These are going to be the main locations of our thriller opening. They are easily accessible as they are local to our school and as Molly who is acting as the attacked girl in our film is available during our lessons it will be easy to get to from school. We aren't worried about what the weather looks like because we want the day to look as normal as possible so that the audience can relate to it and think of it as being realistic. These locations are quite remote so it won't be difficult to film without being in the way of anyone and it is easy to access but it isn't too remote that it would look strange that a girl is walking around on her own. These locations will relate to our target audience too as it may be somewhere they would be walking either after school or around their own town/village. The park represents childhood innocence and vulnerability and under the bridge it shows darkness and concealment. The location for our therapist office will be the student support room in Thurston Community College and looks professional for this as it is used for a similar reason.
Showing posts with label Audience Research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audience Research. Show all posts
Friday, 15 November 2013
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Mise-en- Scene - How We Are Going To Use It
Harmony: As a group we came up with the different aspects of mise-en-scene that we are going to use to present certain ideas to our audience e.g we are going to put the attacker in black dark clothes to present the idea that they are dangerous and deadly.
Sarah: This shows what we are going to use to portray our thriller opening sequence and then also the reasons for why we are doing what we are doing.
Jack: this is our group powerpoint on mise en scene, each slide gives an insight into what we are going to use eg lighting, location, costumes etc. for example we are unsure due to availability whether the attacker will wear a mask or just wear a hoodie to conceal identity.
Past Student Work
Haywards Heath College
Thurston Community College
Thurston Community College
These are 3 different analysis' of past student work. I focused on the Mise-En-Scene, Camera work, Sound, Editing, Narrative and Mood.
Monday, 11 November 2013
The Prestige Conventions
These are all of the conventions I found in the opening sequence of the film The Prestige.
Friday, 8 November 2013
How will the opening appeal to the target audience
Harmony: We have considered many different ideas on how we can make our film appeal to our target audience. Our target audience is mainly aimed at teenagers therefore we will include many different features on our film so it appeals to our target audience and get the reaction that we want. As you can see from the presentation above we will use the vocabulary or the typical teenager so they can relate to the characters in the film. Our characters are also going to be teenagers therefore we will be representing our target audience that we want to reach out to through our characters as they are all going to be the same age; teenagers. We will also use Mise-en-Scene to appeal to our target audience so this includes the costume, the innocent girls clothes will be modern, a style that the audience can relate to. We will also use colours to appeal to the audiences. We have also chosen a setting that teenagers can relate to, a park represents childhood innocence and will make the audience look back to theit not so long ago childhood. We will use props to also appeal to the audience, these propps include a laptop (teenagers are extremely familiar with this technology)
Sarah: All these different parts to our film have been thought about to make it appeal to our target audience. For the narrative we will make sure that the main character of the girl will be the same age of our target audience if not slightly younger. (Our target audience is about 15-25). This will be relatable as they can imagine its themselves or a younger version of themselves or maybe they may have a younger sibling. This way the audience will definitely be able to relate and emotionally attach to the character making it more realistic. The attacker will be almost a dark figure that you never see who it is or why they are doing what they are. They are completely concealed and this may scare our target audience to think how this could happen to them. The vulnerability will make the audience symphathise and attach to the character and understand the film more. The therapist will be wearing the same jacket that the therapist wears so that the audience will get hints that the therapist may be the attacker but it will be a red-herring but as we are only showing the opening so they will be left with a sort of cliffhanger. The setting is very local and common so it will appeal to the target audience as they will be able to relate to it as it is common places (park, road, etc.) they will more than likely walk here sometimes so it will be more relatable for the audience. The props will be realistic, like the therapist will have official documents, laptop, etc. to show professionalism which the audience will find realistic. The attacker will have a weapon to show aggression and that he is the bad guy. All of these things will relate to the audience so they symphathise with the characters, find it realistic and enjoy the film more as it relate to them.
Jack: here is the PREZI I created for the group on the areas of the film that we have thought about to make it appeal to our target audience. Many of the ideas and reasons for these ideas have been explained in the PREZI. ideas include narrative, setting and mise en scene- costume, location, setting and props. A few examples of whats included above are as follows; Narrative- the actors are going to be the age of our target audience so that the narrative appeals more to them so we receive the right emotional feedback as we wish to present in the final film. Costume- the therapist is going to be wearing a suit which is key to thriller film conventions as it shows the officialness of the character. also with costume the therapist and the attacker are going to have the same leather jacket to make the audience wonder if it is coincidence or if they are the same person (red herring). the above PREZI conveys many ideas and reasons for them. Enjoy.
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Se7en
This all of the thriller conventions I found in the opening sequence of the thriller film Se7en.
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Friday, 25 October 2013
The effect of this survey was to figure out what our target audience likes in a thriller film and incorporate it into our thriller opening. The age question was to see whether their answers were relevant to our research as our target audience is 15-25 year olds and if their opinions effect how we want to make our film. Their favourite thriller film can help us to establish which thriller film we would like to watch and then create similarly. The yes or no questions were to see get quick answers to what they liked in a thriller film and the most popular answer we would use as that must be what our target audience most likely wants to see. The location and time of day are important for the target audience because if they don't like when and where it's set they will not like the film.
The survey helped us decide things for our thriller film because we now know what to include, not to include and how if we want our thriller film to attract the target audience we set, we must go with what they like to see in thriller films.
The survey helped us decide things for our thriller film because we now know what to include, not to include and how if we want our thriller film to attract the target audience we set, we must go with what they like to see in thriller films.
Research and Planning: Audience survey outcome
Below is the outcome of our audience survey conducted on Facebook through surveymonkey.com
Q1. The age of most of the people that took our survey was between 15 and 17.
This is brilliant as we wanted this outcome as we have already decided that the target audience for our thriller is going to be between these ages. As the actors we are using are these ages so the audience will relate to and feel more attached to the actors of this age.
Q2. The "What is your favourite thriller film?" question was interesting as many of the same answers came up. Many of the people surveyed said that their favourite thriller was one of The Dark Knight trilogy mostly the Dark Knight. Another popular choice was Taken, Pulp Fiction, Saw and Se7en.
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Q7. Where is the best location for shooting a Thriller? there were many ideas that could be used in our thriller. these included scrapyards, forests and docks. There were some exotic locations where if it was possible we would love to film and have a few days filming and then have a few more days out there. These places were Dubai, Las Vegas and Monte Carlo.
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