Making Changes

Soundtrack

Something that was repeated in my audience feedback was that the sound wasn't 'smooth'. Some feedback said that it was too 'abrupt'. Because of this I tried fading my first soundtrack in which is when the first title comes on - 'ENIGMA PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS'. I didn't like this as I think it sounds more effective when the soundtrack comes in suddenly. It also sounded strange as the first beat was a lot quieter that the second beat, as you can see on the photo, therefore I'm keeping it as it was before.

I also tried making the sound 'smoother' when my voice-over comes in. The reason it isn't so smooth now is because I  decreased the volume of my soundtrack when the voice-over starts. This therefore ruins the continuity of sound. When I first put this soundtrack in I did try to fade in the volume decrease, however it didn't work. After getting my feedback, I tried to change it again by changing the volumes of both parts to make the continuity smoother, however it still didn't work. I can't keep the soundtrack the same volume all the away through otherwise the voice-over is overpowered. For this reason, I am keeping it the same.

Taking off scream

Other feedback that was repeated was that some of the screaming sounds unrealistic. I have always been unsure about this scene as I had also thought it looks and sounds unrealistic but previous feedback had told me otherwise. After getting feedback from my final product I decided to take off the scream. This still sounds okay due to the other diegetic sound of the heavy breathing and the ambience.

Changing the font of my title

Feedback told me that the font of my final title didn't suit the thriller genre and that it was too sic-fi. However other feedback told me that it suits my product as it goes with how modern my sequence is, for example the white BMW. When I first did my title I did try a lot of fonts and I thought this one looked okay. Although the font of my other titles throughout my product suit the genre, I thought using a similar font would look boring, therefore I wanted to choose something different.

I changed my font to Lantinghei SC. I think this still looks good and it definitely suits the genre. I asked other media literate people what they thought about this change and they said it looks much better, they like how it's more slick and taller and they also think it fits with the genre more.