Questionnaire and Focus group feedback

Today my group and I successfully carried out our audience research. Firstly we showed our focus group the trailer, we then handed out the questionnaire and showed it a second time to allow them to fill it out whilst watching it. After they had filled it out, we started our focus group so the audience could feed back and expand their thoughts based on what they had put on the questionnaire.

Overall, based on the questionnaire and focus group combined, the feedback was very positive. One member said that it got straight to the point and that they understand Maddie's and Elliot's relationship is the base to the story. This is good as it meant that the shot we filmed after we thought we had finished really benefited us. My audience also thought the music was effective as it built suspense and was fast paced like the shots in the montage. They also liked how it matched up with the transitions and most of my audience thought overall the sound was very effective which is positive.
Character representation feedback was both positive and negative. Many members of my audience understood the representations we were trying to achieve, for example, they thought the antagonists were frighting due to the masks as they show no expression. They also said Maddie was represented as troubled, a protagonist and unstable.
On the other hand, others said she was represented as dominating and powerful. This is not what I expected, as her facial expressions in a lot of shots made her look weak, such as when she was fighting. However, this could also be positive feedback as is suggests the trailer gives 2 different representations of characters therefore the audience will watch the film to find out what they are really like.

Overall, all my audience members said they understood the narrative and that they would watch the full film.