Question 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Question 5

 

 

 

Overall I do think we fulfilled our audience’s expectations of an opening due to many elements we included. Almost every piece of information we gathered about people’s expectations whether it be from research or Vox Pops we put it into the opening. Some of the clearest of elements we used in the opening that were obtained from research and Vox Pops included a dual narrative/flashbacks, a fast pace of editing, conventional thriller mise-en-scene, a memorable, suitable soundtrack, many enigmas and a creation of atmosphere.

Our audience responded very well to our opening, it intrigued them and made them want to watch more. There are various other real thriller openings that are relatively similar to ours in terms of conventions that attract the audience. An example could be Se7en, the character’s face is not shown in the opening and the whole opening is very much focused on props.

In our opening sequence we used a wide variety of conventions, we adapted and edited a music track, we put a lot of time into editing, mise-en-scene planning and preparing, the narrative and the plot sequence.

This shot is a close up shot of one of the weapon props that is on the table in the scene in which the victim is tied up to a chair. With this not being the only shot like this a great deal of atmosphere is created due to the fact that these shots are shown in a montage of others but in very quick succession. These types of shots will attract and address audiences as they reinforce the aspects of the psychological thriller genre, in doing this, the audience will be more intrigued to watch on.

 

 

Finally, there is a shot in the opening sequence that is in the first person looking through the eyes of the psychopath. We thought that this would be one of the most iconic shots of the opening due to the fact that again it presents this character psychologically and it creates even more enigmas as to why this character is like this, how he has become the way he is and what really motivates him to do the things he does.