Evaluation Question 3) What have you learnt from your audience feedback (Final Cut and Ancillary Tasks)

Evaluation (3) - Implications of our Critical Feedback:

The audience feedback which we received for not only the final cut of our film but also the ancillary tasks, the poster and the magazine article,  were very positive and highlighted aspects of our products which we thought were key and which we wanted to engage with the audience.

A key theme across the responses we received was the appreciation of how we had deployed contrasting types of camera shots to create a feeling of ambivalence and uncertainty. For example, one audience member praised us on our innovative combination of different camera shots and how the soundtrack enhanced this mood, specifically during the opening scene, which she called “Engaging...”.

 Another audience member applauded us on the way we had successfully exploited the conventions of thriller films, making the comment: “I like the way you’ve used the music and the really heavy use of blood...It’s really scary and gruesome!” A comment such as this, we feel, indicates that we successfully achieved our intentions to make the film very frightening, visceral and, at times, disturbing.

Finally, in terms of our ancillary tasks, one audience member could not praise them highly enough, commenting “You clearly have a very coherent style, through the use of your main image, your use of language, the lighting of the images used, the use of fonts and your style, which, in particular, is as successful as many posters and magazine articles that I have seen and read of the same genre.” This particular comment, we feel, is the epitome of all the hopes that we had in venturing into this project and what we wanted to achieve throughout our production in general.