Audience Feedback

 We asked the class to watch and give feedback on our thriller, Paragon. There seems to be a general consensus on what we need to do in order to make it more effective, and it’s to do with the sound.

Most say that what their main issue with our piece is that the voice over is too loud. This is simply down to us not judging the levels right, but is something that is easily fixable. Others say that the voice of the girl isn’t particularly clear, this is something that we hadn’t noticed before. This might be due to the fact that we know the script so well as we wrote it, that we don’t spot it because we know what she is supposed to be saying.

Funnily enough, most said our strength was also the sound, specifically the voiceover. We had a variety of reasons why it was well liked, some said that it was humorous making a slightly creepy piece slightly comic. Others said that it built tension effectively. It’s nice to have our hard work on the sound look like it’s paid off.

When it comes to the story line, almost everyone understood that he wanted to kill the girl. The reason he wanted to, however, was not clear to most people. No one picked up that he was a journalist, but then again that isn’t particularly clear in the first opening sequence. One viewer said that he thought this was the plot: “Murder looking for his next victim, like Dexter.” Although he might not be bang on target about the fact that he’s looking for his next victim, I am happy that the Dexter persona shone through as it really was a major inspiration.

This exercise showed me how our product is viewed honestly by others, not friends saying “Oh it was great!” even if it wasn’t. Although at times some of the criticisms sounded stupid to us, it really was a helpful learning experience. I think our film making skills will all have benefitted and hopefully next time our products will be better.