First draft audience feedback

1. FIRST DRAFT
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
By Josh Davey

2. 1. Does the first draft of my film trailer
meet the conventions, if so why?
Everyone answered yes and stated:
• It was exciting, and kept the audience on the edge
• It used conventional shot types and conventions of the
genre
• It shows small clips of scenes to keep the audience
guessing
• It leaves the audience guessing
• Gives away little of the story but enough to interest the
audience

3. 2.Does it appeal to you as a member of
the target audience? Why?
Everyone answered yes and stated:
• It looks exciting and has a lot of conventional elements
• It’s interesting and mysterious
• Keeps the audience interested
• Makes the audience want to find out more about the film
and what happens to the protagonist

4. 3.Is my use of camera angles
conventional?
All of the audience answered yes and stated:
• It shows the situations clearly
• Conventionally represents specific characters
• Point of view shots and wide angle shots helped to show
off the protagonist’s mental state
• It shows meaning and relationships between the
characters

5. 4.Is my use of sound conventional?
All of the audience answered yes, stating:
• The sound makes the scenes more tense
• It adds build up and conventionally builds up as the trailer
goes on, working into more past paced and tense scenes.
• It creates tension and justifies the shot types
•

6. 5.Is my use of editing conventional?
All of the audience answered yes, stating:
• The editing is slower paced and then builds up to fast
paced
• It shows transitions between the equilibrium and
disequilibrium
• Having the monologue to begin and end makes it more
tense and engages the audience, making them feel at one
with the protagonist

7. 6.Is my use of mise-en-scene
conventional?
All of the audience answered yes, stating:
• It is conventional because they locations are in everyday
areas, which is what the plot is about
• The scenes of the antagonist are in high key lighting,
showing their dominance
• The scenes of the protagonist are in low key lighting,
showing he’s in a situation, creating tension and mystery

8. 7.Do you feel I’ve met the criteria and
conventionally created a film trailer that
appeals to the target audience?
All of the audience answered yes

9. 8.Please list some improvements.
• Change location for the antagonist scenes
• Add in more chase sequences
• More tension
• Re film the pill taking in more locations

10. Summary
Overall from this feedback, I have found out that it does
appeal to the target audience greatly, with only a few
minor issues that need to be fixed.
I have decided after gaining all my feedback that I am
going to do the following to improve:
• Re-film the pill taking scenes in multiple different locations
• Re-film the government agent scenes in a more
conventional location
• Add in additional chase scenes