How does the audience feedback on your production confirm or disrupt your intentions for the sequence?

The feedback which we received to the opening sequence of our thriller ‘Revelations’ was in actuality successful which consequently confirmed and established our intentions for the sequence.
This positive response consisted of praise mainly towards the editing of our piece which suggested to us that it was effective enough in creating an appropriate atmosphere, which was intended for a thriller. One person claimed that ‘[they] thought the effects of the fire dissolving the frames and titles were very effective and made a huge impact towards the sequence’; furthermore implying that the effects that we added to the film using Final Cut Pro were the most appropriate for the transition between the frames in the title sequence. This therefore confirmed that what we intended was carried out did not distract from the main focus of the sequence but added to it.
Other responses showed to us how even though we couldn’t proceed with the audio that we had wished for, our alternative was a successful one as it played a huge role in creating suspense whilst relating closely to the scenes, ‘The soundtrack linked very well with the theme of the church and helped create an eerie feel towards the sequence’. Another comment said that ‘the use of the non-digetic orchestral music fits in with the theme’ which positively confirmed to us that the alternative audio we used was in fact sequential to the sequence.
We gained a negative feedback that highlighted an area of weakness within our piece ‘the scene went together other than the nun in the background which didn’t have much relevance to the scene’. This highlighted to us although we aimed to have the audio looking as if the nun was playing it herself it had not worked as effectively due to the last minute change in audio. If we had had more time to work on our production, I would like to either re-shoot the opening sequence without the nun or do the audio that we wanted to in the first place.
Overall the responses and the insight to ‘Revelations’ has been a positive one and we feel as a group that it has confirmed may of our intentions to create an original and exciting thriller. Therefore I am more convinced that it would be a success if we were to make it into a whole movie as one person commented saying ‘they would like to see the rest’.