Evaluation Question 3- What have you learned from your audience

feedback?

I have sent the product to a variety of different people and not all being the intended target audience. I have done this to get a range of feedback from the short film.

From asking people on Facebook to watch the short and answering a questionnaire, I have got some responses, givingme some interesting feedback. Overall I do agree with what people

have said and have taken it on board and have learnt a lot from this.Screenshot of some responses…

1) Is the narrative easy to follow or is an explanation required?2) Did the plot keep you interested?

3) Do the effects work with the concept of the film?4) Does the flow in transitions/ editing between each shot work or is it a bit jumpy?5) What was the best part of the film?6) What was the worst part?7) How do you rate the film between 1- 10. 1 being the worse thing you’ve ever seen and 10 being excellent and something you would probably watch again?8) If you had the chance what would you change about the film?9) If this was on sale would you purchase it?

Questionnaire sent to people over facebook:

Is the narrative easy to follow or is an explanation required?

From the feedback I have been given I have found that the narrative is easy to follow but needed some sort of sound/ backing track to help it along the way, to build up the tension for when the stalker tries to stab the girl. The Pie chart below shows how people responded to the narrative. I initially was going to use a backing track but could not find one suitable. But I do agree that it needs something.

Did the Plot keep you interested?

From the feedback the majority of people said that they were expecting more out of it. E.g. when the girl is applying her mascara they thought that someone or something was going to appear behind, but said it was still good and some were still interested as they were wondering what was going to happen it kept them questioning.This was what I had initially planned to do but unfortunately due to actor issues this was not possible to do.

Did the effects work with the concept of the film?

I learnt from this that there was a fair few people who were unable to identify the leave colour effect used during the dream section of the film. However, a lot of people did recognised the effect put in and felt that it did work in terms of the film but maybe more could have been done.

Do the transitions work and flow or are they a bit jumpy?

From the people that I asked, they said that the transitions used did flow but a few had an issue with the first transition between the library to the toilets but understood why I had done this the way in which I did (person on other side of the books, this was not appropriate for this section as I intended for everyone to disappear and due to shots going missing I did not have any alternative footage). Apart from this they said it was fine.

What was the best part of the film and what was the worst part?

The majority of people asked said that they preferred the part when the stalker comes at the girl with the knife. They also said that it started to become more interesting when the stalker came into it.

I learnt from the feedback that the worst part of the short was the girl applying her mascara as they found the shots too long and repetitive applying mascara and needed something else to happen at this point.

How do you rate the film between 1- 10. 1 being the worse thing you’ve ever seen and 10 being excellent and something you would probably watch again?

The feedback from this was quite surprising with what people rated this with the majority being 6/7 with a couple a tad lower and higher. It is not surprising that there was a range in ratings as it is not everyone’s cup of tea.

If you had the chance what would you change about the film?

From feedback the one point to keep popping up was plot progression, it should have been quicker getting to the stalking and adding like extra snip its of the stalker e.g. in the toilets appear in the mirror when applying the mascara.

If this was on sale would you purchase it?

This was not a surprising response with everyone saying probably not. With the fact of the issue with the first transition and also not enough action is understandable. They did say that if the transition was fixed and a more exciting with a little less of the girl applying mascara then they might.

Overall, from the feedback I have got, I have learnt that the short film I have created could have been much better with probably adjusting the effects in the dream section as even though everyone asked recognised it as being a dream but may be more to do with the title. Therefore if I had the chance to do this again I would adjust the effects more so that it works better for the feel of the genre. Also, the shots in the toilets with the girl applying mascara would be a good idea to reduce this down and add the stalker appearing in the mirror. Another point brought up from my feedback is the transition at the start would need to have been adjusted.

Overall…