What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Professional Feedback

I have collected and received both positive and negative feed back from some people. Some of my feedback has come from a man who specialises in professional trailers and has works on trailers such as interception. I was pleased with the feedback that we got from him as by his comments he was pleased with our trailer. He told us that 'the trailer generally has good pace, particularly with the cuts' and that 'the titles are good at the end'. He also told us something we could do to improve. He said 'at 1.37 maybe darken the shot or use violent camera shake and intense sound design to imply struggle/violence/fear'. He also commented that 'just after head turn to girl maybe use scream or disturbing sound'. Lastly he said that 'the ending should be more intense, could do this by making the whisper "he's here" a little louder, it’s a nice whisper but needs to stand out a little more'



Class Feedback
We then got our class to look at our trailer so that we could gain positive and negative feedback. Getting feedback from my class was good as because they are also a-level students they could give us feedback using techniqual media vocabulary and give us more detailed feedback, they could help us make our trailer look more professional. Some said that they like the use of the mirror as its a generic convention and shows us what film genre it is'. Another student said at 1.33 we had uncapitilized text which should be capitals in order to make the trailer have continuity. They could also talk to us and give us feedback from an audience’s perspective. A couple people in the class advised us to cut the clips or move them around so that the inter-title appear closer together, as they were they said you see one inter-title then when the next inter-title came up they forgot what the last one had said.

I then asked my friends and family a couple questions to get a rough idea of what people thought of different parts of my film.

Music

The first question I asked was, ' was the music successful in the trailer and what could have been changed about the music'. One person said on the shot when the victim is running down the stairs the music builds up creating tension. Another person also made a comment about the shot and music, they said 'I like how the starts of the shot of the victim running down the stairs is synchronous to when the music kicks in.' Someone else said that thudding sound effect when the inter-titles appear is effective as it build more tension and makes them stand out more'. The last comment I got on feedback on the music was that 'overall the music is good as it fits in well with cuts and the pace of clips, both working together to build tension, with exception from the bathroom scene at the end. It could be made more synchronous as when the victim shuts the bathroom door the music could have stopped.'

Camerawork

Another question I asked was 'what your overall thoughts about the camerawork were, what was successful and what could be changed. One person said 'I think the bathroom scene was really successful as it looks professional and was an iconic shot in the trailer, meaning it would be remembered'. another person contradicted this point by saying, 'The lighting on the shot of the main victim in the mirror could be better as it is too dark, this could also help it not be so blurry.' Another person commented saying 'I like show you used a photographic elements of previous victim, which you do not usually see in trailers, and then you see someone running in the present tense showing she is in danger and he is going to kill again'. A couple other people also commented on these shots saying that 'The images of the newspaper clippings are on for too long' and someone else said that 'The photos of the female murder victims could be made sharper so that you can read the notes.' Lastly someone said that 'the lighting on the mid shot of the mask being picked up would be better if there was low key lighting'

General Feedback

Lastly I ask generally what people thought was good and bad about the trailer and what I could of done to improve it. One person said that they like the use of the white mask as it build tension as you cannot actually see the antagonist, I particularly like the creek at the end when he turns his neck as this emphasises the creepiness of the film.' Another commented on the voice over 'I like how the voice over overlaps the images on the notice board; it is affective because it is as if it is narrating the context of the images being shown.' I also got lots of comments that the 'pace is good throughout making it like a professional trailer' on top if this the same person added that 'The trailer leaves you wondering what is going to happen making it a successful professional trailer'. I received another comment that 'the trailer is a good length, not to short not to long'. Someone else said that 'the whisper "he's here", at the end is successful as it tells the audience that they do meet'. The last bit of feedback that I have received is 'it would be better if there were credits as it could bring in potential fans of actors and actresses and directors that are not obvious to be in the film'



Narrative and understanding

To finish off my feedback I asked one general question which was 'Could you understand the narrative of the film even though it wasn't in chronological order?' I asked 5 people and they all said yes they would. One person said 'yes, you could understand who were the antagonist and protagonist and what was going on'