This document contains the responses from a survey about a movie trailer. It discusses both positive and negative feedback on different elements of the trailer, such as the genre, editing, music, and title. The document also identifies elements that tested well like the cars/vans and elements that need improvement like the music. Overall it analyzes the feedback and identifies how to strengthen the trailer for a second draft.

1. 1- As my first trailer has my genre
Thriller come across?
From asking people this if more
people would say no then it would
make me want to re-think and how I
could add more Thriller into my
trailer. I’m glad a lot of people agreed
that my genre did come through as it
shows that it was successful and I
should keep my ideas running
through even in the final thing.
Hopefully my second draft will
change the no’s and the during the
middle of it all change to yes, so this
is something I will have to work on.

2. 2- Could you imagine this trailer in
cinemas?
8 People said that they can
imagine but
7 people said no to this. I am
glad about this as its only my first
draft, so I have room for some
much more improvement so that
it looks very professional.
I believe I need to have more
editing and angles in my trailer as
it will make it more effective and
my trailer will hopefully come
across more to my audience, so I
will have a better report from
everyone next time.

3. 3- What would you rate this trailer out
of 10?
4People said that they would rate my trailer 6out of 10, I was glad as this was the lowest
score which is very reasonable. I would potentially give myself this rating as well just as it was
first time ever using this software and understanding what a trailer should look like with the
genre pulling through all the time. 5 People would rate it 7 which is a very high score
considering it was only my first one. 6People rated it 8 which I believe is too high as a score as
for my first draft thought I could of done much more better. Finally one person said 9 but by
the time of my final draft I would like to see some very high 10’s.

4. 4- What was the worst bit about the
trailer?
I think I have a variety of
results for this its ideal as it
shows me what I need to
work on the most to
improve my trailer. The
music I didn’t think was that
bad but my trailer shouldn’t
be just my opinion its the
audience too, so I will have
to use this feedback in my
next draft.
Now watching it back where the girl is running and randomly turns around doesn’t fit in as
well as I thought as I thought it would of shown if she is taken lost or running. The editing isnt
as good as I could of made it to be, but now I will know where to make most improvements. I
agree with the location rating as it was only set in school but it gave us a chance to try out
different things and what would work and what wouldn't.

5. 5- What is your favourite bit of the
trailer?
This question is very essential as
it shows what was best, as a
team we will have to keep
referring to this so we are
forever improving on our trailer.
I’m glad that from my
questionnaire I managed to get a
mixture of results just so that I
know where I'm doing my
best at and what will work best in
my second and final trailer.
The highest result has been the car and van this will have to be kept for the final thing or maybe
improved as it’s the highest result which shows people thought this worked the most.
I would of liked to see the fast pace have a higher result as I believe that gives the thriller feel,
but hopefully if I use it more next time it will get a higher rating and I will ask plenty more
people. I only used slow motion on one clip so maybe I should consider using more the
next time.

6. 6- What could I improve the most?
As for my first trailer I don’t believe I
have been very professional whilst
using all these software's so I think I
should of just tried to add more clips in
but it will give me much more to
improve on next time as my trailer
wasn’t that long and should of made it
longer. I was just testing soundtracks so
for further notice I know that I wont be
using them again I will change to others
to see what effect I can make out of
them.
I agree myself that more camera shots
could have been used e.g. close up. As
it will make a bigger impact on the
genre. Considering it was my first time
ever editing I didn’t think it was that
bad but clearly didn’t look very
professional.

7. 7- Did the music/soundtrack fit?
As my music has been brought up
a few times, it is clear to see that it
was very poor. I will have to make
many changes to this and scrap all
these ideas and change my music
completely for the following
trailers, when people said yes or
sometimes they all agreed that the
speeding track I put over the vans
and cars worked really well.
Therefore I will keep this running
through the whole thing as it gave
it an effect and worked the best in
my trailer.
After getting these results I will
research into different soundtracks
on thriller films and what works
best.

8. 8- What shall I keep in my second
draft?
The cars and vans have come up a lot which means I should definitely keep this in my final
trailer, I wont use the footage I have previously got as it wasn’t as professional as it could
of been. So I will record more footage of this so I have plenty to work with when I'm creating
my second draft.
I already made the choice that we should create a newspaper and have our own story on
the front so its not just some random story that doesn’t add up to the trailer.
The black figure on the bench worked
well but I think we shouldn’t use the
actual actor, get another wearing all
black so it looks mysterious.
We need to use lots of fast pace to
make sure that it is effective and gives
it the thriller feel so the audience know
straight away without wondering.

9. 9- What did you think of the movie
title?
I thought we had chose the perfect movie title as I decided that the newspaper would
be called ‘The Headline’ the majority of people agreed this worked well as its
successful so we will use it. Only four people said that we could improve it but I believe
that when we create the newspaper and the title of it, it worked well much more and
be much more effective for the trailer.

10. Taking a guess did you think the girl
either… Went missing, was taken or
ran away.
As we want people to be left unsure I believe
that we got a good result for this as there is a
complete mixture of results. 8People think she
was taken there reasons was because why would
there be a car/van speeding away, but then
3 people chose ran away and the other 3missing!
This is a good result as its left people confused
and thinking about what actually did really
happen. As people are guessing and its only my
first trailer I think I should ask more people when
I create the next trailer to find out what more
people think after I’ve improved it a lot from my
first trailer. The idea is to leave people asking
themselves questions on what really happens
and hope we can achieve that in the best
possible way!!