Audience Feedback

I showed our film to four people, my Mother, my Father, my Brother and a friend. I thought this would be a good variety because they are of all ages, and are two of each gender.

MOTHER:

- My Mother said how she enjoyed the film and thought that it had a fairly good storyline to it, although wouldn't wish to pay to see the full production or own it on Dvd. This is beacuse she felt "she couldn't relate to the character being a seventeen year old girl" and "wasn't the sort of film that she recognised and generally would watch." 

- It would appear that my Mother's age has a lot to do with the fact that she wouldn't be inclined to purchase it, as she didn't feel that the character or the storyline could relate to her in any way because of the age and life situation difference. Also my Mother is not a keen 'art house' type of film watcher and prefers mainstream blockbuster films to the kind of film our's would be. 

FATHER:

- My Father is only a year older than my Mother  and he said that he "likes the reality of the opening and the storyline" so far, and enjoyed the fact that it was set in his own town. He didn't however feel he could relate to the character at all or to the film overall. 

- It is clear that the gender difference as well as the age difference between my Father and the protagonist of our film  sets them even further apart than my Mother and the protagonist in being un-relatable, which would be the reason why he wouldn't wish to pay to see it.

- Having said this, my  Father is a  fairly keen 'arthouse' film type watcher and often attends screenings at the 'Kino' cinema in Hawhurst and 'Electric Palace' in Hastings old town, therefore did appreciate the 'reality' and 'gritty' feel to the opening.

BROTHER:

- My 20 year old brother's view differed massively form my parent's as he dislike the opening completely. He said he found it "boring" and is in need of more "action to speed things up". He also found it "completely un-relateable" to him and any situation he has ever been in. 

- Although my brother is of a fairly similar age to the protagonist, he didn't like the film at all, as his usual choice of film would be one that contained lots of action and usually a mainstream blockbuster that would be screened at cinemas such as 'Odeon' or 'Vue'. He disliked the genre as he found it difficult to decipher it and was "too much like hard work" having to decipher the situation and what was going on with the characters. 

FRIEND:

-  My friend absolutely loved our film and appreciated the discreetness of the storyline. She is the same age as the protagonist and gender, therefore found it relatable which she said what was the thing that "drew her in" as well as the realism of it all. She felt she didn't know what to expect in the film and the genre conventions were unusual, but remained true to the different  genre that we had chosen.