Mistakes Evaluation

Mistakes Final Final Film

MIstakes video Final

Questionnaire results

The majority of people I asked were aged between 15-25 because this was the main age range for people watching short films and also would be my main target audience. other people I asked hadn’t seen any short films.

I didn’t include most of the people who didn’t watch short films as many didn’t answer after this point if they hadn’t however some carried on and
answered the questions on what they would like to see.

When I asked if they would like to be able to relate to the film the majority answered yes. This means that I would have to relate my story line to something that would happen in everyday society.

My last question shows that most people prefer the setting to be shown before going into the action. I believe this is to give the audience an idea of what is going on so they can see into the background of the story. This would be a good place to start to create the right atmosphere for the short film.

The majority of the people I asked said that they preferred to see the credit sequence at the end instead of the beginning. I will do this so that my audience can watch a film with the credits at the end where they prefer.

From the questionnaire I can tell that people would prefer a female as the main character, this gives me an idea of who to base the story line around.

When asked if they wanted a dramatic/shocking end or beginning people answered the end. This would mean I could build up the suspense to help my audience get the beset out of the dramatic ending. Also creating a dramatic atmosphere through out.

The majority of people I asked said they would prefer a twist in the storyline, again this would be a good idea to include in the film so that I get the best potential for my film possible. However because of it almost being 50-50 it wouldn’t make that much of a difference if I didn’t put a twist in.

From my results I can tell that people prefer a influential film with comedy the next highest. This means that I could combine the two to make the most effective film possible. However I wouldn’t do fantasy or horror as these were some of the lowest scores I got.

People who answered my questionnaire said they preferred a realistic short film. This means that I will most probably make a realistic short film as this is what people said they prefer to watch. By doing so I should get good feedback and attraction to my short film.



When I asked what social situation people thought needed to be addressed my audience replied with the two highest answered being underage drinking and underage pregnancy. This combined would probably appeal to a wider audience range addressing more than one social situation that people believe needs to be sorted out.

FInal review page

Short films are usually produced by independent film industries. Therefore i felt that my magazine from last year, "simply sound proof" would be a great magazine for this to be in as its all about the genre indie therefore a shortfilm review would fit in prefectly. I placed pictures from the film that would interest the audience such as the girl looking upset and in dispare and also put pictures of the people together making the film look inocent like they are all having fun. I then also included a shadow picture which gave the idea that two people were together but for what reason? i made the title one of the biggest parts of the magazine because the audience wouldnt know anything about the piece there for a large title was necessary to let the audience know about the film. I also included a short film biography at the start to allow the audience to know about about the film before the actual review.

Final Poster

This is my final poster design for “mistakes” I decided on the colour pink because it not only matched the girls t-shirt but made it blend with the picture. I also felt that It represented a girl, this helped me create the stereotype of a blonde girl. Someone who is innocent naive and doesn’t really know what they are doing. I made the title smaller and moved the date closer to the title. I did this because I wanted the picture to be the main part of the poster which it is on the posters I have looked at. I also added a phrase at the top saying “everyone makes…” this gives a bit more of the story away, and the phrase is also mentioned in the monologue of the film. I made the website less obvious by turning the colour to black this is because it’s not as important as the picture. By having the Dolby digital sign and the universal pictures symbol it made the poster look authentic as all posters consist of some of the companies they used on there posters.

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