How did you attract/address your audience?
To allow our piece to be more engaging for our audience, we ensured that some of the topics and issues raised were relatable to the target age range. The main theme in the piece is jealousy. Jealously is an issue that is faced in many teenage friendships and relationships, so addressing this topic would allow our audience to be able to relate to the issues that the characters are facing. A strong theme throughout the piece is also friendship, as suggested by the photo montage at the beginning of the piece. In the piece, my character also calls Jasmine to warn her about Josh's intentions but she leaves it too late. This shows the character's real bond that has sadly been allowed to be overshadowed by another person. This is a situation that many teenagers will be faced with on many different levels and it is important to bring these topics to light.
Editing
Characters
Throughout our thriller opening, we ensured that we featured relatable characters to allow our target audience to be able to truly connect with the narrative. As our target audience for the piece was 16-19 year olds, including characters of this age range allows this audience to be able to relate more to the characters and the challenges that each character may face individually. Jasmine, Josh and I all acted in the film and each of us fit into this age bracket. Using actors of a similar age to the characters they are portraying helps to add to the realness of the piece, allowing viewers to become even more engaged with the piece.
Our film features many stereotypical characters in the terms of a vulnerable female (Jasmine) and a strong, dominant male (Josh). My character however, serves to break this female stereotype by appearing strong and independent. Including this character allows the piece to become more diverse, creating a more relatable, realistic storyline.
Our film features many stereotypical characters in the terms of a vulnerable female (Jasmine) and a strong, dominant male (Josh). My character however, serves to break this female stereotype by appearing strong and independent. Including this character allows the piece to become more diverse, creating a more relatable, realistic storyline.
Narrative
To allow our piece to be more engaging for our audience, we ensured that some of the topics and issues raised were relatable to the target age range. The main theme in the piece is jealousy. Jealously is an issue that is faced in many teenage friendships and relationships, so addressing this topic would allow our audience to be able to relate to the issues that the characters are facing. A strong theme throughout the piece is also friendship, as suggested by the photo montage at the beginning of the piece. In the piece, my character also calls Jasmine to warn her about Josh's intentions but she leaves it too late. This shows the character's real bond that has sadly been allowed to be overshadowed by another person. This is a situation that many teenagers will be faced with on many different levels and it is important to bring these topics to light.Editing
We also used different editing techniques to help to attract our audience to the piece. The opening of a film is where the tone of the piece is set so using the correct techniques is vital to keep an audience interested and to encourage them to keep watching. We used quick cut editing with a range of close up shots near the beginning, as the intensity of the shots helped to build the suspense for the audience as the death is revealed gradually through snapshots of the crime scene.
Sound
We used two separate sound items throughout our thriller opening. The first song used is called, 'Jealousy' by Frankie Miller. This song does not conform to the typical conventions of a thriller film as it is not particularly eerie or dark. We chose this track because of its lyrics. With very close reference to influence from BBC's 'The Missing', we wanted to give the audience a small insight into what the film was to entail throughout the title sequence. We found that the lyrics in the song linked perfectly with our narrative ad helped to strengthen our plot and storyline.
We used a second sound item called, 'G321-Thriller opening music choice 3.' This sound item was very typical of a thriller film. It included a direct contrast between high and low pitched sounds to encourage discomfort in the audience to help to build the tension. We used this track throughout the shots of Jazz's body, relating the sound to danger. The track coincided with the previous piece very well as it helped to display the direct difference between life and death in our piece.
Sound
We used two separate sound items throughout our thriller opening. The first song used is called, 'Jealousy' by Frankie Miller. This song does not conform to the typical conventions of a thriller film as it is not particularly eerie or dark. We chose this track because of its lyrics. With very close reference to influence from BBC's 'The Missing', we wanted to give the audience a small insight into what the film was to entail throughout the title sequence. We found that the lyrics in the song linked perfectly with our narrative ad helped to strengthen our plot and storyline.
We used a second sound item called, 'G321-Thriller opening music choice 3.' This sound item was very typical of a thriller film. It included a direct contrast between high and low pitched sounds to encourage discomfort in the audience to help to build the tension. We used this track throughout the shots of Jazz's body, relating the sound to danger. The track coincided with the previous piece very well as it helped to display the direct difference between life and death in our piece.
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