Audience Feedback

When our preliminary task had its premiere, we were very satisfied and were extremely happy that it was received well. There were laughs when there were supposed to be, and almost all our shots looked very professional.

After our preliminary task had been shown to the rest of the class, they gave us feedback on what they thought was good, and what they thought we could improve on. This was very helpful and we now know exactly what to improve on to make our thriller a success.

One piece of advice was that we should have slightly clearer dialogue in our film. We had a small conversation in our preliminary, but the words said were slightly mumbled. This could make our thriller look very basic if we do not improve on it, so that will be one of the important aspects that we focus on when filming.

Most people agreed that our shots very well filmed, and our match cuts looked really good. We were very happy with how these turned out. People did point out our bad pan in the last shot. We knew this was bad when we filmed it, but didn’t have enough time to re-shoot. We know that when shooting our thriller, all our camera shots must look professional. We also must make sure that our editing is perfect, to draw the viewer in and help them enjoy our film even more. We must also make sure that our editing follows the conventions of continuity, making the film seem more real. We used shot-reverse-shot well in our preliminary task, and also made sure the 180 degree rule was present and correct.

A suggested improvement was that our credits were slightly quick. We agreed, and will make sure that the credits in our thriller set the tone for the film and stay on screen for exactly the right amount of time.

Something that the audience actually didn’t notice was that we had a fellow class member’s feet in our final shot. When filming our thriller, we will have to make sure that there are no mistakes in any shots. Things like reflections in mirrors or doors have caused other groups trouble in the past, which have affected their grade.

- Taylor Gladwin + David Huxford