The people who I identified as my audience are people from
the age of 18+. I thought that it would be both men and women as my thriller is
something that is interesting for both genders. Doing this means that I will be
able to attract a larger audience and it won’t be a film that people associate
with only one area of the audience. The type of audience that would be
attracted to this film would be people who like to think about the films that
they are watching and that want to be thrilled and have an exhilarating time
whilst they watch the film. I would imagine that the people who would watch the
thriller would be interested in films like the Woman in Black, The Exorcist,
Amityville Horror, Insidious, things that are a bit out of the ordinary. I
think this because my thriller is something that is a bit out of the ordinary
and the films that people will be interested in are the films about the
supernatural and the things that are a bit odd.
To make this film effective I needed to find out what my
audience’s expectations were of thrillers. I did this by giving out
questionnaires and looking at the results and seeing what it was exactly that
they wanted out of a thriller. I found this information really important as it
meant that I knew exactly what it was that they wanted out of my thriller and
how to edit it in such a way that it would appeal to the target audience.
They all stated that it was important to have:
·
An interesting storyline because they could get
more involved with the film and the characters.
·
have to have a lot of plot twists in to keep it
more interesting
·
Characters that they can connect with to get
more emotionally attached
·
Situations that are believable
·
Characters that are believable
All of these factors are important to making a good film
because as a filmmaker you need to know what it is the audience is looking for
to actually make a good film that will give the distributors back the money
that they funded the film with.
Audience profile
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Gender-male
o
Age- 18+
o
Interests- gaming, watching films of all genres
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Like a lot of action movies
o
Uses films as an escape
Looking at the BBFC’s website I figured that my thriller was
going to be about a 12-12a certificate. This is because my thriller has content
in it that will frighten people under a certain age. However it does not have
the content in there to become a 15 because it requires more gore and more
violence. This is some of the information
on the official BBFC’s website:
·
12A means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the
film unaccompanied. The A stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. Children
younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (eg
someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.
·
The overall tone of a film or DVD, and the way it makes the
audience feel may affect the classification. For example, a work which has a
very dark or unsettling tone which could disturb the audience would be less
likely to be passed 12A even if the individual issues in the film were
considered acceptable under the BBFC guidelines. Similarly, if a work is
particularly positive or reassuring this may stop it being pushed up a category
from 12A to 15.
·
At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not
dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but
occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their
context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama).
·
Action sequences and weapons may be present at 12 or 12A,
and there may be long fight scenes or similar. Weapons which might be easily
accessible to 12 year olds should not be glamorised in 12A and 12 works.
·
Sexual violence, such as scenes of rape or assault, may
only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated at 12A. Such scenes must
also have a strong contextual justification.
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