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

From the questionnaire which i did for my primary research that I did before creating my final edit I found which age group watched movies within the thriller genre the most and also what colours would be most effective to use for the titles and credits. From this questionnaire it helped myself and Amy when filming and editing our thriller as we listened to the feed back to hopefully make our film look more effective to the audience. After using this feedback to help create and edit my film I then wanted to see if I had achieved what I hoped and had attracted the target audience my thriller was mainly targeted at. I went on to create a second questionnaire and also show people my production and interview them on what they thought of it. I asked media students as well as people that had never studied the subject before so therefore didn't think about certain contexts of the film and look at certain things the way a media student would. 

  On receiving feedback from my media
 class after all viewing my thriller opening
 I received positive feedback and also
 constructive criticism to help me make                                   
 my film more professional or help me in
 the future if I was to create another production.
The positive feedback included comments such as 

• Good use of effective sound
• Bold and eye catching Titles 
• Good ambience sound  
• Really interesting storyline 
• variety of angles make it more interesting
• Flashing of photos throughout are good

The constructive criticism Amy and I received included these comments 

• Some of the films may have looked better in colour
• Some of the flashing photos weren't on long enough so if wasn't paying full attention wouldn't have seen 
• could have been longer, added more detail in the opening sequence

The feedback i received from none media students was mainly positive but i do believe that this is because they wouldn't have looked into my production as much as a professional or someone with lots of knowledge about certain aspects of it. They don't pick out as many faults as a media student would as they aren't really looking for them and are just enjoying the film that is in front of them. Some of the feedback i recieved was that my film was very effective and made them want to carry on watching. Some viewers also said that the titles were effective and stood out.  

As well as receiving feedback I also used certain conventions and effects to help attract my audience. I wanted my thriller to stand out and make the audience feel on edge. Too attract my audience i used the main conventions used within a thriller such as changes in the angles of shots.I used different angles of shots to make my thriller more interesting for the viewer so that they would want to carry on watching. I also wanted to attract my audience by the use of sound as sound can add so much to something. For example in my thriller opening a gate is opened and myself and Amy added a creaky gate noise to make it fit with the genre and come across more creepy to the audience. I also spent time choosing the sounds which play the whole way through as i wanted these to help build more and more tension throughout. I used deep base sounds to make the title sequence come across as more dark and mysterious and I also used high pitch tones.
To help make my thriller as best it could be I watched famous thriller films that are very popular and have a wide audience. This was so I could see what people enjoy watching and add similar conventions to my thriller in hope that they would attract more viewers.