Q5. Audience

Q5. How did you attract/address your audience?

To attract our audience, which was 15 - 18 and above aged personnel  we made sure that our Mise - en - scene, actors and film name were suitable.

When we produced our Thriller opening, we made sure that we payed extra attention to the Mise en Scene. We did this because our film mainly consists of shots of props which we collected or made along the way.

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The target audience of many psychological thrillers are 18+ This is because they include a lot of violence and some psychological issues which can be disturbing for many younger viewers There are usually warnings on the back of the DVD cover which states why it is rated as it is e.g. contains extreme violence or sexual scenes. In our film opening, we made sure that we used actual teenagers to do the acting, seeing as our target audience is exactly that.

In our film opening making process, we also chose to give our Psychological film opening the name 'Exodus'. We believed that this name was a good name and would appeal to audiences because it means; A mass departure of people. We believed that this linked and had connotations to our film because in our film, a lot of people apparently die.

In the film making process  we also had to create a rough cut. This rough cut helped us to create further ideas whilst editing due to the feedback we received. For example, our teacher 'Donna' said that one particular part of our mise - en - scene, a book that we created by hand looked "tacky" and she also said that  she believed "her young daughter could make something like that". We took this comment as constructive criticism and applied it to our film whilst editing. The particular shots that Donna had commented on were changed immediately and we created a type of negative blue effect, with the advice of Donna again, and it actually turned out much better than it previously was. This negative blue effect appeals to the audience because people generally like to see special effects in a film, due to the fact that it makes the film look more 'High budget'.


Our film is an independent film, which could even be called a 'localalised' film. To get our low budget film seen, we used the internet to get hits. This was quite effective, we used viral sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Also, our film received hits from being uploaded onto sites such as Vimeo. In addition to this, we used word of mouth to make the release of or film more effective.