5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I have made a video with my group member Khalil to answer evaluation question 5 (How did you attract/address your audience?) We filmed it in our school's film studio using my canon 7D mark II and it was edited by me on my laptop using adobe premiere pro.

Here are the notes we used to create our video, this is not an exact script but more of a rough guideline as to how to answer the question.

What pleasures can your target audience gain from the opening sequence?

establishing shot of the drone is very scenic and epic

engaging scope shots

plot shots

the revealing of the rifle

scenic woodland shots 

attractive actress 

building of the sound, a crescendo

killing of the man

quick cutting makes sequence more exciting near the end

all creates tension mystery and suspense 

what type of film is it, sub genre? which other films might be influential?

Crime Thriller (sub genre)

american sniper (Action Thriller)

Bourne films  (Crime Thriller)

jack reacher (Action Thrilller)

taken (Thriller)

Jarhead (Action Thriller)

shooter (Action Thriller)

Setting - why does this appeal to your target audience and why? 

woods are relatable to a lot of people in england, surrey hills

big country manor house

“Our thriller is based in the surrey hills, the woodland is a familiar setting for a lot of people in england as there is a large amount of woodland and farmland. The environment is scenic and the large manor house would appeal to our target audience as we assume that the age range of 19 to 24 year olds would want a large manor house.” 

Narrative in the opening sequence:

The story 

man killing man

protector figure

ex military protagonist possibly

set in England

2.   Characters

who is the girl?

who is the sniper?

who was the dead guy?

whats the relationship between the two characters

3. Narrative devices

plot twist surprises the audience and makes them unable to guess what happens later on

linear narrative with a singular plot twist to build tension

Which social groups are we appealing to and how?

- young males of 19 - 24

we have chosen a young attractive actress

used a sniper rifle to appeal men due to action conventions

used POV shot to relate to first person video games that young male audience would relate to

Music

tense music

manipulated and split the music to make the sound more distorted and unnatural and to create a build of tension 

eery and creepy

loud rumbling noises create an epic atmosphere 

Titles, director/stars names/institutional logos

what information did you give and why?

used actors like mike niland however if we had the budget we would have casted bradley cooper 

we used simp but we would have used felicity jones

we would have used a professional stuntman to perform the death of the second runner

Quentin Tarantino as the director

I would have chosen Bold as the institution to make the film

Editing/ film styles, what editing techniques did we use?

lots of cross cutting between the two character s to create tension

increased the speed of the durations of shots as the sequence progressed to build the pace and increase the tension again

used a scope to create a POV shot from the sniper

Idilic scenery created through colour correction

the pace increases 

Codes and conventions, what conventions have we used? how have we used them? Have you challenged any of these conventions?

quick cuts

suspense

fear

tension 

fast pace

eery music

- used quicker cuts towards the end of the sequence to build the pace

used suspense when revealing the sniper and his mysterious case, the audience doesn’t know whats in the case

create tension by making the audience think that the sniper is going to kill the girl