Again, i love honesty as it gives respect on all sides regaradless of hurty feelings without being obnoxious.
Disclaimer aside - For me at this point surely the story line is almost irrelevant. Put out a scene which is you, and your style that you believe in personally and want to film as this will make you happy as a director going forward, do what makes you feel passionate, otherwise it will ulitimately shine through if you're filming scenes you don't like yourself - I understand that sound a little 'hippy' but it's true
Then at that point if you have something that clicks with an audience - image quality, positions, intimacy, distance, colours - If none of these are on point then you have issues and feedback will be bad regardless of story line or performer.
Get the basics right and others things will fall into place - If the image quality is bad then i personally won't watch any scene from any studio
I've honestly got over 100 studios blocked from my feed as they are just filler to make up numbers on a spreadsheet.