How did you attract your audience?

There were many aspects that we had to consider when addressing our audience during the filming. Therefore, the outcome of our survey was imperative as it made sure us we got the material and media right for our viewers to gain what they had wanted, but also to work with our distributors to gain a greater success for the final product. For example, the questionnaire results assured that people would not show a thriller to anyone under the age of 15 years old, due to the strong content that was involved in these thrillers. From looking at the results from the questionnaire it was clear that people wanted to see a psychological sub genre but also a factor of crime and consequently by doing this it kept the audience fixated as most participants wanted the end of the opening to be on a cliff hanger. We decided to incorporate both of these factors into our thriller opening, due to the market research that we upheld when conducting these surveys and then by doing this we would gain success as our criteria would fit into the BBFC rating of 15.

 When shooting our thriller opening we had consider the requirements from ‘BBFC15’ guidelines and by doing this we sometimes had to re-plan and re-shoot due to the substance not being suitable for that age group such as over exploitation of our victims; Shelby Doe, Rebecca Wilcox and Sophie King.
Investigation and research were key elements as well as our audience feedback, as it gave us the opportunity to assess and pass judgment on our media against our original plans for the thriller opening and to go by our plan at all time. Thus, by doing this; we were able to identify the correct audience and could identify room for change, such as added effects and shot types but also we needed more clarity on shot angles to stress the character, either being superior or weak.

Using the lightness or mise-en-scene for this shot I think it takes into account the typical conventions that appear in most thriller openings; the lighting is dull and the setting in the background is simplistic and unrevealing.

This shot emphasises the hostility the film could portray on women. By showing this shot of one of the victims at the start of the thriller is creates suspense making the movie itself more appealing to watch.