Evaluation

Question 5:

To attract our audience we used a dual narrative. We felt that dramatic and obvious flash backs were over used and we avoided this by keeping the fact that it was a dual narrative and also a flash back until the end. I think that the hidden details and the subtle hints would appeal to our audience. I know this because in the interview our audience asked for evidence, which means we could conceal some to make them question what they were seeing. The questioning of what they were seeing was something else we picked up on in the questionnaire. In terms of editing, we wanted to keep the majority of it subtle, but we felt that keeping it the same all the way through would bore the audience. The use of the black outs helped keep the piece broken up but flowing so the viewers paid attention. We wanted the audience to be intrigued as to what or who the detective found. We didn’t want to give too much of the story line away so the viewer was left thinking “what happened? Why? When? What happens next?”. This engaged them because they had to take the little clues that were there and also knowing what the killer looks like might add to the tension later in the film. This is because the detective might walk straight past them and you are sat there thinking “get them, they’re right there!”. I think we met our audience’s expectations by keeping the piece simple but effective. Simple camera worked quite well because of the use of angles and focusing. The focusing was something that was picked up in the post editing interviews. It created mystery as to who each person was before they were revealed.

 The story line is quite basic but pleases the audience because there is an overall puzzle to solve. The BBFC guidelines affected our thriller quite a bit because limited what could be included. This didn’t affect the focus group we chose to evaluate our work because they all were above the age restriction we set. Looking back at our focus group video, it appears that our thriller was a success. The majority said that there wasn’t anything they would change to it and also the use of focusing was a key element most of the picked up on and really liked. The story suited them quite well but could have had a bit more direction to it. I think it reached their expectations from the feedback we got, and people we didn’t ask gave us feedback saying how much they enjoyed it. This feedback was given on the social networking site Facebook.