Feedback From our First Cut

We recieved some fairly mixed feedback on our first cut after presenting it to the class. The majority liked the way in which we had portryed our killer, saying that the costume was very effective and unique. They also liked our footage from the old church, especially the shots of the killer standing by the entrance with the candles. The class also thought that our decision to use a children's nursery rhyme as the sound track for our trailer was a very good idea, due to the fact that it works very well in other classic horror films plus the fact that we had recored someone singing it ourselves made it a very unique version which was a clever idea. But although they liked the idea of the music, we were told that the use of short sharp shots combined with a slow sound track did not work well together and the meaning was unclear. They also didn't like the fact that we revealed the killer to the audience immeadiatley claiming it would work better if we kept him more hidden and mysterious throughout as it is only a teaser trailer and therefore will build tension far better.

Also with no titles, sub-titles or font it was difficult to understand what type of genre our presentation was add to the fact that we were unable to complete most of our filming in time for the first cut they thought that it simply appeared as sequence of different shots of our killer, containing no real meaning or building any tension or anticipation.

We were already aware we needed to add some different shots and a few different editing techniques before we showed our work to the class. However, we have recieved some very constructive criticism which can only help to improve our teaser trailer for the final cut.