Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Our aim was to attract the audience using music that gradually increased in tempo, drwing out the suspense and tension so that the audience were engaged. We also tried to use a diverse range of shot sizes and camera angles to try and avoid repitition and keep the audience interested. The face of the main actress 'Lola' was never shown fully to create a sense of enigma, and hence making the audience question who she is and what she has done. I have gathered a range of different feedback from class members as well as people who have never seen the finished piece before, in order to gain a perspective of what worked well for the thriller genre, and what aspects could have been inproved for dramatic effect. 

I found that the main positive piece of feedback was from our opening production title, that we created on Adobe After Effects. They said that it created a 'professional' feel and demonstrated skill, also because other groups didn't have opening sequences like this, it made our thriller stand out from the rest and grasped the audiences attention. Our group worked hard to make sure that our thriller looked as clean and professional as possible and I think that this 'Time Warp Entertainment' title really made our thriller appear unique from others.

Other positives were that the audience enjoyed the music used throughout as it created suspense and tension, as it built up into a crascendo. The music was unusual and therefore created a creepy and strange atmosphere adding to the thrilling nature of the piece. They also said that music wasn't to loud and overpowering which was good because it didn't take away from the thriller itself. The only criticism for the sound was that there good have been some more ambient sound. We had a small amount of ambient sound such as birds tweeting and the sound of a perfume spray, however there could have been more added throughout to create more dimension and depth in the sound. People also thought that the titles were simple yet effective and worked well, they didn't add too much horror and they didn't take away from what was happening which is important when adding titles as you don't want them to be too overpowering. Other criticisms were that we could have shown even less of the dead body in the built to build even more tension and get the audience to ask more questions, because this is only the two minute opening, we don't want to give to much away.    

I have recorded myself quoting what some of my audience said about my thriller