In this week’s workshop we were given feedback from our peers regarding our PB3.

I received feedbacks, both positive and negative, one of each was that the sound wasn’t mixed all that well. One of my peers found it a little distracting when my subject is speaking, her voice seems to be competing with the backing music and it was a struggle for them to focus on what she was saying. Which I found it a little odd, as I was very particular in mixing the audio levels, especially coming from an audio background, I thought it was one of my strengths in mixing audio levels in a short clip like this. I guess sometimes it boils down to the source that you’re listening from. I was mixing the audio levels on a pair of professional studio headphones, and my PB3 was played out from my laptop speakers, therefore I think there was some difference in terms of audio quality. Well, at least, now I know that I have to cater for that when mixing audio levels in future projects.

As for positive feedbacks that I’ve received, one of my peers mentioned that the subject matter was interesting and engaging with the audience. He thought it was something new and entertaining. Having said that, it was some much of a portrait video of someone, but rather more towards the subject of ‘Singlish’. Hopefully, the tutors who are going to mark my assignment would be a little lenient on that, as it is still a good representation of my subject and her background coming from Singapore and what she’s doing in Melbourne.

I believe that peer evaluation is a strong tool in gathering critical and constructive feedback, as it is from the ground, unlike coming from someone like a tutor or lecturer, there is a certain motive of wanting you to achieve a certain grade or meeting the marking criteria or assessment constraints, but coming from your peers, they are in your shoes and they can provide some views that may be beyond the sights of the classroom, such as personal experiences, trending affairs and more.