Screening and feedback for our film

Here is the screening and feedback from our audience. The first clip is of the group watching the film and their reactions. We did this just to see what parts of the film we could improve if we were to carry it on into the future. The feedback was extremely positive but there were some areas that we could work on in order to make our film even better, thus making the session extremely helpful.



Here is the feedback from one of three groups that watched the film. We used a group of students our age to  get feedback on the people who we are aiming to appeal to - Teenagers. However they are females, as we know, the male audience are who we were mainly trying to appeal to, so it was nice to get some feedback from a different audience who we weren't sure would like the film. So it was nice that they then gave us good feedback and seemed to enjoy the film. They especially liked the gripping nature of the clip, which we aimed to get done through the music and lighting. The lighting was another element that helped them understand what the genre was. Being in charge of lighting, it was very important for me to make sure that the lighting reflected the thriller conventions.




Here is our second feedback group. They are three teachers from our school. There is an English teacher, an ICT teacher and a drama teacher. This is a good mix of teachers as they are all professionals in different areas that relate to media and different aspects of our film. They all agreed on what they liked and what they thought could be improved. They thought the transition to the young girl walking through the door, they believed this was too much of a sharp transition and didn't fit with the conventions of the rest of the film. I agree with this and don't think this moment quite works with the rest of the film and if we were to carry on creating the film this is something we would change. However they really liked the lighting and thought that it properly fit the conventions of a thriller except for that one moment.




This is the last extract of feedback and probably the most useful. It's our media teacher discussing our film. It was so helpful because of his honesty. He believed (like the second feedback group) that the cut to the young girl didn't quite work with the film and also believed that the end of the film when the music changes wasn't a smooth transition. This is the case and the transition was somewhat jarring and this stems from doing the music on a separate application, so it was almost impossible to make it perfect for the film as it would need to be adjusted alongside the film which wasn't available to us as it could not be changed when transferred onto i-movie.



Overall the feedback was extremely successful for us. They really enjoyed the film and believed it fit the conventions and had potential. They also believed that there were some wrinkles that had to be ironed out. This really helped us.