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1. How did you attract/address your audience?
2. How the shots effect the audience...
3. Close up: This is the first shot of the antagonist and makes
the audience wonder who it is and what they are doing. Medium shot:
This shot shows the antagonist putting his coat on and shows the
viewer he is getting ready but does not show identity which keeps
audiences in the dark and encourages them to keep watching. Extreme
Close up: This shot shows the audience he has killed before. It is
a tilt shot. and sets up the narrative for them. Extreme Close up
and close up: This shot shows the mask which is the icon for the
film- this creates mystery as viewer doesn't know the identity.
Extreme Close up: This tilt shot shows radio whilst the non
diegetic voice over is played. This shot and voiceover foreshadows
Tons death- lets audience in with a secret. Close up: This shot
shows a picture with Ton and camera zooms in on him to show he is
the next target and to connect the dual narrative.
4. Extreme long shot: This shot shows the viewer the second
location and also showcases the costume of the character. Medium
Two shot: This shot shows the audience that he is not alone and ton
is the next target Low angle Close up: This shot shows the audience
what the character looks like and also shows part of the woodland
location. Extreme long shot: Shows how isolated the setting is and
pans as he walks also helps audience associate setting with the
radio report. High angle Close up: This shot makes Ton look weaker
and more vulnerable. Faster editing pace- audience knows something
might happen- builds up climax.
5. Extreme close up and close up: Shows that Ton might have
heard something and is looking around for clues- makes the audience
wonder what he has heard/saw. Medium Two shot: This shot shows that
the antagonist is hiding and is preparing to attack Ton. This makes
the audience wonder whether ton will escape or what will happen to
him. This also engages the audiences interests. Medium Shot and
point of view shot: This shows what is happening in tons point of
view and shows the antagonist attacking and killing him. Extreme
close up: This shows that Ton has been killed and relates back to
the radio report of his body being found.
6. Audience Research When we were creating our film we always
thought and asked what our target audience would what and what they
wouldn't have included in our opening. We asked them questions
about whether or not the genre and the narrative would be suitable
for our target audience and one of the responses were Yes because
it sounds quite intense so if it as any younger it could be
unsuitable. Our target audience also said that that it is important
to build up tension in a horror film and to also include elements
of silence. In our film we did this as the woodland sequence was
constantly building up tension towards Tons death. We also included
elements of silence in the garage scene so the audience would be on
the edge and sense that something was going to happen. Our focus
group also told us that hey would continue watching the film a the
tension had built and has intrigued them into wondering what would
happen next. In our film we chose to include teenagers because it
is conventional in horror films. We also chose to have teenagers
because we wanted the target audience to be able to relate to the
characters and form a rapport- this could mean that hey have a
favourite character and would be interested to know what would
happen to them.
7. Audience Pleasures. In our film opening the audience may
experience Visceral Pleasures. This means that some audiences may
enjoy it when films have physical effects on them. For example,
horror fans enjoy being made to jump or scream inn parts. I think
that this may happen in our film because the music is very tense
and builds up the atmosphere which ma make the audience jump. This
will attract viewers and an audiences who enjoy because scared when
watching films and having a physical reaction e.g. screaming or
jumping. In this opening the audience may also experience Counter
Culture Attraction. This means that some audiences gain pleasure
from being immersed in environments or scenarios that break
societys morals and legal restrictions for example crime dramas or
murders in horror films. I think that our film has these pleasures
are included in our film as our narrative is about an axe murderer.
The man narrative and theme of the opening is crime and murder.
Therefore this would attract people who enjoy films with rime and
murder themes. Tracks of Damnation may include Intellectual Puzzle
Pleasures. This means that audiences enjoy working out the mystery
of the narrative. For example Thrillers and Horrors narratives have
elements the audience has to work out the characters. I think that
there may be intellectual pleasures in Tracks of Damnation because
the audience can work out who the antagonist is and what his motive
is for killing people.