Looking at Our Review Sheets

While Re-editing, Stephanie and I referred to our review sheets that we got. Two different groups watched our opening and filled out a sheet about their thoughts on it. I only have one of the sheets so I will be discussing that one. Our movie was the correct length and did tell a story. However, what Stephanie and I were alarmed by was what they thought the plot of our story was. The group believed our opening was about a girl that makes a wish on her birthday and enters a nightmare that she realizes is fake. The second group that reviewed us also didn’t get the plot right either. Their guesses weren’t too far off to the original storyline. However, Stephanie and I discussed this and realized we needed to fix this issue when we re-edit. We were glad to see that they thought our transitions weren’t choppy and that we had the correct titles.

They also thought that our lighting was good throughout the film. They did not have any critiques on how we can improve the lighting. They also thought that we had good sound while filming. They did not have anything to say on how we can improve the sound quality also. They didn’t see our tripod or other people filming. We were confident in this aspect because most of the time one of us was behind the camera making sure anything that wasn’t supposed to be seen was not caught on camera. When it came to the camera angles and movements, some angles they didn’t mark as present in our opening. However, Stephanie and I felt that some of those camera shots that they said weren’t there were actually in the film. Things that our reviewers liked was the sound and light quality. However, they did find the plot to be confusing and suggested that we add dialogue in order to clarify where the red dot comes from.