My opening sequence would appeal to people who have an interest in psychological thrillers because it creates lots of tension and confuses the audience from the beginning. The start is quite disturbing and sets up the main theme of the film which is revenge. This kind of film is not for a younger audience as it requires a more complex mind and therefore would appeal to someone who enjoys problem solving and can understand the story line. Trying to grasp a member of a younger audience’s attention from the beginning of my film would be difficult as they're more interested in comedies and romances. My opening sequence grabs the audience’s attention quickly as it is setting up the story, it leaves them in anticipation wanting to know more. However from my audience feedback I learned that "the story line could have been clearer", because of this it was hard to grab the attention of the audience as it was too confusing.
The cliff hanger at the end of our opening sequence leaves the audience on the edge of their seats waiting to find out what happens next. As I previously found out in my research, thrillers have a huge audience, ranging from teenagers to as old as 50+, this means that my opening sequence would appeal to a number of people especially those who enjoy my particular sub-genre.
The key characters in my film are; a female protagonist, who wants to avenge her parents but is psychologically disturbed from witnessing her parents death, and the group of men who murdered her parents when she was younger which she plans to kill one by one. A suggestion made after carrying out our audience feedback was to add some flash backs of Anna with her parents, and also of their death as this would make the story line more clear.
In the opening sequence one of the men from the group which killed the protagonists' parents faces will be shown in a close up shot when Anna writes 'you're next' on it. My audience feedback suggested that we make the story line more obvious and dramatic as "a serial killer wouldn't just write you're next on the photo", so to add effect we "could rip up the picture" or burn it. Our female protagonist will be wearing all black to make her look dark and mysterious; when she is on camera she will be in the centre of the frame so that all of the attention is on her. The victim will also be in the centre of the frame as he too is relevant to the film. The victim will be wearing smart clothes to give the impression that he can deceive people into thinking he is a smart and decent man, he will have good posture and a straight face to show he means business. My main character reminds me of Cataleya from Columbiana because she was my inspiration to make the film and turn it from an action thriller to a psychological thriller. The villain reminds me of Byran Mills from taken because he looks quite scary and rough.
The cliff hanger at the end of our opening sequence leaves the audience on the edge of their seats waiting to find out what happens next. As I previously found out in my research, thrillers have a huge audience, ranging from teenagers to as old as 50+, this means that my opening sequence would appeal to a number of people especially those who enjoy my particular sub-genre.
The key characters in my film are; a female protagonist, who wants to avenge her parents but is psychologically disturbed from witnessing her parents death, and the group of men who murdered her parents when she was younger which she plans to kill one by one. A suggestion made after carrying out our audience feedback was to add some flash backs of Anna with her parents, and also of their death as this would make the story line more clear.
In the opening sequence one of the men from the group which killed the protagonists' parents faces will be shown in a close up shot when Anna writes 'you're next' on it. My audience feedback suggested that we make the story line more obvious and dramatic as "a serial killer wouldn't just write you're next on the photo", so to add effect we "could rip up the picture" or burn it. Our female protagonist will be wearing all black to make her look dark and mysterious; when she is on camera she will be in the centre of the frame so that all of the attention is on her. The victim will also be in the centre of the frame as he too is relevant to the film. The victim will be wearing smart clothes to give the impression that he can deceive people into thinking he is a smart and decent man, he will have good posture and a straight face to show he means business. My main character reminds me of Cataleya from Columbiana because she was my inspiration to make the film and turn it from an action thriller to a psychological thriller. The villain reminds me of Byran Mills from taken because he looks quite scary and rough.
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