How did you attract/address your audience?

To attract our audience we needed to start with a strong opening 15

seconds to pique the interest of the audience. To do this, we started

with strong shots of one of our male characters clearly deep in thought.

Due to the concerning look of this character, the audience are more

likely to be intrigued and continue watching.

As well as this, because of the age demographic we were aiming for in

our media product, viewers will see that it matches what we are aiming

for which is young adults. The opening shots establish the idea that the

film is targeted at young adults. The narrative of the film was designed

to keep the audience interested and reduce the risk of them losing

interest. I believe we achieved this through the use of the slow

suspenseful build up of tension through the actions of the characters

and the progressing story. The male character appears more agitated

throughout the first minute of our media product keeping the audience

interested in what is causing him concern. This culminates in what

could be described as a ‘hectic’ final minute of the thriller opening with

the murder of two men, who appeared to be at odds with each other by

an unsuspecting perpetrator. By having this suspenseful build up within

the narrative, the audience stay attracted to the mystery of what is

causing the agitation of the characters.

How did you attract/address your audience?

The use of the soundtrack also attracted the

audience. By creating a slow building suspense, the

audience are aware that there will be a climatic

ending to the opening of the thriller. Once the

mystery begins to unravel, the soundtrack picks up

the pace and complements the actions of the

characters. The effect of the soundtrack is to get

the audience to believe there will be a climatic

ending to the situation.

Another example of where the soundtrack is

used to attract an audience is the shootout

scene in ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’.

The soundtrack, similar to how our soundtrack

builds up, creates a suspenseful twist that leads

the audience to believe there will be a climatic

ending. This culminates when the protagonist

wins the shootout after a slow buildup, that

causes the audience to question whether the

hero will come out of the situation alive.

How did you attract/address your audience?

The audience is left on a cliffhanger at the end

of our media product as the last shot is of the

male characters hand slowly sliding down the

door after he has been shot. This attracts the

audience by making them question the motifs of

the killer, Eve, and what are the consequences

for her. This may attract the audience to watch

the remainder of the film because of the

ambiguity of the situation that just occurred.

The effect of cliffhangers is too often get the

audience to invest more time into the film or film

series. Due to the ending of our media product

in general, the audience are likely to be

shocked from the amount of action that

occurred within such a short space of time. This

leads to the audience being interested in why

these events occurred and why it lead to the

death of two men.