Film Audience Feedback

Here is our audience questionnaire for people to fill in after watching our film. By using this, we will be able to collect enough feedback to understand how our finished product comes across to its intended audience.

Below is the feedback that we received from our audience shown as a summary.

Summary of Feedback

Overall, our audience feedback has been very helpful. It is clear from this summary of results that most of the people that watched our film were within the age groups that formed our initial target audience of adults. The responses we received came from the 16-20, 21-40 and 41-60 categories, with 2 people in the first category, 3 people in the seconds category, and 2 in the third. We wanted to aim our film at a mainstream audience because they are the most likely to understand the underlying moral message to our narrative. It is a well-known fact that most young people tend to enjoy films mostly linked with genres like action/adventure, fantasy, romance, comedy, thriller, horror, suspense, and sci-fi. Adults audiences tend to often enjoy films of similar genres, yet they are more likely to watch dramas because they are more likely to relate to situations and characters.

When asked what kind of films people usually watch, the most popular answers were 'romance' and 'comedy'. 'Action/adventure' received one vote, as did the 'other' genre because one person said they like all genres. This tells us that perhaps based on this particular questionnaire, people are less likely to watch dramas when they have the choice of indulging in other genres like romance and comedy or action/adventure.

One of our survey questions was 'do you think the title of a film is important? If so, why?' We wanted to ask this questions because we found the title of our film very difficult to come up with. Of all the responses we received, every person agreed that the title of a film is very important. Below is a bullet point summary of their reasons:

• If the film has a good title you are more likely to want to read what it is about
• Some people think the title reflects how good the film is going to be based on its title
• It's the first think you get from a film so if the title isn't interesting or appealing, people are less likely to watch it
• They usually give you an impression or an overview of what the film is about

One person agreed that the title of a film is important, but made the valid point that some good films have bad titles and vice versa, so it depends on the individual film.

Following this question, we asked people what they thought about our film title, and we received a mostly positive response. A few people thought our title was intriguing and made you want to find out what happens in the film. Another person said that it could mean several things, which is more than likely going to encourage people to want to find out what the film is like. Others liked it because it was unusual, it gave a clear overview of the moral message in the narrative, and liked that it was used relevantly throughout the film to signpost the moral message to make it clear to the audience. One person disagreed and said that it was maybe too long. This is true because a lot of people like one-word films titles that are sharp and concise, and maybe even conceal the plot which could be more intriguing for people. Perhaps this is something we could have improved on, because our title clearly reveals the plot of the film.

Of all the people who watched our film and completed the survey, all seven people understood our film. This means that our narrative turned out very clear, possibly because of the additional scene we added onto the beginning.

In terms of improving our film, one person suggested that the acting could have been better and that some scenes flowed better than others. Most people agreed that they couldn't think of any ways for the film to be improved. One person suggested that in correspondence with their personal preference of comedy films, it would have been better if there had been some comedic value to the narrative. As a result, six of the seven people replied that they enjoyed our film, meaning that only one person answered 'mostly'. Perhaps this is down to personal preference. The more specific responses as to why people enjoyed our film are listed below:

• Has a good moral message and highlights something that is still a problem in society today
• Unusual and had a good twist, didn't expect the stereotypes of the characters to be flipped at the end
• Targets the audience, whereas most films the audience is just expected to sit back and watch. Makes you question yourself for judging
• Isn't like any other film that has been made before, unique

Finally, we asked people if they would consider recommending our film to others. Of the seven people that took the survey, 4 replied that they would, and 3 said 'maybe'. Overall, this is a very good result. We feel that as long as our audience was satisfied, our film has turned out to be a success.

In conclusion, we are able to discern from our audience feedback, that people have their own personal preferences, and therefore will enjoy a film based on what they normally watch. Everyone has a genre that they really like, but generally, our film was enjoyable enough to watch because it was different and unique.