Presentation And Audience Feedback:

 

From our audience feedback we have taken on board many different opinions about how we can improve when it comes to A2. However, it seemed the audience enjoyed our film and agreed that it conformed to the stereotype of a thriller film and the conventions.

AUDIENCE ADVICE:

Mise En Scene- The audience liked the setting of our film. Our location was at a woods type environment with many alleyways which is why we called our product 'The Alley'. They felt that our location conformed the thriller stereotype as its an exciting and captivating location. We feel that they liked our thriller film as the meeting was fairly original and different. Most thriller films are set in the city.  The assault weapon (plastic bag) was liked by the audience as it was transparent enabling you to see that the protagonist was there but also as it was original and different. Something in which you wouldn't really see in a thriller type film.

Sound- For our soundtrack we used non copyrighted eerie music. We used this as we wanted the film to appear as suspicious and tense. The audience very much liked our soundtrack as it made the whole product more dramatic and interesting. They also liked our sound effects of the phone ringing and loud bang when our protagonist is assaulted as it keeps you engaged but also makes you jump slightly. Our skills had developed as we knew how to add in soundtrack and sound effects accurately and at the right timing. Luiza thought that by having the soundtrack start at the very beginning it created a strange mood and made it feel tense from the very beginning.

Fonts- For our titles and production credits we used mainly white bold writing. We did this as we thought it would stand out among the background and conform to the thriller genre. However, our feedback for our titles was a little disappointing. Eleanor thought we could have used different fonts to make it more exciting and different. The smear transitions we for our credits was liked by our audience as its an effective way for them to enter the shot and disappear.

Editing- We wanted to include a variety of different editing skills. Our main editing technique would be cross cuts as we kept changing location to show the audience the different sides of the story. Our audience said they liked the use of cross cuts as it made the film more thrilling conforming to our film genre. They also said the cross cuts made the film run smoothly making it more successful. We feel using cross cuts really helped us emphasise what our film was about and giving information to the audience. The shot reverse shot scene was also liked by the audience as they were able to see more about the antagonist and sidekick as well as hear their conversation and the plot about the rest of the film.