Two audience members provided feedback on a film opening for a crime thriller. They recognized the genre based on the use of police tape and a detective character. Both noted that crime thrillers typically begin with a crime scene or dead body. They felt the forensic character and detective were clearly established through their costumes and roles interacting with the crime scene. However, the setting of an underground car park or storage unit was only somewhat clear without shots of cars to provide more context.

1. Feedback from two
audience members

2. We asked two people to watch our film opening
and asked them a couple questions.. Audience
Members recognized and established what genre
it is (Crime Thriller)
Keffrane: said how by through The use of police tape and the
detective character.
Tahsin: Crime/Crime thrillers usually start with a crime scene or
a dead body.
Although some people thought it was a horror film through the
first minute of the opening, the second half of the film with the
rest of the characters changes that thought, through the use of
props and mise en scene.

3. Clearance of Characters how well
are they established?
Keffrane: The forensic character is automatically recognized through
their costume, the full white over suite with gloves, overshoes and a
mask. Forensics are stereotypically associated with crime scenes
though TV, for example CSI, Law and Order and Luther
Tahsin: it's clear who the detective is as their dressed formally and
smart caring files and begins to work around the crime scene, the
long coat is also associated with detectives, for example Sherlock
Holmes.

4. Setting, do you know where it's
set?
The setting is all in one place and is underground in a car park /
storage unit.
Keffrane: The car park wasn't clear because theirs no shots of cars,
but the lighting suggests it's somewhere that isn't in public.
Tahsin: The storage units/car park wasn't really clear but garage
doors are in the background and the atmosphere of the shots
suggest and adds to the stereotypical locations where
murders/death take place.