Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Hussein Merali

During the development of my film, I was presented with the opportunity todisplay it in front of an audience, and hand out questionnaires to receive feedback. Contextually, these were done when I had just completed my firstrough edit, and it was lacking in sound effects, anything more complex than simple edits, and the audio tracks still had director’s instructions and background noise populating it.

I took into account the feedback I had been given, and worked on improvingthe elements that I could, where I could. Since everything had been shot, and I was unable to film again in the same place after, everything rested upon my ability to edit in order to provide a more cohesive experience.

Certain things I definitely improved upon was improving the pace. I combed through and edited down the longer shots, and broke some up with credit titleswhile still having sound effects bleed through, so as to move the narrative alongwithout ruining the overall experience. I’ve also learned just from viewing thefeedback itself for areas I can take note of and take extra care with in the future,like having tighter control over Depth of Field to control where I direct the audience.