As part of my research, I showed my storyboard to many different people and asked them what they thought of the plot along with the camera shots and edits. showed my storyboard and asked 10 people of different gender and ages ranges in order to make my results more reliable.
Here is what I found:
9 out of 10 people said they liked the plot with comments such as 'The use of a china doll is original because not many horror films feature them, it is something I can relate to as I was given a china doll from my Nan for christmas and I was always scared that it would come out from under my bed and get me!' and 'I like how the girl represents the china dolls, it would make the film scarier because she is a 'person' and is actually capable of causing harm to people.'
A comment from someone who didnt like the plot said 'I don't think the use of a china doll is effective, it'd be like Chucky, well Child's play and I didn't think that was very good at all. That film was just too unrealistic, I mean how can a doll go round killing people. I suppose yours is different in the fact it's got a girl representing the dolls but it'd have to be good to scare me.'
8 out of 10 people liked the camera shots, when I asked the question "What do you think of the camera shots used within the trailer" I had responses such as 'Yeh they are quite good, I like the first couple of shots a alot, when the camera is used as a point of view shot, like as if something is watching the girl in bed, yeh I do think that would be really effective.' other comments include 'The close up of the girls face would scare me!', 'There is a good variety of shots in there' and a negative comment would be 'For a trailer, there aren't enough variety of shots, usually they use different ones all the time.'
6 out of 10 people liked the editing that we will be using within our trailer, comments included 'Fast edits are very effective in a trailer! It's good that you've got that build up like, the cuts will become quicker towards the end of the trailer.' and 'Fast edits always cause suspense for me. I like how you've got that at the end so the basic story can be established first and then after all the fast edits you've got that scream and then it just stops and the title comes on.' Negative comments would be 'You could do with more fast edits, not just at the end, it would be good the whole way through.'
8 out of 10 people said this would make an effective trailer:
'Yeh, this as a trailer that would make me want to go see it at the cinema, I think what entices me the most is the plot as it's original and if the editing's done like how shown here I think it'd cause a good build up then leave people wanting to see more. If you used some dramatic music or sound efffects that could make it really good aswell, but yeh I think it's really good'
'I'm a big horror fan, and I think there's too many of the same thing starting to appear but the plot to this sounds really good. I think the editing could be really good and with the right music it could cause lots of tension and suspense, there's also a good range of camera shots. I'm just abit sceptical that there's abit too much of the story shown and the audience might find it a bit of a drag rather than a teaser trailer, but that could always be changed with editing.'
From conducting this research I have learnt what others think of my storyboard and plot, from this I can see what needs improving and what doesn't. I will research into Child's Play to see what that is like and how I can make mine more effective. This research has been a big help to me and I appreciate and value the opinions given.
Since completing my storyboard, I have decided to do more research into setting, costumes, actors/actresses and props. I have collected images which are a close representation to what I will be using in trailer so I am able to visualise more freely what my trailer will include and what the finished product will look like.
Here is what I found:
9 out of 10 people said they liked the plot with comments such as 'The use of a china doll is original because not many horror films feature them, it is something I can relate to as I was given a china doll from my Nan for christmas and I was always scared that it would come out from under my bed and get me!' and 'I like how the girl represents the china dolls, it would make the film scarier because she is a 'person' and is actually capable of causing harm to people.'
A comment from someone who didnt like the plot said 'I don't think the use of a china doll is effective, it'd be like Chucky, well Child's play and I didn't think that was very good at all. That film was just too unrealistic, I mean how can a doll go round killing people. I suppose yours is different in the fact it's got a girl representing the dolls but it'd have to be good to scare me.'
8 out of 10 people liked the camera shots, when I asked the question "What do you think of the camera shots used within the trailer" I had responses such as 'Yeh they are quite good, I like the first couple of shots a alot, when the camera is used as a point of view shot, like as if something is watching the girl in bed, yeh I do think that would be really effective.' other comments include 'The close up of the girls face would scare me!', 'There is a good variety of shots in there' and a negative comment would be 'For a trailer, there aren't enough variety of shots, usually they use different ones all the time.'
6 out of 10 people liked the editing that we will be using within our trailer, comments included 'Fast edits are very effective in a trailer! It's good that you've got that build up like, the cuts will become quicker towards the end of the trailer.' and 'Fast edits always cause suspense for me. I like how you've got that at the end so the basic story can be established first and then after all the fast edits you've got that scream and then it just stops and the title comes on.' Negative comments would be 'You could do with more fast edits, not just at the end, it would be good the whole way through.'
8 out of 10 people said this would make an effective trailer:
'Yeh, this as a trailer that would make me want to go see it at the cinema, I think what entices me the most is the plot as it's original and if the editing's done like how shown here I think it'd cause a good build up then leave people wanting to see more. If you used some dramatic music or sound efffects that could make it really good aswell, but yeh I think it's really good'
'I'm a big horror fan, and I think there's too many of the same thing starting to appear but the plot to this sounds really good. I think the editing could be really good and with the right music it could cause lots of tension and suspense, there's also a good range of camera shots. I'm just abit sceptical that there's abit too much of the story shown and the audience might find it a bit of a drag rather than a teaser trailer, but that could always be changed with editing.'
From conducting this research I have learnt what others think of my storyboard and plot, from this I can see what needs improving and what doesn't. I will research into Child's Play to see what that is like and how I can make mine more effective. This research has been a big help to me and I appreciate and value the opinions given.
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