Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Audience Questionnaire and review

Lamb to the Slaughter Questionnaire.  


Number 1.

Name:  Conor Boyle

Gender- Male/Female  

1) Age Range.  
10-14    15-19     20-24    25-29    30-34    35-39    40-44    45-49    50-54    55-59    60-64   65+  
  
2)Favorite genre?  
Horror         Sci-fi         Independent        Comedy        Romance       Thriller       Drama      
  
3) What appeals to you most about films?
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot        Reviews      
  
4)What appeals to you about dark comedies?  
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot        Reviews      
  
5)What do you expect from this film?  
  
To be bored   /  To be interested   /  To find it funny  /   To be curious  /  To be scared /  To not like 
 it / To Enjoy It

Im a big fan of dark comedies and this film looks like it nails the sweet spot between being comical while also having moments of intense tension and complex emotion.

6) What was your reaction to this film? 

 I really enjoyed the film especially the main actor Terrence, i feel like he played the roll of patrick really well and captured the comical aspects of the film perfectly with his range of emotions and expressions which he expressed clearly throughout the film

7) What improvements would you make to the film?

I would like it if the sound was a little bit better, all dialogue within the film is clear and understandable and the sound track was great, however the actors voices occasionally echoed which i would like to see fixed.




Number 2.

Name:   Christopher stewart 

Gender- Male/Female  

1) Age Range.  
10-14    15-19     20-24    25-29    30-34    35-39    40-44    45-49    50-54    55-59    60-64   65+  
  
2)Favorite genre?  
Horror         Sci-fi         Independent        Comedy        Romance       Thriller       Drama      
  
3) What appeals to you most about films?  
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot        Reviews      
  
4)What appeals to you about dark comedies?  
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot        Reviews      
  
5)What do you expect from this film?  
  
To be bored     To be interested     To find it funny     To be curious    To be scared   To not like 
 it  To enjoy it 

6) What was your reaction to this film? 

 I enjoyed Lamb to the slaughter as a dark comedy as well as the thriller aspects which were present throughout the film. I enjoyed the unsettling imagery of the religious figures as well as the classical score which contrasted the savage nature of the film

7) What improvements would you make to the film?

I would prefer to see the lighting within the movie improved as i feel at some points the lighting changes drastically from scene to scene and despite the lighting overall being very good, i would like to see more consistency, however regardless shots within the film were very well done and portrayed the mood well.


Number 3.

Name:  Hannah Murchan

Gender- Male/Female  

1) Age Range.  
10-14    15-19     20-24    25-29    30-34    35-39    40-44    45-49    50-54    55-59    60-64   65+  
  
2)Favorite genre?  
Horror         Sci-fi         Independent        Comedy        Romance       Thriller       Drama      
  
3) What appeals to you most about films?  
      Actors        Title           Plots        Reviews      
  
4)What appeals to you about dark comedies?  
      Actors        Title           Plots        Reviews      
  
5)What do you expect from this film?  
  
To be bored  /   To be interested   /  To find it funny   /  To be curious   / To be scared  / To not like 
 it / To Enjoy it  

6) What was your reaction to this film? 

 I found the film really interesting as the plot within the film was unique. I had never heard of Roalh Dahls or Albert Hitchcock's shorts and this was the first I've ever heard of the short story. The concept and plot of the film was really interesting and i enjoyed it a lot as well as the tension on whether or not Patrick would get away with the murder.

7) What improvements would you make to the film?

I would of preferred to have seen a little bit more female inclusion with the majority of the cast being males. I understand that the film made large strides from the original short in making the female the strong bread winner of the family, however i feel like the film would have reached out to a larger audience by including more females in its cast.



Number 4.

Name:  Mollie Kennedy

Gender- Male/Female  

1) Age Range.  
10-14    15-19     20-24    25-29    30-34    35-39    40-44    45-49    50-54    55-59    60-64   65+  
  
2)Favorite genre?  
Horror         Sci-fi         Independent        Comedy        Romance       Thriller       Drama      
  
3) What appeals to you most about films?
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot       Reviews      
  
4)What appeals to you about dark comedies?  
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot       Reviews      
  
5)What do you expect from this film?  
  
To be bored   /  To be interested   /  To find it funny   /  To be curious  /  To be scared /  To not like 
 it  / To enjoy it

6) What was your reaction to this film? 

I really enjoyed the comical aspects of the film and felt like Terrence delivered them perfectly. Likewise the soundtrack i felt really added to the suspense and the darker moments of the film giving an eery feeling due to the contrast between the calming classical and the savage murder. Overall i really enjoyed the film and laughed quite a few times!


7) What improvements would you make to the film?

I would have preferred Terrence keyley to have a few more lines as i think he was extremely funny and would have liked to see more of his acting abilities. Likewise i feel like the film, despite the obvious comical aspects could have included a few more dark jokes in order to get a good balance between eery tension and comedy.

Questionnaire review 

From the questionnaire above we can see that people enjoy our film, however this does not mean it is perfect. First of all the questionnaire has flaws in that it is closed and does not allow great depth of detail and thus we will not get a true understanding of the audience reactions of our film. Likewise the respondents are rather similar in that they all come from around about the same age range and thus we cannot get a true understanding of our target audience as older individual may not enjoy the film. This is due to the lack of access to the audience as we simply interviewed peers from school which limited the age range of our participants. We attempted to get a 50/50 split on Gender in order to gauge how different genders reacted to our film.

From audience feedback we can discern that despite our film overall being liked by the audience, lighting and sound as well as representation could have been worked on more. Lighting could have been improved by pre planning as well as smart use of lights and lighting equipment and likewise sound could be improved by using real sound equipment as well as heavy editing in order to remove static and echoing. We could also have attempted to reach out to excluded people in society and have greater representation within our film and make it more obvious when it is there.

















Name:  

Gender- Male/Female  

1) Age Range.  
10-14    15-19     20-24    25-29    30-34    35-39    40-44    45-49    50-54    55-59    60-64   65+  
  
2)Favorite genre?  
Horror         Sci-fi         Independent        Comedy        Romance       Thriller       Drama      
  
3) What appeals to you most about films?
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot        Reviews      
  
4)What appeals to you about dark comedies?  
      Actors        Title         Advertising        Plot        Reviews      
  
5)What do you expect from this film?  
  
To be bored   /  To be interested   /  To find it funny  /   To be curious  /  To be scared /  To not like 
 it / To Enjoy It


6) What was your reaction to this film? 




7) What improvements would you make to the film?


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