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Post-Production: Peer Feedback

 Welcome everyone,

   During media studies class we had to peer review. We showed our first draft of our movie to another group. We also had to peer review their movie too. I was really glad we got to do this as we received good criticism. We were told that we needed to add more context into our movie and to have a better hook. They told us when adding context to the story, we should add more insight to our main character. So here are the things we are going to change:

  • When showing the production company logo and title we will add music in the background.
  • In the beginning of the movie instead of jumping straight to the park scene, we will show Jessica (the main character) and her mom having a conversation. The conversation will consist of a stereotypical teenage conversation by showing her mom being worried about Jessica going out late. Jessica acts like a bratty teenager and will slam the door when she leaves.
  • In the end instead of having the news report scene we will show Jessica running back to her house. When she gets inside, she will in a panic way explain what happened to her mom.
  • For our hook we will show the killer slam open the door and show him walking in. 

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