Main - Task - Rough Cut - Audience Feedback

Main Task - Audience Feedback:

The audience liked the variation in the shot types and in the plot itself, they found that the trailer made the film seem really interesting. They said that the trailer seemed really realistic and professional, especially the title text and all the crew information seemed like it was in a trailer for a real feature film. The sound effects used sounded good and fitted with what was happening on screen, the action on screen was synced with the music and the soundtrack sounded professional. It was said that the fact that we used a number of locations was good and made it seem realistic, as if we had taken clips from multiple points from throughout a film and not just filmed it all in one location. Two of the audience members are not in our normal class so they had no idea what the film was about before seeing the trailer, despite this they were still able to identify our plot and the characters that are in the film. They were also able correctly identify the genre, which means we followed the conventions of the action thriller genre well. They said that the order of the clips could have been changed slightly in order to get a better idea of the narrative and so that the locations don't skip around as randomly in the earlier stages of the trailer. Also, Some of the actions shots need to be reorder in order to build up the pace as some of the shots are slower than some of the others but are later on in the trailer and so it kills the pace slightly, which is not what we want. In order to give a better idea as to who the antagonist is it was suggested that we show a clip at the very start of the trailer of a case file with a photo of the character and information about what he did and who he is.


In order to improve our trailer we will film a short clip of a case file and add it into the start of the trailer. Then I will re edit the order of some of the clips in order to make the narrative clearer and keep the pace consistent. Other than these minor changes, our trailer was complimented on its professionalism and realistic look and feel to it.