Evaluation of Audience Feedback

What they liked

I was surprised to see that they read a sense of light and dark between the police and the criminals. We thought that we had made a sort of balance in perspective between them but the audience got a greater sense that the criminals were the good guys and that the police were the bad guys. However, they did mention a sense of balance so even though they identified the police as strictly the bad guys and the criminals as the good, we succeeded in presenting both their worlds equally so as to avoid a feeling of bias.

What they didn't like

I didn't mind too much about the fact that they thought Ollie and Theo were too young because this was exactly the reaction we wanted, if not so negative. Despite the fact that they criticised this, the fact that it made an impact is what we wanted. Even better, they suggested this was to emphasise the incremental involvement of young people into the world of drugs and crime, which is what we were aiming for.

However, the comment about the jumping about in terms of location during the cross-cutting was a little worrying because though we wanted to keep the audience on edge with the fast cuts and the dynamic of the different places, I learned that it is more difficult to do this when using many different locations because the audience loose a sense of orientation, which then poses a danger of the audience losing interest.

Their interpretation of the narrative

They understood the plot and who the characters were in relation to each other. Which is what we wanted. Luckily, they enjoyed the pace of the thriller and the variety in pace throughout as they thought this was a successful representation of the feeling those kinds of characters (criminals and police) experience in real life situations.

Their idea of a target audience

Interestingly, their idea of a target audience was not what I had anticipated it to be as I thought it would be more attractive to younger years because of the action and the other young characters, Ollie and Theo. They seemed to think it would be more interesting for older audiences because of the content. The opposition between police and criminals suggested a questioning of justice and the functioning of modern government to the audience, which they felt would be subject matter for conversation for more mature audiences.