Evaluation Questions

How does the audience feedback on your production confirm or disrupt your intentions for the sequence?
The response from our production of ‘Doll Face’ was really successful and confirmed our intentions for the sequence.
The positive responses showed us that the editing of the shots were very effective in creating an atmosphere within the sequence, one response said they
‘loved the tracking shots and the cuts between the man and girl, really adds to the suspense’.
Also many of the responses showed how the music played a huge part in heightening the suspense of the sequence
‘The music is amazing and adds to the tension’. However some responses highlighted an area of weakness within the sequence that the music at times didn’t fit into the sequence
'I felt the sound was weak and didn't entirely fit with the piece’. If we had more time to work on our production, I would really like to go back to the editing and change a few cuts to make the music to seem more logical within the sequence.
The audience response also commented on the successful acting and how they were appropriate in the context of the horror genre, one response thought we had a
‘Good choice of actors, Simon looks very creepy, as do the dolls which were a well chosen prop’.
Overall the response has really encourage our group as we feel the response has confirmed many of our intentions to create an original, exciting opening sequence, full of suspense and with creative, unusual shots to make the target demographic ‘really like to see the rest’. However, the response also highlighted some of the productions weaknesses including; the linking of the music and one response suggested we could take the mise-en-scene even further, which if we had more time to spend on the project would be great as it would allow us to fulfill more of our intentions within the production.