so I can put this in my room? Tehe <3'


For my trailer I got 10 responses:

8 people liked it and I gained 2 comments:

'Parlez vous Francais? I DO, I DO! This is so cool xx'

'Chic and sophisticated and silly, I like it!'


For my magazine I received 5 responses:

4 people liked it and I got 1 response:

'I would read this, well done xxx'


I found all of this feedback useful however, I did come across a problem that none of it was completely