Feedback and self reflection from focus group

 The focus group I had carried out had strengths, weakness, and other achievements such as:

The strengths of my film that my focus group discussed was my actors. I had chosen wisely with my actors as the roles given to them for the film fit their natural character very well and they wouldn't have to put much effort into acting in the film as they could be comfortable with being themselves. Another strength is my storyline, my  focus group discussed it was good as it explained the moral or the film and the message it gives is clear. Another strength about my storyline is i met the brief as my film was located in school and the audience may relate to my story. Another strength is the music added the my film, in my focus group someone noticed the music for the main character is different to the bullies in the film which gives a message in it self, and the anti-climactic music is suitable for the film. My focus group discussed my camera angles were good as i had done mid shots, and had placed the camera on the floor which makes the film intriguing. 

Some weaknesses that  my focus group discussed is they wouldn't watch my film if it was longer. The reason being is because if my film was longer there wouldn't be much to add to the film due to my film being explained in the 4 minutes already so it would be pointless to make a longer film as there would be no need as the story is told within 4 minutes. Another weakness that was discussed in my focus group was the ending of the film where the main character is walking being too long, perhaps add I should add a scene where she runs off crying to her home and utilise the blankets in the school and make it look like a house. 

Some improvements I could make is in the voiceover near the end I could include what happened to the girl in the end to give a heads up of how serious bullying is in my story for the audience to understand. Again i could add a few more scenes of the girl at home crying with school equipment as the ending is too long of her walking out the school. Another improvement i could make is in one particular scene where the actor is talking however there is noises from the classrooms making it hard to hear.