Evaluation (2)

HOW DID YOU ATTRACT YOUR AUDIENCE?

I attracted our audience by making our film as eye catching and iconic as we can. For example in our film it keeps referring back to things such as the eye, or grave stones this suggests that the film is going to be about that and it leaves the audience asking why and it will intrigue them, because they will want to find out what happens. The film also uses an enigma code because of the use of colour correction, this makes the film feel creepy because you can't fully see what is happening on screen and by taking away colour you feel on edge because of the fact you can't see all of the action on screen and it hard to pin point where the action's location is. Also because we use colour correction on objects such as statues and trees it creates a more scary film because they are connotations of a horror, this attracts the audience because they will want to find out what happens. Tension is also built throughout the sequence through the music and the action on screen. The music crescendos the sound of laughter and keeps referring back to it which puts the audience on  edge and they will want to find out where the laughter is coming from as it doesn't match the action on screen. The props will attract the audience because of the fact they are seen as violent for the males as we images of a women's eye which has make up on it or spooky things like the grave stones. However things like statues may attract the females as they may want to see how the film incorporates them or they could be interested in the limited characters which are shown in the title sequence, a females eye and a brief shot of a Male's shadowed face. From the questionnaire I did, I found that many people like the action to build, so I used this idea in our sequence. This could attract the audience as because not all the action happens at the beginning so they will want to carry on watching it then they will tell their friends about it.
The audience may also find gratifications from our film. Blumer and Katz showed that films provide escape. I feel our film will do this because it takes the audience from their own lives to a world of mystery, violence and terror whilst having a thriller feel to it. They also say people watch films/ TV because they create and relationship with the characters (social interaction) they can do this with the main characters especially for the female as they will feel sorry for her. They could also identify themselves in the character(s) which could interest them. They could also be informer and educated as they will begin to understand why certain people do things in our film and what happens, which may interest them. Finally the most important thing is that it is entertaining for the audience to watch as it keeps them on edge and wanting more.
We also attracted the audience through the incorporation and development of other media production's ideas. For example the use of colour correction from 'Homeland', their audience may be interested in our production because they would recognise the use of colour correction and wondered how and why we used it.



This picture shows how we kept showing iconic flashes of grave stones and crosses

However the picture below shows the use of colour correction to create an enigma code.  

This picture below shows a females eye, this tells the audience that there may be a female envolved in 'Flicker' which could attract males or females.