Question 5: How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience?

These two shots are edited together fairly quickly and especially the bottom one is only shown as a flash, we did this because from the results we gained from asking our audience quick, flashy shots were one of the main elements that they liked to see in a thriller movie. These shots of un-pleasant possibly disturbing scenes work well when incorporating quick shots to build tension within the thriller movie.  For this shot we used props of water fountain bottles on the bottom shelf covered by a white sheet, and Beth on the top also covered by a white sheet in order to look like dead bodies on storage.

There are many shots of the photos on the wall which all move in different directions quickly going in and out of focus. This confuses the audience and doesn't give them time to analyse the shot properly causing missing information in their interpretation of the film; this causes mystery and can result in their imagination drifting to think the story is something different to what is revealed in the end. This can be very effective in a movie and is favoured by our target audience from the questionnaire results we gathered.

From the verbal responses we gathered from showing the thriller we produced to our peers we gained mainly positive comments saying that it looked interesting and they would be interesting in watching a thriller with that opening as it pulled them into the storyline with the common elements as well as elements we developed that gained us a positive result. We used non- diegetic sound in our thriller throughout all of the flashback scenes which was also one of the demands we received from our audience in the questionnaire results. From the verbal feedback we received it is clear to see that we have met if not exceeded the expectations of our audience. The main points that we met where:  theme, setting and shots used. For the theme we used a everyday setting as the main setting to carry on throughout the film which is what our audience preferred. We also based our thriller round a psychological theme and used some jump cuts and quick shots when editing together our thriller which were also conventions that our audience favoured. By meeting these we can certify that we are creating a film that audiences will want to watch enabling it to be a success overall.