Analysis of audience research

We interviewed four people for our audience research and we got very different answers from all of them.

some of there favourite genres varied from foreign films, realistic films to action adventure and chick flicks 

we also asked them what was there favourite type thriller was we got answers ; political, psychological and action thrillers.
We also asked questions such as what was the last film you went and saw at the cinema, the answers we got back were; tinker tailor solider spy, dream house, sherlock holmes a game of shadows and war horse.
Another question that we asked was what draws you to go and see a film in the cinema some of the answers we got back were; good reviews on the film, friends have suggested to go and see it, fast action scenes and good looking actors/actresses.
We also asked the research group what there fear was the answers we got back were; drowning and spiders.
The final question we asked our research group was if a famous actor or actress was to star as you in a film of your life who would it be the answers we got back were; George Clooney, Peter Kay, Brad Pitt and Will Ferrall.

The answers we got back were a lot of help to us as a group because it gave us a rough idea of what to put into our thriller.

KCD Productions

Location Pictures

Intro Titles

Target audience interviews

Research for our Thriller Coursework

Conventions of the genre.

• mystery (enigma)
• blood
• death
• suspense
• mysterious 
• weapons

Research into real films of the genre (other films watched, ideas, references etc).

• memento 
• brick
• zodiac
• bourne legacy
• mission impossible

Research into potential target audience.

• films that are watched by 16-24 years of age, so it is best to set this at the age group.
• most males go for action thrillers, and females go for more romance films, therefore you target it for males.

Proposal as to how your project would appeal to the target audience and beyond.

• our project would ideally, be aimed at this type of audience so that it can gain the most profit possible, with this we will probably look into what this age group are looking for, therefore, they will get what they want, and our film will prosper.

Name of thriller film

The members of KCD Productions have been trying to decide what to call our thriller we had many ideas but after serious thought we came up with the name 'Hidden' this is because of the character the masked man because no one knows who he is and because he is hidden in every shot from the other two characters so they don't know what is coming that is how we came up with that name for our thriller.

Our Production Company

Me and my group have been debating on different names for our production company and after a long debate we finally decided on KCD Productions. We came to this decision because of the peoples names in our group, K=katie, C=charlie D=daniel. now we will stick with this name until we finish our AS and A2 projects.

Characters in thriller

there are going to be three main characters in our thriller two of them are part of KCD Productions which will be me and my friend Katie and the other character will be played by our camera man (Charlie) his older brother Edward Searle.
Katie Edmead-Katie
Daniel Morris-Daniel
Edward Searle-Masked man.

Target audience reasearch

Me and my group have created a survey using Survey Monkey to collect information regarding our target audience. We asked several questions including:

• What is your favourite thriller sub-genre? (e.g. legal, psychological...)
• Who would you want to play you in a film of your life?
• How often do you go to the cinema?

We are currently awaiting the results of our survey, and hope to gain a sizable response as this will make our target audience research more generalized.

Target audience

When making a film, it is important to think about the audience to whom witch the film will be directed at. this will help the director of the film to choose what type of scenes to include into the film to direct it to a specified audience to bring in as much revenue as possible.

Different ways to obtain this information can be done by;

      - Surveys (Online, Post, In person)
      - Focus groups
      - Interviews

When collecting the information, some things need to be taking into consideration including;

      - Age
      - Gender
      - Occupation
      - Income
      - Favourite type of genre
      - Hobbies and Interests
      - Marital Status

Moodboard/Brainstorm (Group Work)

Target Audience

When making a film, it is important to think about the audience to whom witch the film will be directed at. this will help the director of the film to choose what type of scenes to include into the film to direct it to a specified audience to bring in as much revenue as possible.

Different ways to obtain this information can be done by;

- Surveys (Online, Post, In person)
- Focus groups
- Interviews

When collecting the information, some things need to be taking into consideration including;

- Age
- Gender
- Occupation
- Income
- Favourite type of genre
- Hobbies and Interests
- Marital Status

Treament Sheet

Name of Film: 'Hidden'

Outline of Ideas:

Two young people are walking home from a party after a long night out. As they stop outside the girls house, they begin a short conversation. In the background, the audience can see a shadowed figure at the bottom of the street under a lampost. As they talk unaware of the figure's presence, it begins to move closer. The boy and girl say goodnight and the girl goes inside. The boy then turns around to leave but his throat is slashed and he is left outside the girl's house in a pool of blood. When the girl is inside, she places down her bag and coat and goes to the window to shut the blinds. As she glances out of the window, she sees something on the floor. As she leans closer to the window to look at what it is, the reflection of a hooded figure is in the window behind her. When she realises the thing on the floor is the body of her friend, she gasps and turns around only to be confronted with the killer. She screams.

Resources:

3 actors - one boy and one girl as the main protagonists, one killer.

Dark road that can be quite well lit by street lights.

House with windows looking onto the street.

A knife.

Fake blood.

How will these ideas fit the genre?:

-Silhouette of the killer creates mystery as you cannot see their face. It also creates an enigma because the audience will want to know who the killer is and question their motives.

- Shock is created when the boy gets attacked with the knife; the attack was unexpected and sudden.

- Suspense is created while the boy and girl are mid conversation and the audience can see a dark figure moving closer. Suspense is also created when the killer's reflection is in the window but the girl does not see it.

Animatic

This is the animatic for our thriller.

Music for thriller

this is the music that we are using for our thriller


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