The target audience of my opening to a thriller film would be 16 to 18 year olds, simply because they would enjoy more the kind of traditional gritty British thrillers, something of which my film displays aspects of. Teenagers of contemporary Britain would enjoy the kind of gritty thriller and their use of violent scenes, much like the opening scenes from ‘Essex Boys’ where Jason beats up his victim and dumps him in the swamp.
I carried out around 20 questionnaires, around 14 of which were males. They all said they enjoyed the slightly violent ending scene of my edit of the opening to a thriller film, however, our final edit did not include this. Much like ‘Essex Boys’ our thriller film follows a male protagonist, something of which males of between 16 and 18 can associate with.
On the site Amazon.co.uk, me and Austen could get a feel for who purchased a similar film to ‘Essex Boys’ simply by searching ‘Essex Boys’. Ironically, and after searching in to these films, the majority of these similar films contain a male cast and suspenseful/violent storyline – my group’s thriller includes these characteristics and I have used this data to come to a conclusion on whether or not there is an audience for Austen and my thriller – there is.
As mentioned earlier, myself and Austen distributed questionnaires so as to gain feedback on our rough edits before making a final edit together which contained improvements. These improvements were suggested by the people who filled out the questionnaires.
On the other hand, however, our film could appeal to an older audience, possibly between the ages of 30-40 because they may like the cinematography that our opening to a thriller film contains. Moreover, intertextual references from our thriller film may appeal to them. An example of this would be the classic extreme long shot of the pathway with a vanishing point from ‘The Third Man’ (1949). This idea originally inspired myself and Austen and we went on to include this in our production.
No comments:
Post a Comment