Audience Feedback

Once everyone had seen the film, I asked them what they thought of it and here is the feedback that was given:

Positive
There were a lot of positive feedback given about the from which I thought was really good. For example, I was told that the story line was very easy to follow. I thought that this was a big achievement made as sometimes it can be hard to follow a story line when watching a film for the first time. Another positive thing that the audience picked up on was the certain camera shots, especially the shot when the camera is focused on'Maris's' eyes and then fades into a flashback. The viewers said that they liked this as it almost gives them the thought of literally going into her mind to see what she is thinking about. They also mentioned that the flashback helped a lot with the story line as it tells you why Maria is doing what she is doing. Without this scene, it would be very confusing. The story line itself was also brought up in a very positive way. This is because these types of situations can be very common among young people and in some situations, girls can become a little bit psychopathic but do not usually go to these types of extremes. This is why it was mentioned as a good theme for a thriller film.

Negative
Although a lot of positive feedback was given, there was also some negative feedback given about the film. The first bit of negative feedback given was on the shot of when 'Laura' is walking out of her house and down the road. In the scene before Laura walks out of her home on the phone, Laura calls Carl. This leaves the viewers thinking that Maria has called Laura when she actually hasn't. Another thing that was wrong with this part of the film is when Laura is being filmed from the car. This clip only lasts around 2 or 3 seconds and is of poor quality. This is because when it was filmed, it was filmed free hand. However, this clip had to be put in the film as we would not have had another opportunity to from it again with the same car. This is because is was a teachers car and the teacher was very busy. There was also a negative point brought up about the kidnapping at the end. It was said that there should have been another shot of the kidnapping from a higher camera angle to get a better shot of the kidnapping and to also represent the vulnerability of  Laura.