1st - Rough Cut of Opening Sequence

Task: Embed 1st rough cut. Set up a screening over a lunch break to occur in the library. Speak to me about setting this up. Film the audience reactions and then the answers they give to the questions you ask (make sure these are prepared before the screening). Embed the video to this post and analyse the feedback given. What alterations do you plan to make as a consequence?

QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HOLDING AUDIENCE FEEDBACK SESSIONS?
There are many reasons for gathering audience feedback on your finished sequence
1. It will help you understand the relationship between the text and the audience better
2. It will help you explore whether your film makes sense to the audience or not
3. It will help you understand whether your film actually appeals to your target audience and if so how
4. It will be useful to observe the audience reacting to your film
5. The responses will provide you with some useful research evidence
6. The responses will help you answer the 2 audience questions in the evaluation 

sample questions:
1. What is the film’s title?
2. What genre do you think it is? What made you think this?
3. Is it supposed to be a mainstream blockbuster type of film, or a smaller independent production?
4. What type of cinema would you expect it to be shown in (big multiplex like ‘Vue’ or ‘Cineworld’, or an independent one off like ‘Screen on the Green’, or ‘The Phoenix’)?
5. Who do you think it’s suitable for/ targeted at (age, gender, tastes etc)?
6. Can you identify the characters you have seen (who they are, the role they play, the relationship between them)
7. Please describe what happens in the sequence
8. What do you think this film is actually about? (themes eg revenge, stalking, gang violence etc) 
9. Do you think the opening sequence works (does it introduce the film successfully, the characters, the genre, the narrative)?
10. What, in your opinion, works particularly well in this sequence?
11. What, in your opinion, could be improved?
12. Would you want to watch the rest of the film, based on what you’ve seen so far?
13. Can you rate this opening sequence out of 10?

Differentiation
You could advertise the screening on our school radio and record it. Add the recording to your post via soundcloud. This will show how you are using media to your advantage.