feedback

I showed my opening to some people in my sixth form to get some audience feedback. One way I could have improved the effectiveness of my audience feedback would have been to have done this earlier on, because that means I would have had more time afterwards to act on my feedback, thus further improving the production value of my product.

The first person I showed my film opening to was my media teacher. this was my most valuable advice because they had more experience in marking media work than anyone else that I asked. He said that I should remove the sound affects of the heart beat, which was previously playing in the background when the hand grabs my arm, and when the "monster" comes out from behind the tree, and also the sound affect of a small child laughing at the end, when the camera pans down to reveal the knife on the floor at the end. This was because the affects sounded too generic, and because they have been overused in the psychological and horror genre to build tension, it made it seem quite cheap. So I took this advice onboard and removed the sounds. I now feel that the silence at the end builds the tension even more, as it makes t seem like anything could happen.

I also showed the my opening to my Mum, she said that it was overall it was good at building tension due to the use of music, and there wasn't anything i needed to improve on. 

Nathan Blows said that my acting wasn't very realistic, this is because when the monster comes from behind the tree, I don't react in a particulaly scared way, this is partly because at this point you can't see my face, however I could have tried to run away.