Feedback from the Screening of "The Shadow in the Lake"

1. Screening
Feedback

2. For our feedback, we created a questionnaire
for the audience to answer. The audience
consisted of parents, students, friends of
students and siblings, therefore there was a big
age range. The questionnaire featured
questions that would gain both qualitative and
quantitative data so we can find out any
improvements to make.

3. Question 1
What age range do you fall under?
10-15: 7% 16-19: 37% 20-39: 9%
40-50: 25% 51+: 22%

4. Question 2
Based on film opening, what genre do
you think the film is?
Thriller: 82% Mystery: 12% Drama: 6%

5. Question 3
What age rating do you think the film
would be?
12 Certificate: 2% 15 Certificate: 68%
18 Certificate: 30%
Comments – 16-19, “15 Certificate”, “Complex storyline”
- 20-39, “18 Certificate”, “Unsettling themes of loss”

6. Question 4
Do you think the titles helped clarify
the genre?
Yes : 44% No: 56%
Comments: - 16-19, “Yes”, “Music complimented title by making it tense”.
- 51+, “Yes”, “The title doesn’t really scream rom-com, does it?”
- 40-50, “No”, “They didn’t really associate with one genre”
- 16-19, “No”, “The font could be more scary/eery to fit with the genre”

7. Question 5
Do you feel that this opening is
appealing to you, and makes you
want to watch more? Why?
Yes: 92% No: 8%
Comments – 16-19, “Yes”, “Makes you want to find out why the girl disappeared”
- 40-50, “No”, “Not my cup of tea, but good opening”

8. Question 6
What techniques, in the opening,
helped you to indicate the genre?
Comments – 20-39, “The eerieness and the dim lighting”
- 10-15, “The girl disappearing”
- 51+, “the slow music, the narrative was effective”