Evaluation Question-5

How did you attract your audience or address them?

I think we attracted our target audience via a unique story telling arch and no real certainty of 'plot armour ' by making the story seem unpredictable, I feel this was shown through the various types of shots and editing techniques we used which created this type of difference to our film. The shots also suggest the sense of unease and realism especially the acclaimed whip pan which was used for this purpose as the viewer would feel inclined to turn if they expected something to be behind them. this is also shown in the tension created in Lucy's character as she turned around to realise no one was behind her.

We received this feedback suggesting that there were different aspects that attracted the  target audience such as the multiple people suggesting that the range of shots were a key element and the progression of the story was critical to its 'build of suspense' and the use of 'two flashbacks in the same sequence' which suggest these played well to our story.

I also feel that the audience was addressed by creating Lucy's age to be that of around our target audience in the range of 16-18 to make the film seem more realistic toward our viewers.

Less successful elements were also given in feedback identifying key points to improve upon. The major aspects that our audience were begging for an improvement was that 'the acting seem put on' or 'acting looked stiff' suggesting this unfortunately dis-attracted our audience from the film. This suggested some significant improvements that we should reflect upon to create a successful product. Our audience told us that the acting would have also portrayed a more realistic atmosphere and make it seem more serious. It was also requested that if we could include more horror elements that would our genre more appealing and unfortunately reflects more of a thriller toward the end and not a horror as obviously as it could have.