What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

The feedback from our horror trailer was mixed. All members of our A2 media class watched our trailer and each one responded to us, suggesting ways of helping us improve the trailer so we could hopefully make it scarier. They also told us what they thought was good about the trailer which was productive as it made us more confident. To do this they all had a piece of paper and had to write good and bad points and rate it out of 10. Overall, the majority voted our trailer 8/10. It was very important to get feedback as we were keen to make our trailer really interesting to the audience and any feedback helps distributors to decide what to keep in their trailer or what to take away.


Soundtrack

• Our viewers thought that the music for the second half of the trailer sounded almost like action genre instead of horror and it was too upbeat and didn't really fit the story we were trying to tell.
• Some said they liked the bang nearer to the end of the trailer where the final girl hit the wall.

Mise En Scene

• Nearly all of our audience thought that our location/setting was very good and creepy.  I feel that the time and effort we put in seeking the location was well worth it.
• One person said that they thought the final girl was running for too long, also someone else thought that we could have made the shot darker on Final Cut Pro and this would have made it much more scary. However, our audience did like the angle at which we took the shot, from behind the fence, as it made them feel like someone was watching her.
• A lot of people liked the candle shots and how they kept flashing back, they commented that it helped to create a creepy atmosphere.
• Most of our audience also liked our Ouija board shot as they thought it was quite spooky, however, some felt that they could not read what we were trying to spell.

Editing

• Most of our viewers thought that the pace of our trailer worked well and it was likened to  most professional trailers.
• Everyone really liked our newspaper shots as they again, thought it looked professional and realistic. Also they linked these to the 'Return of the Repressed'  by bringing up what had happened in the past.
• Some of our viewers also liked the fast, short shots nearer the end of the trailer, however, others thought that some shots were too random and looked out of place.
• They also liked the repetition of the candle shots.
• Some people were not sure if our inter titles worked or not as they were quite hard to read, but they did like the final title at the end as there was a banging sound at the same time. They did like how the title was the red as this colour connotes blood and gore which we included in this trailer.

Overall, my group were very keen to hear the audience's feedback and their opinions really helped. However, we didn't want to change every bit of the trailer that the audience did not like as we thought some parts worked well and looked good. By looking at all of this feedback,  I think we edited our trailer well and the location worked well towards creating a feeling of horror. If I had to do this again, I would shoot more gore and torture shots, to make the audience jump, but I am pleased with our final result.