Evaluation question 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback?
- 1. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK? By Jacob Maud
- 2. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK COLLECTED I have gathered a lot of feedback from my music video and this has helped me to gather general opinions, improvements and how proper audiences reacted from this video. I have got feedback off blogs, newspapers, friends, family, school classes. In this evaluation question I am going to discuss the feedback I received, what I learnt and evaluate how successful my video would be in the real life industry.
- 3. YOUTUBE & SOCIAL MEDIA I started off by posting the video online and sharing it on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. People genuinely interested in this type of music would be the ones naturally watching this video. So I believe this was a good way to receive natural and honest feedback. On Facebook I received over 70 shares of the music video with the same amount of likes and comments saying how good it was. I gained over 50 retweets on twitter and people messaging me complimenting the video and asking questions. This gained a really positive type of feedback, I knew it was positive by people sharing it on twitter that I didn’t ask too or tell them about, just simply off their own back. From posting this on YouTube I have gained 1,763 views on the video. I have also gained comments from random people complimenting the video.
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- 5. SCHOOL CLASS FEEDBACK I carried out a questionnaire on a whole year 11 class. Roughly around 16 years of age which probably the average age of my target audience. I gained really positive feedback off the 30 students. I asked.. 1) How did you find the video? 2) What effect did the story have on you? 3) Any improvements? Every response on the first question was positive. All the of the responses on the second question were in relation too ‘drugs seem fun at the start but it shows how bad they really are’ which was my intention. All responses to the third question were ‘No’ apart from one saying ‘It was confusing’ which was an anomaly.
- 6. INDEPENDENT FILM BLOG When distributing my music video an independent video blog under the name of ‘Synergomatique’ contacted me interested in doing a personal film makers profile. A summery and an interview based on me and the video. This was massive for me showing I am getting recognition and showing the music video was a success. They asked a lot about the production of the music video, where the idea came from etc. Their interest in me and the music video really inspired me, showing hard work pays off. The next slide shows screen shots of the page.. Here is the link http://synergomatique.com/the-wild-a-short-film-within-a-music- video/
- 10. NOTTINGHAM POST When distributing my music video the ‘Nottingham Post’ were interested in doing an article on me and the music video. They were fascinated about the video and how a 17 year old made it. I made it to the 23rd page having a ¾ page spread. The compliments on the music video was touching and they agreed the storyline was really original and shot really well. They also posted an online copy of the article.. Here is the link.. http://www.nottinghampost.com/Student-waiter-music-video- maker-Toton-teen-s/story-24546520-detail/story.html
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- 14. LEFT LION MAGAZINE When distributing my music video the ‘Left Lion’ magazine, a popular music magazine in Nottingham were interested in doing an article on me and the music video. They had really positive views on the video saying the twist mixed with the message at the end was really original and successful as a video. They wanted to promote it on their site. The site is under construction at the minute, but if ‘PSD – The Wild’ is typed it when its up and running, it’ll show you their interest in promoting the video.
- 15. EVALUATION Through all this audience feedback it has shown me the popularity of the video and how well it would have worked if I had a budget to properly promote and distribute the video. All the responses I got were the same as my intentions. I intended that the originality and creativity of the video would gain popularity. This approach to the video, even going against music video theories seemed to work in favour for me. The school class were my target audience, and not getting any negative feedback off them, having all the positive feedback the same general comments, really made me happy. The personal message of the video was a massive benefit to the distribution as this is what company's were fascinated by. This is why I believe the newspaper, magazine and blog got in touch, as it wasn’t the commercial/generic ideas that you see on the TV. These company's love new talent and originality. So I am more than happy I went down this route and from the natural audience I got from it I