Finally I have finished by short film and got my target audience of 7 people to watch my short film ‘DEPARTED’. They sat in silence the whole way through and was quite fixed on the screen. Not one of them looked around or got bored so their attention must have been taken very quickly which I am very pleased about. After the film stopped they were surprisingly silent for a while and then started talking about it with a range of comments. One girl was reviewing the complex of the short film and I asked her what do you think happened in the film. She replied that she gathered it was a single mum who is very tired and stressed out with something not right with her. The little girl made it emotional as she was little and didnt know what was going on. She also said that it was obvious someone died but she doesnt know who or why they died. I also asked her about the dialogue of the rose scnene, where she replied, that ended the film well as it made me think about what was going on and it sort of summed up the situation for me but it was very cute when she said that touching sentence. Although, not knowing what was being said through most of the film was a good way to capture our attention as you then want to know what happens at the end and what was going on.
So from this feedback I have gained, I feel I have really achieved what I wanted to from my target audience. The aspect I wanted to cover like; not knowing what is going on in the short film, who died, whats wrong with the mum, what are the poeple saying, really covered it all well.
