Simon Bates Feedback

Now that we have all finished our promotional videos and the documentary, Simon has sent us feedback on what he thought of each. He has sent us a table showing each section of videos and what he thought of each and how we could improve. The first image that I have taken is focused on the feedback that he gave to our documentary and the second image of the feedback that was given to the promo videos.

I think that the feedback that he has given to us for our documentary is quite positive and all feel that we have done quite considering we had a lot of issues throughout. We will be taking the feedback that he has given and taking it with us when we complete other project, if we go to university and for future careers. This experience has really helped us to learn to work together in a small time, effectively and to good standards. It has also given us the experience of working with someone in the industry and they have opened a lot of door for us.

Feedback From Simon(Junction) - Documentary Rough Cut

After we completed the rough cut version of our documentary, we asked others to give us feedback on what we had produced. We started by getting feedback from the class and then we managed to get feedback from Simon who has commissioned us. Below is the feedback that he gave us based on the rough cut that he saw.

"Visuals looks clear and mature.
Audio sounds good.
Interviews with the students, Junction staff, lecturers interviews. More, e.g Nick would be great, Sandra at Long Road, Jonathan at Bournemouth for interviews.
Demonstrations of students working alongside Junction and Bournemouth staff, Some good footage but more of the Samba and CRaM conference would be great.
Interviews with students who are going to Bournemouth and how Long Road has developed the link. Needs more of this
Information for other consortia on how to schools and FE colleges should engage with employers.
More on: students saying how important this is to the success of diplomas, at the end of the day this is why students do diplomas!

Questions for Simon Bates - Answers

Here are some question that we all had for Simon in our second meeting and the answers that he gave us.

- How long should the promotional video be? 3-4 mins long

- Is there archive footage that we could use? No but willing to create time for making footage.

- How are bands chosen? bands are invited through myspace pages and recommended.

- What is the age range so we know a target audience? Gary wants 14-1

5 olds so he has more time with them.

- What sort of sound track would you prefer, if any? Prefered music from bands who are there but ask permission.

- What are the deadlines? footage to be done by Fiver 29th and all to be done by end of February.

- Where are we able to go when we shoot, are we able to go back-stage? yes but you will be clearly marked.

- Who do we need to credit? - we will give you a list of who to credit.

- Would you like us to make you a moving Junction logo? you can but it can not ruin our original logo.