Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

I asked my family what things they look for in a Thriller film and these are the words they chose. 



I also asked my parents and grandparents what Thriller films have all these elements in, so I had some idea of what to base my Thriller on.


In order to attract the right audience, I had to insure that our Thriller had all of these elements in it.  Based on previous interviews, I knew what people who watch Thrillers were looking for, like a good story, good acting and action.


It may be quite difficult to attract the right audience because our opening sequence suggests a female dominated film which means that our target audience of males might not be able to empathise with the characters. However, it may be more appealing to a male audience because of the female domination, so it could go either way, which is why we did this survey:

'Would you watch this film in the cinema?'

I interviewed my boyfriend, Josh, 17, who commented:

'This is really good! I would definitely go and see it in the cinema, the music was really tense and engaged me into your film! For only 2 minutes, it has a huge variety of camera shots, I especially liked the running through the woods scene as it was exciting and the different camera shots made it more enjoyable. I did notice that there were only female's cast in it so I questioned how the different characters were going to be used, but it definitely wouldn't make me not want to watch the film just because the female characters are the dominant ones! The radio montage at the end worked really well as it gave a really brief foreshadowing of what was going to happen and it made me want to watch the film to see what was going to happen next. The fast paced editing showed how quickly everything fell apart for the girls which made me empathise more with them. Really good, well done!'

I also asked my cousin, Dan, 23, who said:

'The music box sound is really creepy!! Very effectively used to add an atmosphere to the film! The establishing shot with dartmoor set the scene immediately so I was automatically informed of the location for the film. The scene with the foot stepping on the twig was really creepy, especially as she had a muddy foot and painted toenails to show her gender. The story is such a good idea! Not completely unbelievable like something using paranormal phenomenons, but it could actually happen which makes it even creepier to watch. If I saw this advertised, I would want to watch the entire film!'