Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/ address you audience?

I interviewed my cousin to see what kind of response they will have when the view the opening sequence for the first time. He is 15, lives in west London and loves watching movies so this will be a good opportunity to see what people who haven’t seen or heard of it yet think. I have told my cousin to give his honest opinion even if he doesn’t end up liking it. The questions I will be asking will consist of the genre, editing, camera shots, soundtrack and the overall perspective of the film opening.

Me: Viewing this opening sequence for the first time what genre would you say it was?

Cousin: I thought that the film was probably something like a drama, action or thriller because of the body on the floor and when you hear the voiceover.  It’s scary but it doesn’t look like a horror so I think it’s like a thriller or mystery.

Me: How did the editing look in terms of cuts and effects?

Cousin: I thought that the editing was very good. My favourite part was at the beginning when it’s like your looking out of their eyes and it’s all blurry and also when you see the blink it makes it look all so real and it just makes the opening better as a whole. Also I liked the production logo at the beginning because it looked like a real one and how all the editing came together, it fitted really well together and this was one of the reasons I thought it was more of a thriller or drama than anything else.

Me: Did you like the camera shots and angles?

Cousin: There was a variety of different shots but again my favourite has to be the point of view one where you see what the person is seeing but overall I think that all the shots worked well together and made it look professional.

Me: Do you think that the soundtrack went well with the opening sequence?

Cousin: I think that the soundtrack which kept running throughout the sequence fitted really well with it and made it look and feel a lot better when watching it because the music is like a thriller or mystery genre as well so it fitted very well with the video.

Me: What was you overall opinion of the opening sequence?

Cousin: I think that the opening sequence is very good because it was made by only a couple of students and things like the production logo and the editing made it seem like a professional short movie and I liked the soundtrack a lot because it went really well with the opening sequence.

Me: What do you think I could have done to make it better than it already is?

Cousin: I think that the story isn’t very obvious and that there is some confusion in the middle of it where the people are talking to each other which I don’t understand and also the credits I think could have been a bit better so they look a bit more professional.

What I have gathered from the interview is that my opening sequence has worked very well in terms of editing, soundtrack and the genre but it seems as if I could have made it a bit simpler so everybody understands it and also the credits I think as well could be improved.