Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your specific thriller?

The subgenre I have chosen is a psychological thriller. The audience for my specific thriller would be from 15-40+. I think this because this kind of film is appropriate for people of these ages and people would enjoy the thrill, elder people would enjoy the thrill and would have lots of questions, plus younger people enjoy movies with their friends and scaring each other. As well as this from my research I found that thrillers cover a large age group as lot's of people enjoy them, and they appeal to elder and younger generations.

 Audience Profile:

Age: 15 – 35+

Interests: going to the cinema, spending time with friends, nights in, learning, watching television, reading books, especially thrillers.

Gender: mainly males but females too, especially because the protagonist if a female

Ethnicity: any

I didn’t specifically chose this age group because thrillers have a large audience anyway, however because the film isn’t a romance which stereotypically stands out to females or a fantasy which is more of a family film, the genre will genuinely have a large audience. It’s for people who enjoy challenging themselves and who have the time to watch a film or enjoy a film with their partner or teenage child, normally a daughter. Also this age group is independent and can pay to be able to watch the film or buy it, as well as this they’re active and enjoy going out to places like the cinema.

My target audience would expect my film to be intriguing and disturbing, with a twist or surprise ending. They would expect it to be tense and full of anticipation, maybe a little jumpy, with eerie music and very interesting. They would like to be fully focused on the film and enjoy watching it as it would entertain them, keeping them guessing right up until the end. 

The sub-genre would attract them to the film as it would make them curious, the fact that the protagonist is a female is different and makes women seem more strong and independent, so the film would appeal to women more than a different type of thriller.

If I were designing a poster for my film I would include dark colours mainly red black green grey and white to make it look dark mysterious and gloomy. I would use a jagged font to make it look slightly gothic and to fit the genre. I would possibly use a really thin font to make it look slightly odd and contrast with the dark colours which stand out. I would also use question marks and shadows, maybe some mirrors and weapons, also some disturbing pictures of mentally ill people, splatters of blood, and maybe a clock to show it’s only a matter of time, I’d also write revenge on it to show the main theme. I’d use a young good looking female to look attractive and to use encourage males to watch it.

 

To attract the audience to my film by using their prior knowledge of the genre I would make my trailer very eerie and use tension building music, I would add this into my opening sequence to make it more effective and to keep the audience entertained. The music would let the audience know that something is about to happen and tell them the mood and mind set of the character. The audience would relate this music to the character throughout the film and it would mirror their emotions.

In our audience feedback we found that editing was our strongest point which attracted the audience the most, the editing flowed well and we had a good use of shots which we blended in.

Another film that my target audience may be interested in is Columbiana, or Kill Bill. These films are similar about female main characters, which switches the roles around and has similar story lines of revenge.

The theme of revenge will relate to the audience because it would get their adrenaline pumping and make them think of themselves in the situation of the main character is in, it will create a sense of escapism and give them a topic to speak about after the film. The themes would attract the audience because it’s not your typical film about rescuing someone or falling in love, an eye for an eye it biblical and it shows the extent people will go to to avenge their families. Columbiana is a film based on the same theme which my audience may also find entertaining and relatable.

From my audience feedback I found that the idea of revenge for a theme was a good idea as many people can relate to it, but that my storyline wasn't clear because we didn't give enough away in the opening sequence and that we should have been more clear. An idea of using a flashback of Anna's parents was proposed, which was originally our idea, however we were unable to do this in time, so in the future if I were able to do my film again I would use a flashback to help the audience understand what my film is about.