What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Here is some audience feedback from my class when we watched each others teaser trailers and looked at the ancillary tasks:

Positives:

Teaser Trailer:

Music matches very well

All the images complement each other which makes it quite eerie

The sun newspaper headline - the little touch adds to mise en scene

Like the fact using real Royal Mail Jacket

You can clearly see you've put a lot of effort in

Shot types - hand held and steadiness of shots is good

Props - body is great and realistic

Ransom lettering looks good and goes with the film

Mixed up shots - not in order is eerie too

Newspaper - "another worker goes missing" makes you want to watch more of the film

Poster:

Red post box with the black background is good.

Good use of font throughout

Good picture with the river in the background

Magazine:

Good use of images

Great Layout

Looks just like a magazine front cover should do

Negatives:

Teaser Trailer:

Titles too bright - doesn't fit with mood

Opening logo - too long

Here are some comments from YouTube about my video:

"Really good video! I think that the length of the clips are good, as even though some other horror teasers may have shorter clips, the length of your clips reveals the plot, which is essential to your teaser. I especially like the part with the headlines, with the use of the word "another" revealing that this will be a main theme in the film if it were made. The negatives of the teaser are the transitions (fading to white) and sometimes the zoom on the postman is a bit wonky. But other wise good!"

"I think you have combined the props and location very well, it creates an eerie effect seeing a body floating down a river. You have shown the horror genre well by the tense mysterious music, costume and props. I like the part when the man fishing looks shocked with terror when he notices the body, this also makes the audience question what has happened. You have given away very little information in the teaser which makes the audience want to know more. The titles also show the postman theme and you have used the font like in a ransom note which is also very mysterious as it shows someone was after this character. Well done Dan :)"

"I like how you have used many different camera shots, for example your pans and zoom outs. Also your mise-en-scen is very good as you have used real Royal Mail clothing and 'The Sun' bulletin board.

However, I think that you could of filmed in a wider range of an area and introduced the character before seeing the body in the river.

Other then that, It all fits really well, the footage, the font choice and the music :) WELL DONE"