Feedback From Presentation

I feel that the presentation went really well and we got some really nice feedback.

The class and tutors told us that we had used our music well, such as recording it on the day as well as underlying the music under the interviews, which we agreed worked quite well for the piece.

They enjoyed our public vox pops, and we credit Joeley for having the courage or 'balls' to go up to people and ask them all day. Our audience believed that these were used very well and fit with the piece nicely. Obviously we knew about the composition of the shots weren't great at this moment in time because of rushing interviews, so we knew we would get criticism on that, but it just showed us what we've learnt in the process of making a documentary, so it's something to remember next time around!

Everyone seemed to enjoy the outro which was great, since the title was Music of the Street, it was nice for someone to notice that the last thing said in the documentary was 'music of the street', we feel it made the structure strong and creative.

We were also praised for our sound bridges, the audience liked the music and how they transitioned from each other and flowed through the piece. We're glad of this because we put a lot of time and effort into making the sound edit, and i liked that we used a range of music instead of one track throughout the piece, and I feel that this was received well!

Esther's Feedback
- Found it charming, engaging and also had a good structure. It kept hold of the audience anticipation throughout.
- More background story would benefit the piece - which we felt after the shoot, when we thought about how we could have asked each busker to introduce themselves a little.
- Dialogue levels were inconsistent - we knew this because of the different standards of recording, but I feel we used this to the best of our ability, but we learnt that we need to try get less noisy clips next time!
- Compositions could have been better - which we also agree with. Sometimes we liked them, such as the long shots, however yes we believe some of the set-ups were unfortunately rushed and therefore looked less professional than intended, but once again this is a learning curve for us and we know how to improve this - less space and different angles and shots!
- More close-ups shots of performers playing - we wanted this too, but some performers wouldn't let us too close because they were trying to get money, but it is always a good point to consider in the future.
- Liked the Intro and Outro, and fade on the Outro is nice - which I really liked to, I thought it was a really nice and 'sweet' ending to the piece.
- Some interview quotes were well chosen - Thank you Rhys and your hours of Transcriptions!! :P

Debbie's Feedback
- Seconded all of Esther's points.
- Found the piece enjoyable, light and funny.
- There was echoing in the sound recording - I didn't notice this until Debbie pointed it out, but obviously we had trouble with the recording and next time could use more ways to record the sound for different files to use.
- Since Debbie hadn't heard about the project before she said that the first part she tried to work out what performer did - we wanted to keep a little mystery but it didn't come across this way, maybe it was too much for the audience to wait for? She said to establish their talents early on and don't take advantage of your knowledge of the work - you have to think about how your audience don't know anything.

I really feel this feedback has helped us understand how we could improve in the future, as well as show what our strengths and weaknesses are. So overall the presentation was a success and the feedback was very helpful!