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Working out Target Audiences Pearl and Dean is a company that sells advertising space for UK cinemas. They analyse potential movie audiences, in order to calculate where is best to show the adverts (in order to reach the right target audience). They analyse the audience in terms of gender, social grade and age. and you can access the information online. I used some of this information to estimate the target audience for my film. 'Don't Worry Darling' - Directed by Olivia Wilde (2022) The analysis of the film 'Don't Worry Darling', shows that the target audience is quite evenly split between genders. It also appeals to a younger audience, with only 17% of people above 45 being likely to watch the film. 64% of what is considered 'upper class' make up the audience for this film. As this film has a similar concept to our film opening, I used this research as a basis to figure out my own target audience. Similar to 'Don't Worry Darling', I bel...

  Thriller Sub-genres To prepare ourselves for creating a film opening to a thriller, we did some research into the different sub-genres. There are may sub-genres associated with Thriller films, however these are some of the most well known: Psychological thriller Action thriller Crime thriller Spy thriller Political thriller Mystery thriller Horror thriller Supernatural thriller I did some more in depth research of the sub-genres I found most interesting. Decision  Clementine and I decided to base our film opening on a psychological thriller. We found the use of shared suspense particularly interesting, and thought that keeping the audience in the dark would make the film more interesting. We included this in our film by purposely leaving our actors faces out of each shot, so that their identities remained an enigma code. Psychological thrillers can often include themes of mental illne...

Introduction Alfred Hitchcock was a film maker, most well known for his Thriller films and his effective methods in building tension. He is known as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Hitchcock often used the phrase 'pure cinema', which can be interpreted in different ways, but his successful film techniques won him many awards. I looked at Hitchcock's style and the many definitions of pure cinema, so that I could identify techniques that are still being used to this day. Pure Cinema PURE CINEMA: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock (25 min) Directed by Gary Leva from Gary Leva on Vimeo .   Hitchcock The Shallows - Analysis Many movies use Hitchcock's techniques, and 'The Shallows' is just one example. You can see from the clip that the movie makes use of shared suspense, anticipatory space, temporal deadlines and vicarious suspense. This all helps to build tension, just as Hitchcock used in his films, and the disorientating sh...

  Introduction   Scary movies are a popular form of entertainment, and can appear in the structure of Horror or Thriller films. There are many differences between the two genres, which I highlighted in my ' Conventions of Thrillers ' blog post. Whatever form they appear, the two Genres are still very popular, so our class decided to analyse how fear is created through films, and why people continue to watch scary movies. Fears One method used to create discomfort in the audience, is by incorporating common fears in the movie, so the audience are automatically uneasy from seeing their own fears on screen. This helps them connect with the characters, and start feeling fear on behalf of them. Scary movies often contain themes of death, darkness and being hunted. Below are some common fears that effect society, which are often included in films: ...

Introduction Our task was to watch the opening credits of a film and note down which times each credit appeared. We then had to create a list of the credits that are essential to have in an opening sequence, before categorising the structure of the credits.

Task 1 Google 'top thrillers of 2021' select 4 and watch the trailers. Then embed the trailers into your blog and slides and answer the following: - What do these films have in common? - What are the differences?   This trailer for the movie "Rushed" contains many typical Thriller conventions. A lot of these can be identified in the plot, such as an investigation and a murder plot. There are also other recognizable features of thrillers, such as low key and coloured lighting, and dramatic camera angles. This Thriller is also very effective, as it incorporates common fears that people have into the film, such as heights and being trapped in a fire. This makes the overall effect of the movie successful, and this technique is often used in Thrillers. At first the trailer doesn't seem to reveal the genre of "House of Gucci", howev...

  Introduction As an introduction to film openings, we were instructed to analyse the first two minutes of the film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". First, we identified the key features of a film opening and what we thought were the most important factors. We then watched the clip three times, and noted down our observations, making sure to look our for narrative details. Film Openings Narrative Films include narrative details such as binary opposites, to make a film more interesting and engaging. These narrative features can also be found in film openings, so they are something to look out for. - Binary opposites - Narrative range (eg. restricted/unrestrictive narrative) - Codes (eg. enigma codes) ...