Evaluation Part 4What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

During or focus group screening we received feedback which was both positive and constructive. Some positive comments were ‘Narrative is good as is the link to historical context-more interesting’, showing that we had achieved our goal of telling a story, conveying the characters back story as well as intriguing our audience about what was to come. As well as ‘The music was well fitted to the trailer’, I think that this showed that my editing of what was a happy folk style song worked effectively in harmony to the cinematography and the plot line. We also received positive comments such as ‘Good set and costume’, we agreed with this point as we had spent time designing how the costumes were going to look, particularly for the Psycho killer, as her costume had to fit in with the Victorian era as well as blend with the woodland surroundings.

Some of our constructive comments were ‘Didn’t like the spinning, made me feel sick’ we agreed with this statement, because though we liked the panning section in its creation of disorientation, we felt that it was too long and did make us feel a bit sick afterwards. We re-shot this searching sequence so that the audience wouldn’t be put off from seeing the film incase they felt sick or dizzy. Another constructive comment we received was ‘See Nicole at the end so we kind of know what’s happened’ we also agreed with this comment, though we had originally felt that her disappearance would create interest, as it was an enigma. We re-evaluated this ending to allow the audience to have a stronger connection to this character, thinking that it would be too obvious that she was dead or kidnapped if she wasn’t seen at the end of the trailer.

After the focus group screening we made several changes to the trailer, completely re-shooting the ending as well as several other sections of the trailer. We felt that we needed to do this as we didn’t think that the trailer held as much suspense and interest as we would have liked. By changing the ending so that an injured and disorientated Nicole is seen walking about the forest, we felt that the trailer would hold more interest as the viewer would be left wondering if the searching teens would find her or if she would be left to die in the forest.

I am happy with how our finished trailer looks as I think it successfully appeals to our target audience of horror fans. Being filled with suspense and action. I also think that this trailer would appeal to a wider audience with an element body horror it will appeal to a larger audience however it is still a low age certificate, allowing a larger age range of people to go see it.

I think that my favorite part of the trailer is when the male hero falls down the hill. This is because of the cinematography used in the expressionist angles as well as the fast montage that we used to create action. I think that the ending of this sequence creates particular interest, as it is the first acknowledgement in the trailer that the hanged woman is around and causing trouble. The shot of the woman looking up at the camera is similar to those seen in The Woman In Black. I think that this is effective as both characters have the omen of death around them

Link here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_yJ2BRR_w

Rough Cut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pveiq-aW45Q&list=UU7OZE0X0cHohddFuRmx_zBw

Final Trailer

Evaluation Screening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_LJTTK3wKs&list=UU7OZE0X0cHohddFuRmx_zBw