Evaluation - What have you learned from your audience feedback?

When reviewing the audience feedback we can see that there are some areas we could of improved on within our trailer. We got the feedback from our class group whom provided us relevant feedback after viewing the trailer we created, each of them attempted to focus on one feature within the trailer as to give us a range of feedback on our production. This included camera composition, editing, mise-en-scene and the relevance to the genre to name a few.

The first section we could have improved was the incorporation of some sort of enigma surrounding the antagonist. The antagonist is clearly shown and thus contrasts the protagonist in a number of shots but we were told that it could have been more effective if we kept his identity a secret. This would of allowed us to emphasise the mystery surrounding our character and further the plot shown as the audience would be engaged in the protagonists mission to locate the antagonist. It allows us to assume the importance of characters shown, emphasising the antagonist as an important figure for creating enigmas within the trailer.

The next area which we were told we could of improved was the editing. We were told that the editing pace could of been increased as to fit more with the genre we were highlighting. We were told that the shots in general could of increased in pace as to fit in with the music we chose, it would of allowed us to add greater effect to the shots shown and engages the audience more. We were also advised to include more closeups of the characters as it allows the audience to relate more to them and their story within the plot. It also helps to emphasise the roles the characters would play and who was good or bad in our presentation. There was also the issue of some jump cuts which were present as the shots sometimes weren't faded in properly and this could of been improved to a great extent. This suggests to us that the editing is a section we could improve, whether that be in terms of pace or ordering it entices the audience into watching the film and so is the main feature to get people to see films in general.

Another sequence which we could of improved judging on the feedback was the titles which were present. The titles were apparently too quick at times so you couldn't properly link characters with the actors involved and so the audience could relate more to the characters and the plot of the story as a whole. We were also told that the music albeit effective could of been more tension filled to add to the conventions which you expect to see in the action genre. The music was a major feature of our trailer and so we could see that it may need other features within it to make it more effective to the audience.