Since my last post I have developed my concept and have now almost completed my story board. Before finalising my storyboard and preparing equipment, props and other things, I felt it necessary to have some focus groups to find out other people’s opinions on my concept and how I could further develop it. I had four groups of two's, I kept the number small in each group so that each person felt comfortable and did not feel any pressure from others to give their own thoughts.
To start with I played each pair the song that I am going to use so that they were all familiar with it. Afterwards I asked them what impression the song gave them and what sort of story it would tell and what colours they would expect to see. After explaining my concept I asked the pairs how it could be improved and anything that could be added to the story line.
Other questions included what locations could be used to film at and what clothing should characters wear.
From the focus group sessions I gained a lot of great feedback, overall all of the people were on board with my idea but all gave their own inputs that I shall take on in my video.
The main suggestions were that the film should be shot in a town early in the morning (so that it is still dark), the colours should be very bleak particularly using grays’ and blues.
When asking where I should have my character perform, one person came up with the idea that they should be in the place where the 'picture' has been taken. This would display his emotions and would add to the depth of the story.
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