Audience Review Results;

These are the results we gathered after an audience had watched our clip. The audience was aimed mainly at what we found would be our target audience from previous research.


Question 1

We thought it was important to add the age of the audience who is watching the clip as we thought it would relate to some of the answers. We used a similar audience as the 'target audience' we had researched. This target audience was either older teenagers or young adults. Therefore the result we gathered simply shows the audience we initially aimed the clip for. This is because we thought them most important audience for this horror clip and are the likely ones that would watch it.


Question 2

We asked 'What genre is this film clip?' as we found important to find out what the audience thought it was. This was to see whether we had created the genre we set out to create. Also it is to see if we have used the features in the correct way in creating a ' horror'. We were happy to see that the majority of the audience thought it was a horror. However we found that 8 people thought it was a 'thriller' this may be because we did not specify the difference between the two. Or could simply be because to them they saw it as a 'thriller'.


Question 3

Here we asked what age rating the audience thought it was aimed. This was important to us as it links with whether we had got our target audience correct. If they thought it was an age rating of 12 we would have aimed it at a much older audience, but if it was age rated 15, this would directly link with the audience. We found that most people would have placed it in this age rating. Also we found some of the audience would rate it at 18, which was quite appealing to the group as it suggest that the clip is much more shocking and scary than we originally thought. Which is a bonus when creating a' horror'

Question 4

The film title is important in an opening scene, this is because the audience needs to now the title, so that they are able to recommend the film, or just watch it again. Also the title will add to the story line. Our title we used is so that the audience can link it within the clip for example: in the characters, storyline and setting. Also the title allows you to understand slightly what you are about to watch and can sometimes be seen as a brief description of what the audience is about to see. 

Question 5

We added a simple and to the pint question about whether the audience thought that overall this opening clip works well. We asked this as some opening scenes we researched could be mistaken for a trailer, trying to advertise the film and thought that people may think this about ours. However we gathered a good result from the audience as only one person did not like the clip at all. Which is an achievement for the group. With this question we could have asked the audience and person answering the questionnaire to specify what improvements could have been made. Overall 14 yes is a good result.

Question 6

This question is to show the effect on the audience. This is because we found it important to create the right atmosphere and mood for the audience. This is because the mood and atmosphere of the piece is essential in creating the right effects for a 'horror' clip. We initially wanted to shock and create suspense and mystery for the audience. The results we received back shows how the audience got the reaction we were hoping for.

Question 7

We asked the question about our character. As it was important for the audience to think that the hair, make-up and costume matched the genre of 'horror'. Overall the audience liked all three which is good for us, as it means that we did this well to create a believable and horrific young girl. Also the make up, hair and costume was important as we wanted the girl appear to be tormented and restless and the audience seem to have seen this in all three.


Question 8

We asked this question simply because w thought it was important to know if our chosen location, had the effect that we desired. Overall 18 people out of our audience said that it did, which is high result and shows that our setting was successful in creating: suspense which is important in a 'horror'. We found that this was important from our deconstructions and previous questionnaire.

Question 9

One of the problems the group had was when it came to editing, we tried to as much as we could in the time we had. Therefore we were a bit worried that our editing would not be as good as it could be. However we found that quite a high result was happy with the editing. Which suggests that our editing fitted with the genre of 'horror' and helped create a good atmosphere of suspense and mystery.

Question 10

One main feature we found that helped to create a good ' horror' was the music. This was one of the biggest features that we found helped create an eerie feeling. We worked hard on creating a good soundtrack with Mat the effect we wanted was to relate to the film and create a nerve raking atmosphere. From our results we can show that we managed to do this and create the right music for the atmosphere of the film.


Question 11



One main uses of an opening scene is to make the audience want to watch the rest of the film. Also it sets the audience up for the rest of the story. We found that most people wanted to carry on watching for reasons like: they had many questions that they wanted answered. The clip created a lot of suspense and they wondered if the rest of the film would be just as good.