My group and I screened our production in a West Hatch assembly in front of year 8's, therefore having ages varying between 12/13. The assembly included around 200 students with a few teachers. Once completing our 2 minute thriller opening we decided to post the clip on YouTube. I felt doing so helped us as allowed us to gain instant feedback from random age groups, which helped us further our research of how successful the thriller is and who it appeals to.
I felt that screen our thriller to an audience would
benefit. By doing so, myself and the group are able to receive honest feedback,
including constructive critism in how to improve our two minute opening. We
chose to screen it to our chosen target audience of 12+, as it enabled us to
critically examine if our thriller appealed to them, and whether they enjoyed
it or not.
Audience's comments:
Good
comments
‘When the villain is running the
camera shot is out of focus, which keeps the characters unknown. This suits a thrillers conventions, therefore keeping me in suspense.'
-Nicole Whippy.
There was a wide range of camera shots used that suited the conventions; for example the point of view shots were very effective.'
-Emily Carr.
Constructive
comments
‘ Linking between shots could have
been more fluent to make the film run smoothly’
-Michael McNeish.
‘Some shots should have been filmed
with the tripod due to some unsteady shots’.
-Megan Gadd.
I felt that receiving good and bad comments, finding out where we went right and wrong helped us to understand where improvements could have been made. By making the changes, it means that our following audience will enjoy the thriller even more, making it more successful.
