Audience Responses!

At tuesday lunchtime, my media class and I set up a showcase of all our opening sequences in the school's drama studio. A range of age groups turned up to the event, including pupils from years 7 - 13 and a range of teachers. The event was a great success and we managed to gain a lot of positive feedback. A lot of the members of the audience commented on the use of red lighting in my groups opening sequence, saying that it was very effective because it connoted danger. Most people also said that the music was very dramatic and made the film seem more frigtening. Some of the teachers and older students also recognised the deliberate canted angle at the start of the sequence to create uncertainty. One of the teachers also commented on the film saying "it's unbeliavable that students of such a young age could create such a complex and extraordinary piece of work." Overall the majority of the feedback from the showcase was very positive, however we discovered a few areas in which we could improve if we were given the change to do the task again. A few people said that the storyline seemed slightly confusing, which was originally our intention because we wanted to keep the audience guessing about who the 'murderer' was. Therefore if my group and I were given the chance to re-do the film we would try to improve this and therefore make the storyline a bit clearer and easier for the audience to follow. Another change i would have liked to have made would be makeing the voice over slightly louder and clearer so that it would be easier for the audience to understand, because a few people mentioned that the current voiceovers were slightly unclear.