Audience feedback of the film

I posted my film onto facebook because this is a good way to get audience feedback from a range of people. It is on Youtube as well, which will hopefully also give me some feedback so I can see other peoples opinions.

These are the comments that I have recieved:

I am impressed that somebody managed to identify the subgenre of thriller that
I chose to do, it is good that i managed to achieve that.

 

 

AS Level media - into the nightmare

Rough cut: audience feedback

In the feedback people said that I should add some sound effects in order to enhance certain parts of the film (for example Mae's title). Adding sound effects would also give twists to the sound track as some parts of it go quite silent and still, adding sound effects would mix it up a bit. I followed this feedback and added in sound effects for the title, the window smashing, axe and a burning sound when it cut to her feet.

Another point that was said was that the close up of Josie's emotions when she saw the shoes was a bit too long, so I cut it down, not too much because the emotion was important but it was cut to be a bit shorter.
I noticed that when she was stroking the shoe, just before it cut to a close up of her touching the shoes, she turned them over on the side. The continuety didn't fit when I cut to the close up, so in order to make this better I cut the first shot before she turned the shoes over.

Overall, from the first audience feedback they said that the camera work was excellent as there was many different types of shots, I built tension well and made them ask questions and want to ask more.

Into the nightmare: Rough cut

Sound effects

http://www.freesfx.co.uk/rx2/mp3s/5/5670_1335384129.mp3
I have added this sound effect in when the scene cuts to focus on her feet tapping. I have decided to do this because of audience feedback that I have had whilst making my film. I have used this effect because it reflects on the burning and the pain that the girl goes through, it also adds something extra to the soundtrack putting more tension in and mixing it up a bit but without going over the top and not letting it fit.

http://www.freesfx.co.uk/rx2/mp3s/6/6774_1342649162.mp3
I have added this sound effect because in order to make the short axe scene work I had to have a sound of an axe actually chopping something. Without the sound effect the scene blended with the music and at the time sounded to soft and gentle to actually fit with the utility of an axe. I had to get the sound effect of an axe because the audio to the footage that I had, had speaking over the top of it so couldn't be used.

http://www.freesfx.co.uk/rx2/mp3s/3/3728_1329345541.mp3
I have added this sound effect because the breaking of the glass for my ending title needed a sound withit and the audio in my footage didn't work properly for this part. Having this sound at the end of the film creates tension, because smashing forshadows that what is going to happen will not be pleasent and makes the audience ask questions which is key with the conventions of thriller films.

Into the nightmare, Josie's title - example