Exclamation of Demographics:
The information I have received about my audience is that they are British from the UK and are targeted towards 16-24 year olds who are interested in the thriller genre. To ensure my thriller will appeal to my audience, it must include all the conventions and techniques of a thriller, for example, showing aspects in a film in a fast pace, weapons and explosions etc. The advantages of 16-24 years old being the target audience, are that they find thriller movies exciting via the plot twists and adrenaline that the tension creates.When making the thriller, I may encounter some challenges to ensure it engage to the target audience, such as the right sound effects choice to make the audience at the edge of their seats and also making the most appropriate marketing that will appeal the our target audience to form their intrigue and urge to watching the film.
Conventions:
The key conventions of a thriller and opening sequence are; using technical elements to create flashing effects to build excitement upon the audience. The technical elements that need to be considered when making a thriller are; mise-en-scene, camera, editing and sound. For mise-en-scene the producer (which is me) needs to consider the location, lighting, costumes, era, props and performance. Thriller movies are always set in an urban location but always gritty for example, the city and lonely places in the city where the lighting is artificial and tend to use low key lighting which creates tension and shadow. I will include this convention as my location will take place in an urban location. This effect is quite blue and gloomy. The era is mostly set in the present day and therefore the characters costumes are modern day clothing which can be casual clothing or suits. The props that most thriller movies use are blood, weapons such as guns, knives etc., cars, realistic and everyday props. Props are very important in thriller and in my thriller I will definitely consider using blood and fake knife to show that murder will be involved and that the main sub-genre thriller will be a crime thriller.
When editing the thriller, the editor adds a fast pace throughout the middle and end of the trailer and edits in explosions creating the excitement and making it eye-opening! I highly doubt the audience will get bored. The sound is the most important technical area for a thriller as it is mainly used during the sections that are fast pace to create the suspense and also edit in gunshot sound effects in the background forming enigma. 'Who got shot?' I will include sound effects in the background of my thriller to create chills and tension for the audience which is engaging.
My key strengths is that I have watched many thrillers but mostly psychological thrillers, supernatural thrillers and action thrillers, due to the fact that I enjoy mostly watching the three sub-genre thrillers. I have a lot of understanding with the common storylines and themes of psychological, action and supernatural thrillers and their conventions which consist of a lot of flashing images to reveal abnormal activity which can come across quite sadist and gives clues to how the antagonist behaves that are disturbing for the audience, yet also engages them. My knowledge on these sub-genres allows my intellect on it to be used when creating my thriller opening sequence.
My second strength is that I have previously had past experience in creating a thriller slash horror media text where I am aware of what techniques and conventions to use such as the various shot types for example, establishing shot and close ups which are very commonly used in thriller to create suspense and mystery for the audience. I have give sound effects and music a great importance as in my previous horror trailer that I had made two years ago I was given one of the roles of choosing the most perfect and creepy backtrack music to give the audience chills and I am great at this role as music is a great passion of mine.
Potential Deficiency:
My weaknesses in this area are that I have not seen varied range of sub-genre thrillers such as spy thriller, comedy thriller, conspiracy thriller and legal thrillers etc. which could help me immensely to having a wider insight on all the types of thrillers. Having knowledge on all of the thriller sub-genres will help me in creating my own thriller opening sequence based on for example, a spy thriller. However, due to the lack of intellect on spy thriller having not watched any, I will have issues coming up with conventions for a spy thriller and knowing what to expect. I would be left clueless. To improve this problem in future I intend to watch a variety of sub-genre thrillers including spy thrillers of course to improve my knowledge and understanding of all types of thrillers.
My strengths when making my opening sequence are that when editing, I am strong with how to use the Final Cut Pro software and will be able to make an excellent smash mouth beginning by making some aspects fast pace so that it gets the audience thrown right into the action. This builds the audiences intrigue and creates enigmas which keeps them suspecting the action that is going to happen next. I can also create flashing images due to my knowledge of previous editing work that I have done.
Potential Deficiency:
My weaknesses are that I have not made an opening sequence before and therefore may not be so good at it or know how an opening sequence is supposed to look, depending on the storyline. I am only aware of the conventions of an opening sequence such as super imposed graphics and know why it is used, however I do not know how to make it and edit it on Final Cut Pro which may be a problem when editing the opening sequence together. In order to create super imposed graphics I am going to have to learn and be taught how to make it, to enable that graphics appear over the images that have an effect which links to the type of sub-genre the thriller will be.
When editing the thriller, the editor adds a fast pace throughout the middle and end of the trailer and edits in explosions creating the excitement and making it eye-opening! I highly doubt the audience will get bored. The sound is the most important technical area for a thriller as it is mainly used during the sections that are fast pace to create the suspense and also edit in gunshot sound effects in the background forming enigma. 'Who got shot?' I will include sound effects in the background of my thriller to create chills and tension for the audience which is engaging.
Industry Requirements:
The institution that my thriller opening is being produced for is Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival in Michigan Grand Rapids, USA. For further information about the film festival I have visited their website where i have found that they put together sci-fi, horror and suspense movies. The movies they make are made with bold determination and wild imagination and want the audience to remember it is about the fun of going to the movies.
The advantages of working with this institution are that their blog mentions the award winners of the of the film festival from previous years which engages the website viewers and encourages them to take part. However, the disadvantages of the Thriller! Chiller! institution is that when choosing movies to program in the film film festival is always a difficult process and some get in and some will not and it is always more than a yes/no proposition. Another disadvantage is that it is viewed by a small audience in Michigan and will not get a lot of word of mouth to be noticed by millions of people.
When making a movie, one must consider who the appropriate audience is for watching the thriller and what regulatory issues would be put under considerations in both the UK and US. In the UK the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) provide specific ratings based on aspects of the film, whether they are appropriate or not. My audience is 16-24 years old, so therefore would be rated a 15. In America they use a different classification board called Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) where a 15 rated movie in the UK would be rated an R which stands for Restricted.
My institutional text must include the following with the institutions name which is Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival.
Medium:
The medium I am working for is Film Media, specifically opening sequences. The genre my type of text will fit best into is Thrillers where it show clear convention and technical conventions of a thriller, for example super imposed graphics, enigma, smash mouth openings and engaging music.
Past Experience
Thrillers
Personal Strengths:My key strengths is that I have watched many thrillers but mostly psychological thrillers, supernatural thrillers and action thrillers, due to the fact that I enjoy mostly watching the three sub-genre thrillers. I have a lot of understanding with the common storylines and themes of psychological, action and supernatural thrillers and their conventions which consist of a lot of flashing images to reveal abnormal activity which can come across quite sadist and gives clues to how the antagonist behaves that are disturbing for the audience, yet also engages them. My knowledge on these sub-genres allows my intellect on it to be used when creating my thriller opening sequence.
My second strength is that I have previously had past experience in creating a thriller slash horror media text where I am aware of what techniques and conventions to use such as the various shot types for example, establishing shot and close ups which are very commonly used in thriller to create suspense and mystery for the audience. I have give sound effects and music a great importance as in my previous horror trailer that I had made two years ago I was given one of the roles of choosing the most perfect and creepy backtrack music to give the audience chills and I am great at this role as music is a great passion of mine.
Potential Deficiency:
My weaknesses in this area are that I have not seen varied range of sub-genre thrillers such as spy thriller, comedy thriller, conspiracy thriller and legal thrillers etc. which could help me immensely to having a wider insight on all the types of thrillers. Having knowledge on all of the thriller sub-genres will help me in creating my own thriller opening sequence based on for example, a spy thriller. However, due to the lack of intellect on spy thriller having not watched any, I will have issues coming up with conventions for a spy thriller and knowing what to expect. I would be left clueless. To improve this problem in future I intend to watch a variety of sub-genre thrillers including spy thrillers of course to improve my knowledge and understanding of all types of thrillers.
Film Opening Sequence:
Personal strengths:My strengths when making my opening sequence are that when editing, I am strong with how to use the Final Cut Pro software and will be able to make an excellent smash mouth beginning by making some aspects fast pace so that it gets the audience thrown right into the action. This builds the audiences intrigue and creates enigmas which keeps them suspecting the action that is going to happen next. I can also create flashing images due to my knowledge of previous editing work that I have done.
Potential Deficiency:
My weaknesses are that I have not made an opening sequence before and therefore may not be so good at it or know how an opening sequence is supposed to look, depending on the storyline. I am only aware of the conventions of an opening sequence such as super imposed graphics and know why it is used, however I do not know how to make it and edit it on Final Cut Pro which may be a problem when editing the opening sequence together. In order to create super imposed graphics I am going to have to learn and be taught how to make it, to enable that graphics appear over the images that have an effect which links to the type of sub-genre the thriller will be.
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