Evaluation AS 4

When my group and I were creating our opening sequence we took into consideration that the scenes used needed to be appropriate to our target audience. Having a target audience allowed us to know and concentrate on what levels of features we can include in our opening sequence so that it’s not too extreme for our slightly younger audience. We needed to be careful of the amount of profanities, gore and violence used as too much of it wouldn't be appropriate for our target audience and perhaps ending up to be too much for the audience and resulting into a 'flop' of a film. We made our target audience the certificate of 15 and older because we felt that it would welcome a large variety of age’s to watch our thriller and entertain them at the same time. As our story was very much indicated at the events teenagers go through we believed it was appropriate to cater for them
For example where we have included someone some graphic scenes of the young boy killed and having blood all over him, scenes of torture where the girl is being chased by the murderer and forced to help him kill her own boyfriend; therefore we felt at 15, teenagers would be able to handle a great deal more without being to frightened and disturbed and would be able to cope with the more scenes like this.

Our main focus for the audience in our opening scene was for them to feel engaged and throughout the opening sequence as Charlotte and I included many of the strong elements to hold their attention in order to gain their positive liking towards our work. For example, we have included charters that we relatale to the audience, so we used the young vulnerable innocent girl and she was conventional to a thriller as she looked as if she was the one who was going to be killed. Unlikely she engaged the audience as she was so relatable to the audiences and your typical girls personality and this made everyone feel as like the film itself was real. It made them feel sympathetic towards the character as they were so relatable to people in the audience and again this made them more engaged with the opening sequence.

Another element that has helped us develop a relationship with the audience is the use of this diagetic sound. It  really emphasises the characters panic and fear, this makes the audience tense and feel sorry for our character and desperate to help. Due to these elements, I believe that our audience would find a connection and relationship with my characters and therefore our opening.

Explain how your thriller film appeals to an audience (narrative, characters. soundtrack, camera etc)