Post- Production: Audience Feedback (Miss Begum)

Audience feedback is valuable in understanding how effective our thriller film was to our target audience. Knowing if the thriller appealed to them is an indication of whether the thriller held generic conventions as they would appeal to the target audience.

Before filming my thriller we as a group carried out external research and obtained audience feedback through the use of questionnaires. This allowed us to identify and implement conventions that would appeal to our target audience creating a successful thriller due to the opinions of what they say they want to see which will make a appealing thriller.

the final feedback i got was from a focus group of people aged 15 - 25. The screening was to these people as this would be my target audience and would be beneficial to creating an effective and conventional media product that being our thriller 'The Ritual'. Having this focus group was also beneficial as we discovered what went well and what could be improved for the future

Positive comments

Yasmin aged 17 said "I really enjoyed it the lighting was conventional to the thriller ad effectively created a mysterious and tense atmosphere"

This comment was useful as we established what we did well and allowed us to realise the success of our thriller.

Jamie aged 18 mentioned "The soundtrack was effective as it made me feel on edge and out of place due to its eerie feel and sudden sounds shocking me"

This was beneficial as we know now that our aim with the sound track was successfully achieved and in fact complimented our thriller

Sophina aged 22 said "Overall i really enjoyed it the fluidity of the editing really helped the production and appealed most visually with the outstanding iconography and setting used"

With this we know our target audience found our media thriller exciting and was conventional due to the target audience’s response to the on screen narrative.

Constructive comments

Joe age 16 said "The camera shots could have been better with a wider use of angles and movements"

Using more angles and movements could improve how the audience receives the information on screen and increase and evoke responses from the audience.

William aged 24 said "the narrative structure could be a little clearer as it proved confusing at times"

A clear narrative is important as the audience will be able to make sense of whats going on and be able to enjoy the production to its fullest.

Charley aged 18 said "The use of costume was limited however it worked well in some places"

The victim did not have a huge change in outfit but as she was abducted it made sense for her to keep the conventional white colours but look like she has been roughed up.

After receiving feedback from my target audience I do believe I have created an exciting conventional thriller film. I think this because the audience responses matched my goals, and also agreed with what we were trying to convey.

In conclusion the fact that our media product has been a success it means that we now know how to cater to our desired target audience and will allow us to improve and work more efficiently in future. This also benefited our film company as we know what makes a good conventional genre specific film.