Audience Feedback Ellie Stephenson

Ms Kaddu

The first audience feedback form we received was from Ms Kaddu. We also filmed her reaction whilst playing our video to gain an even more in depth analysis. She has stated that she liked the make-up and music aspect of the thriller opening. This was useful feedback because we made our music search a priority. We finally discovered the right music to use, included it in our thriller and we know that this was the right choice of music because Ms Kaddu said she found it thrilling. Furthermore, she enjoyed the make-up of our characters. This is also positive feedback to be issued because we tried a lot of designs before eventually deciding on the one we chose. In the video, she said that she would want to watch the rest of the film, which is another aspect that was useful to receive. However, she has given us some constructive criticism. She wants us to change the credits of the video to make it flow better. This is useful because we know what may cause the audience to dislike our video and what we need to do in order to resolve this.

Sophie Boyes

The second audience feedback form we received was from a student aged 16. This form is particularly significant because she is from the target audience we wish our video would appeal to. She has stated that she enjoyed the flashbacks of our video. She liked that we made the flashbacks black and white so it contrasted with the main scene. I'm glad that an audience member noticed this because we wanted the flashbacks to stand out. We also wanted the audience to understand the flashbacks and see the difference from the central scene. She enjoyed the locations we used and this is particularly relevant because we wanted to be different when it came to choosing the locations, so it would not appear to be to cliché such as, an abandoned house. We wanted the audience to feel as if the events could happen to them so we chose unexpected locations such as, a beach and a multi story car park. Thankfully, this audience member has noticed these positive aspects of our video. However, she has stated that she thins we could change the credits so it flows with the rest of the video. As this was also highlighted in the first feedback form, we will defiantly have to re consider our title choices.

Mr Clifford

The third set of results were taken from our media teacher. His feedback was crucial because we took on board all of his advice throughout the process. He was the first participant who highlighted the genre of the physiological thriller we were hoping to achieve. He stated that he found himself asking a lot of questions, and that is exactly what we aimed to do. The questions included; “ Who where the girls?” and “Why are they killing themselves?”. These are the exact questions we hoped our audience would contemplate as they will want to watch on to discover the answers. He also stated that he thought the music we used was effective for a thriller opening. This is useful because we played around with the sound a lot in order to gain the most effective result. However, he has also stated that he thought the credits could be improved. He felt the credits were not memorable and they weren’t specifically relevant to the film. This is something that we should reconsider because each of our participants have disliked the use of credits.

Overall I am very pleased with the feedback we received. They enjoyed the key aspects of our video and have said that it was exactly what they expected of an opening to a thriller video. This is mainly down to the use of music, make-up and locations. As a result, the audience members would continue to want to watch the film to have their questions answered and they would expect to continue to feel suspense and danger. The main issue that our participants seemed to dislike was the use of credits. After these results, we decided to change the credits to what the respondents would have preferred. We changed the ‘starring’ credits to flow continuously and we decided to put the title of the film at the end of the video. Furthermore, we decided to change the font so it had a shadowy background. This gained more of an eerie effect and the audience weren’t waiting for the rest of the credits whilst they should be watching the video.