Audience Feedback on Production

Me and Maddy recently decided to show our finished production to some classmates and peers, who are based around our target audience.

Kate-Aged 17, who isn't a media student says, "I think it's really good and i especially like the gunshot part where the sound stops and the screen goes black as the gun is fired." I actually agree with this as it's my favourite part of our production and think the way it was edited is really good and makes it work very well. She also said"the music through out the whole thing went really well and seemed to flow" This comment lets us know that the time that went into Maddy's editing, of matching the soundtrack up, was noticed and this makes us very happy.

Abbie-Aged 16, who was a Media student at GCSE said, "I really like it, definitely how it takes place in more then one location, i feel that it keeps mine and the audiences attention more then it would if it was in just one place for the whole time." This was actually one of our aims, and the reason we actually used a range of locations and switched between them, so we are glad that she said this.

Olaf-Aged 18, who is also an AS Media student said, "The ending title sequence of the production name was brilliant because the entering and exiting of the text matched with the soundtrack which emphasised the importance of the title but not only linked to it being an action film but it look amazing! Also, it was good how you only had the production name and no fancy effects as that would of took some the attention away from the name itself, one thing i would suggest is maybe make the font slightly thicker but other then that, loved it! I also noticed that you used the same font for your credits at the beginning as you did for the production name at the end which i think was a good choice. We are pleased that he decided to comment on our title sequence at the end as this was an area that was very uncertain for us for most of our planning. We are also glad that he did still give some constructive criticism on it too though, as this will be taken on board and thought about.

Abigail-Aged 12, who isn't a Media student said,"I think it looks really cool, the music in the background suited it and i like how there was some mystery in there like, what does that USB/device do? I also really liked the end part of "THE TECH RUNNER" I re-watched that part over again because i liked it a lot, and how there wasn't lots of talking because that can be really boring." We are, once again, really happy with this response as it lets us know that some of the decisions we made, such as limiting the dialogue, were the right ones to make as they did actually get noticed by the audience and with a positive response.

Overall, we can clearly see that non-Media students tended to give more generalised views of the whole production, which were useful for getting an overview of what a normal audience would see from the film. Media students on the other hand, seemed to pick out a specific part of the production and focus on that, which was useful for getting in-depth views and opinions on all of the smaller decisions we made. We also noticed that everyone we asked all had different views and commented on different things, but in a positive way, which is great as this lets us know that the decisions we had decided to make during pre-production were valuable and the right ones to have made.