Response to brief and past experience

Explanation of demographics:

What information do you have about your audience?

They are aged between 16-24 years old.

 

What might you include in your thriller to ensure it appeals to them?

I may include music that is popular, or have a trending clothing item everyone in my target audience would be interested in.

 

What advantages are there to making a thriller for this audience?

This audience are more likely to go out to the cinema to watch this film, and also this age group use social media a lot, so they would promote the film on to their social media’s helping to sell the product.

 

What challenges do you foresee in making a thriller for this audience?

I will have to find a relevant theme or story-line for my trailer to get the audience attention.

 

Conventions:

What are the key thriller & opening sequence conventions you will have to include in your work?

I will include dramatic music, to keep the audience on edge, and jump scares. Dim lighting would also show that something is about to happen.

 

How might you include each convention?

I could cut the scene in a way that the next scene would be very sudden and dramatic which could freak out the audience.

 

Industry requirements:

What institution is your thriller opening being produced for?

Thriller Chiller Film Festival

 

What information can you find out about this film institution?

They are based in the USA.

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of working with this institution?

An advantage is that it is based in the USA so it could help globalise the product.

A disadvantage is that the audience group may be difficult to impress.

 

Considering your audience what regulator issues must you consider?

They must meet the standards of BBC and have no issues with the regulatory bodies.

 

What institutional information must your text include?

It must talk about the age group and where the institution is based.

 

Medium:

What medium are you working in?

I am working in the film medium.

 

What type of text are you producing within that medium?

The text I will be producing in that medium will be the opening thriller scene of the film.

 

What genre will your type of text fit into best?

The genre my text will fit best into is thriller/horror.