WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK?

PART 2:

Using the audience feedback we learnt a number of things about our film. We showed the film to people both in, and outside our target audience, so we could get the best reaction and feedback from both. We asked them a series of questions of what they generally thought about the film, as well as what they thought could be improved. 

All the people we talked to had positive points to make about the way in which the different soundtracks used fitted in story of the film, however the sound also had some negative feedback as well. People felt that at times the sound jumps in volume were jarring and took away from the what was going one the screen at the time. This hurt one of our overall themes of the film, in that we wanted to create a tense atmosphere the audience could get lost in, and if the sound jumps took the audience out, the overall product suffered along with it. There was also confusion with this problem, in the early parts of the film we wanted to have a soundtrack playing over the dialogue, but this was viewed as being an actual problem for the film, rather than being an effective technique, which is what we were trying to portray. In the future, we will plan out the plans for the audio before principal photography, rather than in editing, like we did here. 

The audience members asked enjoyed the film, and some were still thinking of the ending, which is exactly what we were trying to do, leaving a lasting impression on the audience was a big part of our film, and the fact we were able to do that was satisfying. One negative, which could even be interpreted as a positive, is that the audience wanted more at the end, they wanted to learn about the characters and their story, but also wanted a longer build up to the reveal, which they felt would be more effective for the overall film. Whilst we agree we could have made the film slightly longer, we were also trying to fit in with conventions of the short film. The contradictions that came up surrounding this, and the pros and cons is maybe something we should have gone over, as the length of the film is very important part of the short film genre. We were going the idea that showing less would be a good thing, but sometimes it's the case that not enough is shown, and that could be seen as the case for some parts of our film. 

In terms of the Psychological Thriller, I believe that we met the criteria of the genre codes and conventions. Each audience member was able to guess was the genre of the film was, and some even commented on the similarities to another thriller film, Fight Club , which was another part of our original plan - to be a clear genre film. 


We also received positive feedback from social media, which also allowed us to showcase our film to a larger audience.