What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

We performed a screening session of our trailer in one lesson of our target range to receive feedback on the positive and negative parts of the trailer.

Positive
Teaser trailer
  From the feedback we received we found that people found that our trailer set the narrative up well because of the establishing sequence and then after this the different shots linked well together and there were no shots that were unclear why they were there. A frequent positive was that pace of editing was good for a trailer as it started of slow and from middle to end consisted of short shots which made the pace fast and used conventions of a real teaser trailer. We also found that people liked the seperation of the inter-titles as this is a normal convention of the teaser trailer and they helped with the understanding of plot.

Horror conventions
People also thought that the mise-en-scene of the trailer was effective because all shots were dark and lighted darkly. The constant use of blood looked real and was effective because it signified horror and death, and the gore/torture scenes were the most favourite and memorable of the trailer. We found that our use of close ups of faces in distress were powerful and showed a lot of detail. We had a lot of feedback postively saying that the use of a handheld camera was effective and the shakey feel made the pace seem faster and more chaotic. They also said that the angles we used while filming looked professional and contributed conventions of the horro genre, for example, in the continuity sequence at the start they said that it flowed together and the match on actions worked well and it looked like a professional sequence.


Negative
Teaser trailer

   Our main criticism was that the soundtrack lacked development. The audience said that the music fitted well with the opening sequence because it was creepy and the editing was slow paced. However, it didnt develop and as the editing pace quickens so should the soundtrack. This is something we would change if we were to do it again as it would make the overall piece more effective and scary. People also found that the camera sounds in the soundtrack were played too much however the concept of the idea was interesting and original. Numerous people said that the close up of the eye at the end of the trailer didnt fit with the rest of the trailer and after the fast pace of the editing the slow motion shot seemed out of place.

Horror conventions

 There were no negative criticisms, about the horror conventions in our trailer, in the review session that we did.