What i learned from my audience feedback?

After we had completed out Radio Drama , we had a listening party which included a few classes which evaluated our work. It was all confidential and we didn't know who made what comments.
The age range of people listening to our dramas was age 17-20. i think as our radio drama is on radio 4 we will reach social class B through to C2, from managers through to skilled manual workers. BBC radio 4 has very little demographic D and below listeners.

What the audience liked.

• many people commented on how the scene was set by using sound effects , i was pleased that people noticed this as we spent a lot of time researching and looking for sound effects.


• they mentioned they liked the theme tune


• The introduction to the radio drama , i agreed with this i thought our introduction of what happened last week on listen really set the scene and made the audience want to listen more.


• the music over the monologue was effective and really gave the audience the feeling that Roxy had as she was reading her suicide note.


• The plot of the radio drama was mentioned as being very good and gripping.

What the audience disliked.

• the shifts in sound volume


• audio quiet in some scenes , (characters mumbling)


• acting could be improved , like better voices , emotions in voice not strong enough


• there was a random loud bang at the end of the radio drama

Luckily we had a chance to change some of these things and do a bit more editing !

Unfortunately we couldn't change the acting and emotions as we didnt have time to re-record the whole piece but we sorted out the volume changes in some scenes and we got deleted the loud bang at the end.

What the audience thought could be improved technically.

• sound levels e.g on one point a character is walking and it sounds like marching.


• we could slow down the scenes a bit as the storyline went a bit fast


• and again the voice levels changing

What the audience thought could be improved in relation to the plot.

• more emotion in the storyline


• scenes spaced out to make it better to understand


• more talking and information about Roxy's boyfriend


• some people said that the storyline was a bit predictable


• BUT others said that the dialogue sounded real and believable

I agree with some of these points but hopefully , we have changed and edited the bit that's the audience didn't like.

Overall i thought this was a good evaluation and it helped us improve our main product and it was good to get a second opinion on what people thought.

I think the audience for my media product would be young adults , maybe students. This is because has alot of drama and issues that would not be suitable for children , and they storyline is based on young adults so i think they would probably enjoy it more.