Evaluation Question: Feedback

• Feedback was an incredibly essential part of our film making process.• This was primarily as it gave us an idea of how to use our own creative

ideas in order to express articulate reflection. • It became a big part for our group in helping us to develop and make

improvements to our movie. • We got feedback for a number of different scenes.

• Throughout the entire production of the trailer, we recorded a lot of the feedback that we were given and used it to our advantage. • It was helpful in developing both the film making techniques as well

as helping us with story elements such as plot and character. • We also gained feedback on the two ancillary products in the form of

our poster and magazine cover.

Ular • We have received very positive feedback indeed regarding the character of Ular. Our target audience has

picked up on the hints given to them by Ular’s behaviour, costume, gesture and posture that he is a Mephistophelian figure.

• Mephistopheles is the devil in the Faust legend to whom Faust sold his soul. In our film, the character of Eve is tempted by what Ular has to offer and allows him to seduce her away from Adam, her boyfriend, who cannot offer her the same luxuries in life. In the Faust legend, Mephistopheles offers Faust material goods, power, luxury and magical properties in exchange for his soul. Eve trades her innocence and peace of mind and that of her boyfriend for the promise of money, material goods and exciting times. We have played with the idea both of the serpent’s role in the Garden of Eden and Faustian legend.

• In order to signal this, we have used many aspects of costumes and props that have symbolic codes evoking devilish qualities.

Audiences really were taken by the rings on Ular’s hands, for example, which have symbols of skulls. These hellish symbols suggest the dark side of Ular’s personality and what will inevitably befall Eve if she carries on down this path.

Similar props that the audience noticed and liked included the leather studded cuff which has skulls and chains.

Audiences commentated appreciatively on Ular’s costume of the thick fur coat and animal print hat. Not only is the fur coat a very flamboyant , showy style of dressing, but being animal print, it points towards Ular’s bestial side. In other words, rather than being on the side of the angels, he is on the side of the beasts.

Equally, audiences praised the use of shades which suggested to them that Ular had secrets to hide.

Before feedback: moving in scene • We were criticized on the poor sound quality as there was a lot of interference

with the wind. • You could also see the reflection of the camera in Ular's sunglasses.• Criticized on the fake moustache as it both looked fake and was seen as

somewhat off putting.

After Feedback: moving in scene • Put a microphone on the camera and we used this for every scene afterwards• Shot the scene from a slightly different angle in order to get this• Removed the moustache for all future scenes.

Before feedback: dinner scene • The lighting was criticized as the scene looked too dark• The camera was unable to focus on the subject as a result of the

lighting.• Some continuity errors such as the fact that Ular had the “cane” in

one shot but then didn’t have it in the next shot

After feedback: dinner scene • turned up the dimmer switches in order for the lighting to be better• Made changes to the focus settings for it to get better. • Checked all the shots to make sure the continuity added up.

Before feedback: strawberry • The lighting was uneven with the rest of the scene• The actress playing Eve wasn’t wearing lip gloss which made the

scene look less seductive. • Was also at the wrong angle, making it difficult for the actor playing

Ular to work around the camera.

After feedback: strawberry • The lighting was much improved for the scene• Camera angle was also retaken in order to get a better shot for the

scene, making easier for Ular to work around the camera. • Did more takes, meaning that the scene looked more seductive• Greater time was taken on this scene, meaning that the actors were

able to understand what they actually had to do.

Before feedback: poster • During the initial poster shoot, the legs of Adam and Eve were partially cut off. • This would've been off putting as the characters are meant to be suspended in a black

background. As a result, it would've looked odd having them suspended in midair.

• Also the characters didn't look scared enough so I also had to reshoot the photo because of that. I also was told to change the font on the poster in order to make it look less standard

Poster questionnaire• In order to get feedback from other sources, I decided to create a questionnaire • This included on where to improve on aspects such as font and colour• Here is one that was filled out by a friend

Before feedback: poster (continued)• Tagline was at the side and the font for the title was a little too small.• Also, the social media logos were also too close together with little to

no space between them.

After feedback: poster • I changed the location of the shoot as I was not a

fan of the black curtain background that had been presented previously.

• I also managed to include the actors feet this time.

• Ultimately, this shoot was better as it gave the poster a much more claustrophobic environment.

After feedback: poster (continued)• I separated out the social media logos in order to make it better.• I made the title higher so I could put the tagline below it. • This was so the central point of visual interest will be in a somewhat Z

shape, allowing for the eye to follow what was actually on the poster.

Before Feedback: magazine cover • Pictures were taken at the wrong angle, making it difficult for me to crop the

actors into the magazine cover. • Pictures were in colour, so it didn’t fit the black and white colour of the picture

from Paradise Lost• Font colour didn’t look good against the black and white background, making it

hard to read.

Magazine questionnaire • Much like the poster, I also created a magazine questionnaire to be

filled out• Here is one filled out by one of my parents

After feedback: magazine cover • I retook the photos in order for them to be easily “Photoshoped”. • In Windows Photo Editor, I adjusted the settings of the new photos in order for

them to be in black and white. • Font changed in Photoshop so it would look better against the black and white

background, making it easier to read.