evaluation question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

our media product was made with the intention of attracting an audience of teenagers. This was done through the narrative, characters, editing and sound.

Throughout the making of our thriller opening we had to make sure that it was suitable for our target audience and because of this we focused on a topic that would be relateable to the audience. We then decided to focus out narrative on jealousy. We thought this topic would be the most relateable topic for teens as you normally find that jealousy is a re-occurring issue within their lives as they may go through it within friendship groups and relationships. Jealousy and friendship are the two main topics within our opening as we felt like they would be the topics that are the most likely to attract our audience as they are topics they are able to relate too. 

The use of characters plays another part within attracting our audience. We decided to use the group as the characters (Hannah, Josh and Jasmine) within the film as we felt that if teenagers portrayed the characters within the film it would be easier for the audience to relate to than if it was someone who was older. We felt that by having people who are the same age category as our target audience it would make the opening more realistic. 

The non-digetic music used at the beginning of the opening, which is 'Jealousy' by Frankie Miller, is not something you would typically hear within a thriller as it isn't eerie or creepy. However, we chose this song as its lyrics fit closely into the narrative of the film which then gives the audience an idea of what the film may be. Due to the song not being a typical convention of a thriller I do feel like it helps to attract the audience. I think this is due to the fact that they may be expecting to hear eerier music at the start of a thriller, instead they here this rock type song which then draws their attention to the opening as they will then want to know what the opening is actually about. 

We then used another track throughout the opening ' G321-Thriller opening music choice 3.' This track is a more conventional of a thriller. This track consists of music which is slow and high pitched, giving the eerier theme to the opening. This track is mainly played when there is shots of Jasmines body, we thought this would fit well and attract the audience as it entices them to find out more as the music gives the idea that something isn't right with what has happened. 

We used a variety of editing techniques while making our opening to ensure that the audience is drawn to the film. We used fast paced and quick cut editing within our piece as it builds suspense throughout. While editing we included some black outs after the body is shown as we felt like it would draw more attention and curiosity to the film.