How Did You Attract/ Address Your Audience

We have attracted our audience in a variety of ways, but our main way is by using characters of the same age, which helps the audience feel involved and relate their problems to issues within the film. For example the character may be going through a hard time, but someone from the audience could also be experiencing these issues. Our characters are also genuine and normal which you could mistake for a normal person, this could therefore mean that the audience may feel more comfortable and relaxed as they are not different.

Within the opening sequence we addressed the audience reasonably quickly but not completely. For example the opening sequence begins with the victim lying in the river, and an array of composed shots to show the audience the emotion and help create the atmosphere which is wanted to be sustained throughout the film. The opening shots allow the audience to see who the victim was and what type of character she was. Clever shots which help display this can include the one of the hand in the river. This shows the hand in the river, however key features are the bangles and bracelets on her arm. This Mis-En-Scene shows to the audience that she was a young and fashionable person. In addition, another way to emphasise how the victim is being addressed is by her clothes, for example the character is dressed all in black dress which can suggest that she was going out, perhaps somewhere nice and did expect her day to end this way.

Furthermore we had attracted and addressed our audience by posting our film onto our social newtorking websites such as Facebook. This picture shows Chartlotte posting the film onto her Facebook page, which is a very effective way of showing the audoence. For example, it allows a wide range of people to view as it can also be shared amongst other peoples peages. In addition, our age certification is 15, and we are 16 meaning that when we post these onto our social networking sites we will be appealing to the potential target audience that we want to achieve.

Additionally, besides the Facebook page i showed my film to a group of friends that didn't go to the school. They quoted:

James: The use of the different soundtracks creates an eerie atmosphere and builds tension upon the audience

Baz: The variety of shots allows the audience to feel emotion for the victim, and the shots lets the atmosphere become more tense. Also the darkness at the beginning creates apprehension which is good.