The final performance lived up to my expectations because I feel that we really got our audience into the space, the story and the atmosphere. I feel we achieved the wow factor as we used the architectural factors and media in a way that aided our story and created an experience for the audience that was one of excitement and intrigue.
Running through the performance before hand allowed us to clear up any mistakes or things we weren't sure about. Because we had put a superman t shirt on the wall which is used in the physical theatre part, we had to quickly re work it to fit in the decorated space. We also had to clear up a few entrances and exits but this was made easier as the soundtrack of everyday noises we had made had subtle cues of when certain scenes where supposed to start and end such as, the house music for the party scene or the ' I hate you dad' repeated for the physical scene.
We only had two audience members in the actual performance but I think this was beneficial to both us and the audience as it allowed them to be more comfortable and intimate, but also allowed us to have more space to perform in and more intamacy between us and the audience. I beleive this made the piece more intense allowing the audience to see minor details and take in more of the performance.
Watching other peoples performances before we did ours allowed us to step into the audiences shoes and see what worked and didn't work. This was highly beneficial to us because we could alter our peice to make sure these negative aspects didn't happen to the audience in our performance. It also allowed us to view other peoples devised work which is always inspiring.