The students provided feedback on a trailer for a film. Most commented that the trailer conveyed the plot effectively and was well-edited with a fitting soundtrack. Some felt it gave slightly too much of the plot away while others thought it found the right balance. Effective elements included the use of slow motion, time lapse shots, and editing shots to match the music. Suggested improvements included adding more of the male character and using more captions to explore the plot. Responses were mixed as to whether students would watch the film based on interests and genre preferences.

1. AS Media Student Responses

4. What did you think of the trailer?
• Effectively conveys plot
• Brilliant
• Insanely good
• Very powerful and moving
• Great range of different shots
• Very well put together
• Varied use of shots
• Good camera angles and techniques
• Detailed story
• The soundtrack matched well
• Good, clear storyline
• Excellent
• Nicely edited
• Very artistic
• Well explained

6. Do you think there is too much or too
little plot given away and why?
• Definitely not! Some captions would have helped
communicate the plot towards the end
• May have given a little too much away
• Good balance
• Too much, a lot is explained or hinted at
• perfect amount
• Just right
• Slightly too much, but okay as it was all explained

7. What do you think about the
soundtrack, does it fit the trailer and
why?
• Great fit, lyrics match up with footage
• The lyrics and title fit the narrative
• “Say what you need to say” indicated lack of
time
• Fits with tone
• Very gripping and touching

8. What did you find most effective in the
trailer?
• Use of slow motion camera angles to show her anxiety and
confusion
• Whole thing was effective especially time lapse
• Camera work and editing
• Editing of her on the bed with the quick camera changes
• Shots paced to the music
• Soundtrack
• Soundtrack and editing
• Shots when she’s crying, argument in the car and hospital
scenes
• The speeding up and slowing down of different clips

9. How do you think we could improve
the trailer?
• Less clips featuring narrative
• Increase pace of shots towards the end
• Add more of male character
• Font of title
• Give out less information
• Few more captions and more dialogue
• 360 degree angle shot in the hospital could have
been smoother
• More captions to explore the plot

10. Would you watch the film having
watched the trailer and why?
•Yes it appeals to my personal interests and is
an intriguing trailer
•I would because it looks good but isn’t my
kind of genre
•Yes it caught my attention
•Yes its interesting and different and focuses
on real life issues
•No, not my kind of movie
•Probably not as I don’t watch that kind of
genre, but I would definitely recommend it to
someone who did
•No because I’m not a fan of the genre
however it looks quite good.