Evaluation Screening

SCORES: 9.5/10, 8/10, 8/10, 7/10, 8/10, 8.5/10, 8/10, 8/10, 7/10, 7/10

AVERAGE SCORE: 8/10

WHAT DID THE AUDIENCE LIKE ABOUT THE TRAILER?: Our finished trailer received particular praise in regards to the music we used as well as the sound effects such as the knife being pulled from the rack, with people commenting on how the music built the tension well throughout the trailer. We also received positive feedback on our choice to change the ending (which was one of the main points the audience thought could be improved). Once again nearly every audience member commented on the use of angles we used such as close-ups and the shots of the main character running from the zombies, this as well as comments about the use of quick editing were the main points we received praise on. Several other audience members pointed out the make-up effects that we used, praising them as well as the use of fake vomit and grenadine for the blood effects. There was also some audience members who liked the introduction of our trailer such as one character being dragged away by a zombie and also the slow build up of the trailer. Again, our research also helped a great deal and our choice of using fast moving monsters instead of the Romero style slow moving zombies went down well with several audience members commenting that it this was a positive of our trailer.

WHAT DID THE AUDIENCE THINK COULD BE IMPROVED?: In regards to what audience members thought could be improved, the main thing was the end title with the name of the film with comments that it didn't fit the professional looking text used within the rest of the trailer. There was also many audience members who pointed out that the editing at the end with the main character stabbing the zombie needed to be a little bit smoother. It was also made apparent to use by some of the comments that we need to lower the sound levels of the music slightly as it is slightly too loud. One last comment was that the make-up on the last zombie from our re-shot ending wasn't as good as the rest of the make-up effects used on the other zombies.