Identifying Our Target Audience

The target audience depends on the sub-genre of the thriller and also the topics in which it contains.
For example a thriller such as 'No Country for Old Men', which contain more action and violence, seem to have a more popular audience of young males. This is becuase the fast paced nature of these films appeals more to male viewers. 
Another example is thrillers that can also be categorized with horror such as 'One Missed Call', these seem to appeal to young females rather than males. This could be because horror films normally target young women, therefore women would be able to grab their attention.

There are many ways in which we can identfy our target audience. Such as carrying out an interview with a range of people, and finding out what their favourite thriller and what, in their opinion, makes a thriller good.
Furthermore, another method could be carrying out an online survey also asking various questions to establish what different people think about different thrillers. This could be posted onto facebook, which would offer a variety of answers from our family and friends.

graphic matches

Graphic matches are two similar images placed together to create an overall smooth visual transfer from one frame to the next. however, the image doesn't have to look the same, it can just have the same patterns of light and dark, or the same positioning of the figures within the shot. The director, could also choose to present a contrasting shot to achieve a different effect.


an example of a graphic match is used in 2001: A Space Odyssey as shown below in this clip i retrieved from youube;

The graphic match within this scene is between the bone flying in the air, thrown up by the apes and the satelite in space.

'Shadow of a Doubt'

'Shadow Of A Doubt', another one of Alfred Hitchcock's brilliant films, was created in 1943. It was one of Hitchcock's favourite out of his own collection of films. We watched this film together in class and analyzed the mise-en-scene as follows;

Settings and props

One of the main props is the Cigar, this suggests that 'uncle Charlie' has a high taste and a lot of money to spend. The large sum of money scattered over the bedside table and floor reinforces the first prop and also suggests that Charlie has more than enough money as he is careless of it, its of little importance to him. The place uncle Charlie comes from seems rundown, poor and almost eerie, with it's broken and burnt cars and bad atmosphere. This contrasts with Santa Rosa where his neice lives which looks a much nicer place; almost perfect with its white picket fences, flowers and smiling faces.

Positioning of characters and objects withing the frame
When uncle Charlie seems to be escaping the two men, he seems very csual and resourceful when avoiding them. Also Uncle Charlie is positioned in the centre of the screen, with the two men who are after him in the foreground, whilst Charlie is in the background. Also the fact they are either side of him, suggests a sense of entrapment on Charlie's behalf. Also uncle Charlie seems to come to life in the dark, this could be suggesting that there is a sinister, dark side to him. It also suggests that uncle Charlie is the antagonist. Uncle charlie and his neice, Charlie seem to both be positioned in the same way on both of their seperate beds, showing the contrast between the two.

Below is a montage of uncle Charlie and charlie which i created using http://www.onetruemedia.com/ 

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Costume, hair and make up

The costumes in which everyone is wearing seem very smart, casual and old fashioned. Uncle Charlie's suit in particular looks as though it is emaculate, he is very particulate about looking smart. Also his hair seems to be slicked back, these both reinforce the fact that Charlie is in someway wealthy and looks as though he takes pride in what he looks like.

Facial expressions and body language

Both Charlie and uncle Charlie are both seen to be lying on the bed in the same relaxed and uninterested matter. Both of the characters display an emotion of boredum and tiredness and seem as though they are lifeless.

Lighting and Colour

At the begging there is light entering the room from the window in which, untill what suggested as his landlord comes into his room and pulls the blind down. Charlie now enters darkness, at which point he moves from his relaxed, lazy position on the bed to a more tense, on edge position and moves around. This reinforces that he tends to 'come alive' in the darkness, further suggesting that he is the antagonist of this film. The opening seems to have a lot of shadows, and uses low key lighting, givimg the film a more eerie feel to it. Uncle Charlie has an ominous look when he is on the phone shortly after, due to the shadow that is created over his eyes, by the hat he is wearing, perhaps suggesting he is sinister.

Preliminary exercise; storyboard

This is the story board we created for our preliminary exercise before we began to film it.

Preliminary exercise

Above is mine, sarah's, Hollies and connors preliminary exercise. To start with we had to create a storyboard then we had roughly a whole lesson to complete the filming of our preliminary exercise.
We decided on using many shots including;

• long shot
• Pan shot
• extreme close up

In order to produce our outcome, we filmed each part several times, making sure we could peice them together. I feel as though our preliminary exercise went well as it seems to all flow nicely.
However, we did encounter some errors. One of which was due to the fact that we could not hear the audio whilst editing so just focused on the visual side of things, we did not realise that the camera man can be heard saying 'Go'. Also at one point one of the characters look at the camera, showing that they know it is there. Also due to the distance of the camera, some of the dialogue is rather quite, too quite to really be heard and other parts can be heard clearly. 
Although, I feel as though we have been able to notice our mistakes, and therefore will take these in to consideration whilst filming in the future.

My Thriller Montage

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The thriller motage above demonstrates the type of images used in a thirller and what comes to mind when discussing thrillers. The montage includes some of the ideas for our own thriller.

Auter

Auter refers to the term of author and creator and the idea that some film directors impose a personal vision on their films. It's argued that Hitchcick stamped a number of creative features on his films including;

•  very high angles shots
•  exaggerating lighting effects
•  precise editing
• Characters who are trapped or imprisoned
• exaggerated point of view
• creative use of sound (diegetic/non-diegetic)
• Misleading relationships
• Cameo appearances of Hitchcock

Voyeur; refers to watching something we are not supposed to be watching, also known as voyeuristic viewing.

Another known auter is Steven Speilberg.
He is a director with a clear, individual style. Some of his trademark techniques include ordinary people confronted by extraordinary situations such as;

• Jaws
• E.T.
• Schindlers list
• Close encounters of the third kind