Analysis Of Focus Group

The focus group that we used was very helpful to our group. By having peers who answered the questions that we come up with allowed us to make changes to a few aspects of our film. We became certain on the Institution Name and a few other things, however, the participants in the focus group suggested to us that we should audition another person for the role of the psycho in our film. We took this on board and we decided to audition Todd, who is a member of our group and he showed good acting skills which we needed for our role, and shone out above the other male auditions; therefore we decided to give Todd the role over the others. This is also good as it means that he will be involved in the filming as well as the shooting, like me and Billie will be.

The focus group also said that the most suitable female characters would be me (Jody) and Billie, which we agreed on as we as a group feel that the auditions from each of us showed that we had the acting skills needed for our opening scene. As the focus group also agreed, this meant that we did not have to carry out any further auditions on female actresses for the parts needed, and this also meant that everyone in the group would be involved in the filming of our opening scene.

We also confirmed our location as we got positive feedback on Thorndon Country Park, which was our original final idea. This location proved in the focus group, to be better than King Georges and Shenfield Common, which was the feedback that we had hoped for as we as a group also feel this is the best and most suitable location. They agreed on how quite this location was and also that it would be a lot easier for us to achieve low key lighting due to the denseness of trees there.

Overall, the focus group helped out my group greatly in a few final decisions. It enabled us to audition Todd to be the actor for the 'Psycho', which is a positive as auditioning him meant that there was a higher chance of success for our opening scene as not only is he a good actor, but also reliable as he is in our group and will be involved at all times, not just in the filming.