The document discusses feedback received on a documentary. The most unexpected feedback was about noisy cars in an interview that could have been reduced. This feedback and examining other shots made the filmmaker realize some themes were represented too strongly. Additional feedback was that the documentary conveyed that youth today are changing their views on faith and religion, and the church could have a place among youth if balanced correctly. Feedback on lighting and lens flares in some shots was not surprising. Overall the feedback provided valuable lessons about obtaining audience perspectives early in the filmmaking process.

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2. Overall I learned a great deal from the audience feedback –
specifically the message that is commonly being read from our
documentary and what we could have improved. A lot of the
feedback that we received was generous but also honest. The
most unexpected piece of feedback that we had received was:

3. Overall I learned a great deal from the audience feedback –
specifically the message that is commonly being read from our
documentary and what we could have improved. A lot of the
feedback that we received was generous but also honest. The
most unexpected piece of feedback that we had received was:
“I think in one of the interviews there was a case of
noisy cars in the background i think it would have
been good to try and keep the sound down but not
completley get rid of it.”

4. As our only interview next to cars was Andrew Higginson it was clear that this is what is
being referred to – and during the edit we took time to consider the sound of the cars.
We thought during the edit that we were comfortable with that level of volume because it
feels more un-planned and un-prepared. However after considering this piece of
feedback and looking at the camera work when filming Ryan (the agnostic) we have
noticed that on some parts of our documentary we were trying to represent certain
themes too strongly. This meant that the next time that I film near a noisy area or shoot
handheld intentionally I can have a conscious full of past experience to give me
judgement.

5. Two other very important pieces of feedback that we received are
answering the question “What was the message you received from
our film?” the replies on our feedback were the following:

6. Two other very important pieces of feedback that we received are
answering the question “What was the message you received from
our film?” the replies on our feedback were the following:
“That the youth of today are changing in their
ideals about the Christian faith and if balanced
correctly the church can have a place amongst
youth today.”

7. Two other very important pieces of feedback that we received are
answering the question “What was the message you received from
our film?” the replies on our feedback were the following:
“That the youth of today are changing in their
ideals about the Christian faith and if balanced
correctly the church can have a place amongst
youth today.”
“The message which i recieved from this film is
that the image of Youth and religion is not as i
thought, when i thought about young people and
there religion i thought of it as non existant but
this documentary has told me otherwise.”

8. Both of these comments refer to the youth which we were surprised to see was being portrayed as the
main theme of our documentary despite the minutes long of footage of Father Marco and Mass. This
signifies how large of an impact that the vox pops of teenagers has had on our documentary, but also
highlights those are the shots that the audience considers the main narrative – instead of the constantly
returning interview with Father Marco:,
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However it could also reflect the level of significance that such long clips of Father Marco and mass has on
our documentary – because of this to finish this documentary I would consider not using such long clips of
dragged-out interviews (illustrated by the timeline) as well as mass and instead introduce medium/fast-
moving shots and medium/fast-paced editing. This could potentially open up our documentary to reach
out into other channel audiences such as Channel 4 and BBC3 but possibly still hold the demographic that
BBC4 attracts, and if successful could significantly increase viewing figures – just from asking what the
message of our documentary feels like.

9. The piece of feedback that we were not so surprised to see was the comment
regarding lighting in some of our shots:

10. The piece of feedback that we were not so surprised to see was the comment
regarding lighting in some of our shots:
“I found that the camera work, sound and editing was
proficient, however the lighting was a little dark and
some lens flares were present at times.”

11. The piece of feedback that we were not so surprised to see was the comment
regarding lighting in some of our shots:
“I found that the camera work, sound and editing was
proficient, however the lighting was a little dark and
some lens flares were present at times.”
We noticed after we had filmed our interview with Father Marco
that there were problems with lens flares and the room being
underlit. After the Father Marco interview we had both of these
cause an issue due to being in a dark room with little lighting
capability and filming during the evening both of which we had
made comments about after posting screenshots of our shoot
with Father Marco. Another notable shot that had issues with lens
flares was the panning shot during mass, this was not as
unfortunate as the interview with Father Marco partially because it
was a brief shot – instead of an entire interview.
But the lens flares could be conveyed as a image of ‘holy light’ from inside the
Church and could possibly be read as intentional iconography, and during the
editing period if we had noticed this then we could have possibly created darkness
filters during the editing phase to increase how professionally presented it was.

12. In conclusion I have gained a dense amount of experience from the
audience feedback that has been given to me – and also gained an
understanding of how important it is to obtain audience feedback early
during the film-making so that the project can take the best possible
course that the audience wishes, as they are essentially who the
documentary is made for.