Audience Feedback

We watched each others thrillers in class and noted down, what we thought the basic plot of each thriller was, what we thought the key strengths were, and how we thought the thriller could be made better. It was interesting to see other peoples opinions and to see if they understood what was happening in the opening title sequence.

What do you think the basic plot of the thriller is?

-rioting

-the riots

-riots

-a man during the London riots

-about a man who was joining the London riots

-about the London riots

-about the London riots

-about the riots in the city and particularly about one of the bad guys

-about a rioter in the London riots

-about a rioter that blows up a car

-about violence

What do you think the key strengths of this thriller are and why?

-the sound bridge between the two scenes

-the sound and fire at the end

-really cool shots, jerky-created a sense of chaos, good music- right atmosphere and mood. Good slo-mo

-the camera angles, sound effects and after effects creates a riot without seeing people

-liked the variety of shots, the fact we included actual news footage of the riots and also liked the music

-liked the graphics we used and the special effects adds realism

-had really good sound, and liked the atmosphere

-Well done, nice plot and editing and liked the included sound to it

-liked how it was filmed and edited

-liked the special effects and the slow motion

-liked the sound effects

How do you think this thriller could be made even more effective and why?

-better characters

-less time watching tv

-more people around

-could have included more people in the background to improve the idea of the riot scene

-could make it better by having quicker cuts

-could have made it better if we had a better location which would have been more convincing

-could be a bit quicker to make more tension and shows the audience atmosphere

-didnt really get the name of the thriller

-wanted to know more about his reasons behind his actions

i was pleased with the responses as most people understood what was going on in the thriller. Most people mentioned that to improve the thriller more people should have been around. This was what we had originally planned, but then we decided the main character was going to be in the back streets of the riots. We should of made this more obvious to the audience in the thriller by possibly lowering the volume of the riots to make it sound more distant. People also suggested that the shots should of been faster and that less time should be spent of the main character watching tv. However i disagree with this because we are introducing the character to the audience, slowly drawing them in to realise the character is dangerous. Then when he leaves the house pace picks up. And shots are fast when the water is being splashed on the car. We decided to slowly draw the audience into the film instead of quickly, as then they may not of understood as well as was shown in the feedback (that the thriller was about the riots). The contrast of the main character sitting at home doing nothing, then suddenly getting up and blowing up a car, also is meant to show how dangerous this man is, which would appeal to the target audience.