Tuesday 12 May 2009

And finally...

... Viewer Feedback!

These are the questions that we asked aselection of people to fill out.

1. What genre do you think the film is from? What makes you think this?
Horror Action

Comedy sci-fi

2. Do you think the editing worked well to create an eerie atmosphere when required?

3. Did you find the story engaging? Would you like to watch more of the film and why?

4. Do you think the characters fitted in with the genre? E.g. where they stereotypical characters.

5. Do you think the film flowed well?

6. Which of the following would you watch the film for?

Personal identity (connection with characters)

Surveillance (what’s going on in the world)

Personal relationship (do they watch it in order to discuss it)

Diversion (escapism)


Basically I got a mixed bag of feedback... back. I asked 6 people to fill in the paper most of these selected Horror as the genre, 2 however ticked Horror and Comedy, and 1 selected Action. The reason they gave for ticking Action was that it wasn't funny...

Fortunately the others said Horror due to the tension and overall mystery of the piece. The Comedy aspect came from the dancing mainly but 1 person said that it was the squelch noise that made it funny.

Everyone said in their own words that the editing had pretty much worked to create tension and the eerie atmosphere. A couple commented on how the music built up tension and the use of fading in and out helped bridge the gap between the two time slots. However one helpful person (Action man) just wrote no.

Everyone said that wanted to continue to watch the film as it set up a number of enigma codes, like what happened to the first girl and why the lights went off. A couple of others said they wanted to see if the characters became friends or got revenge. Action man was helpful again and just said not really.

This question got the most varied response out of them all. Most didn’t seem to know what a stereotype was. The few that did said that the couple of characters shown filled the stereotypical roles of the genre especially the female characters. The male teacher seemed to throw people off as they felt he should’ve been older and creepier for the Horror genre.

The audience, apart from guess who… I think that person had it in for me… said that the film flowed well. They felt that the pace was good and that it all flowed well from scene to scene. Some people said that the sounds levels let it down a little but over all it was good.

The final question confused a lot of them, despite the descriptions of each choice. 1 person ticked personal identity a couple left it blank and then the rest ticked diversion and/or personal relationship.

So as I said it was a mixed bag in terms of feedback with 1 person not being very helpful at all.