Evaluation Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Once we thought we had finally finished the editing process and were all personally happy with the positioning of clips and the music we had to present the trailers to our class. From our class presentation of the horror trailers, we had gained negative and positive feedback that would help us improve and correct what wasn't liked, and to bolden what was liked by the audience.

 

Here is the list of positive feedback we gain from our classmates:Good setting x3
Good shot with mask x2
Good head shake x4
Effective shot when the enemy was lurking in the trees
Good sound, the intensity draws the audience in x6
Flows well
Clear horror feeling to the trailer, creepy x2
Good night shots
Good final shot x4
Nice use of shadows and lighting
Good voiceover

We were pleased with the positive comments and feedback. The most positive feedback we gained was for having good sound, the intensity draws the audience in. I also agree with this feedback, we chose the soundtrack because it was a slow build up using instruments of an orchestra.

One shot that was very popular is the head shake that we filmed at Isaac's house. We filmed a 10 second shot of me Victim #2 shaking my head, and then sped it up in Adobe Premier Pro, until it lasted one or two seconds long. This clip was then given a red tint to make it look more sinister and scary.

Here is the list of the negative feedback we gained:
Could be longer x3
Text too hard to read x5-"Wobbling too much"
Needs more scary scenes x2
Camera work out of focus x2
No storyline x4
More locations x2
No final shot x5
Little pace at ending
Killer in the back x3

Some of the negative feedback we gained were points that were misunderstood, there was a storyline, but from preventing the trailer from turning into a short film, we mixed and matched clips which our classmates must of not understood. No final shot was another feedback that we as a group didn't understand, there was a final shot consisting of Victim #1 - Kieran was standing in the church archway and the killer appears behind him, joined with a intense outburst of music this clip is obviously a final shot.

One mistake we did make whilst filming the driving shot at the beginning of the trailer was, Isaac the Killer in our trailer was sitting behind me Victim #2 in the car. His shoulder is poking out behind my seat, also the shadow of his face is on the back seat.  We filmed this clip not thinking we were going to use it, which is why we lacked in noticing the killer in the background. If we were to film this again we would leave the killer out of the car. 

Another mistake that was pointed out by our classmates, was that the wobbly font used for the title and release date. This is understandable, it is difficult to read due to it wobbling too fast, if it was slower it would be easier to read. We didn't notice that the text was hard to read because we know what it said because we wrote it. If we were to change this we would either slow the movement down or decrease the amount of which the text moves.