Evaluation Task 3 - What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Above is our feedback from our class after watching our teaser trailer for Hangman.
From this we have learnt the following:
Conventions of horror teaser trailers used:

• Short and quick shots
• Eerie music
• Weapons - Axe and knife to give an idea what's going to happen

Strengths:

• Fast paced editing
• Well edited
• Non linear - Gives enough information about the plot to make audiences interested, but does not give too much away

Improvement:

• The music could be changed as it is abrupt

From putting our film on the social networking site Facebook, we have gained many comments which we have placed under particular questions

In what ways does my trailer remind you of other trailers?
> Part of the film with people watching TV reminds me of the little girl watching television in the film Poltergeist (1982)

What do you think are the strengths of my trailer?
> The music, it's very sinister
> Ouija board scene includes very clear and high quality footage - feels like you're there
> Like the change of angle in the scene in the hallway
> Fast paced, always changing shots makes it interesting
> Dropping camera shot at the end
> Opening film titles were effective in helping to set the trailer off, especially with the music
> "The trailer kept my attention and left me intrigued into the story line. It also didn’t give away too much of the plot, as some other trailers do"

What do you think are the weaknessess?
> The scene with the television footage is dark - maybe too dark?
> Some voices from characters, maybe a scream.