Feedback Tests

On Monday me and Frankie finally arranged a feedback test for the two scripts. I wanted to do a table read of sorts but seeing as we didn't have time for it I resorted to sending the scripts over text. The people we chose were all involved with the theatre department at the school and even included Yheketen, a former Media Studies student from last year. 

The general consensus was that the villain script was better in terms of plot development, but would be a lot harder to pull off correctly. I'd have to find a way to build a lab and graveyard which just being said alone, seems hard and costly. This didn't mean that they thought the hero script was bad however, as the feedback was also positive. The group though it was campy, in a good way, and could be a lot of fun to film. It would also be much more plausible to make with the constraints given to me and Frankie.

For one, I'm glad that Yheketen was able to pick up on the inspirations for the films but they also brought a whole new insipration that didn't even occur to me. As previously said, the introduction would be a horror-comedy and leaned into campy territory. Yheketen mentioned that they felt similiar to a Scooby-Doo introduction which almost a perfect explanation to the tone I was going for and even gave me recommendations of what Scooby-Doo introductions to watch. It appears I subconsciously went to Scooby-Doo without knowing.

I have another thing to add to the genre statement but in complete honestly Scooby-Doo fits more than some of the other inspirations. Right now, it's definitely looking like the hero introduction is the way to go which makes sense, not only eaiser to make but it's testing just as well with potential audiences.