Sophie Blank

How did you attract/address you target

audience?

What is about your piece that would interest or attract people from the target audience.

Show elements, screenshotsBlonde, alright looking victim, blood(element

from Hollywood), the ways we build up suspenseWe leave them questioning, mystery to solveOlder audience, have the patience to wait for the

endReflect on education, setting – country side,

family dog, nice house The sound only starts when the puddle of blood is

shown and the sound supports the image which is a typical move to do in Hollywood productions.

Elements in our piece that would interest or attract people from our target

audience.

Elements that are typically used to represent a Hollywood production Puddle of blood, alright looking victim (blonde), broken bracelet with beads spread on the floor, bowl of muesli knocked over and the footprints to show that there has been some action but it is not shown in the sequence. But the point of this opening sequence is to show the dog’s journey and how it leads to the murder. The action is not important which is why we didn’t show the murder taking place in the kitchen. However, there is going to be a lot of action through out the film but we wanted the opening sequence to be on the down low.

Small build up. Our target audience is 18 years old to 30 as we know that an older audience will have more patience to wait for the buildup and the final shot in the opening sequence.

Location/setting

Countryside house, she is a privileged girl and you agree that her family is wealthy which is stereotypical for Hollywood where you see a nice house in the middle of nowhere and a murder.

For example in “When a stranger calls” you see these elements, the house, the girl, peaceful setting with a creepy touch.

Character

Libby- owner of the house, appeal to young audience because you can relate, feel sympathy for her

Tosh- typical family dog, not a bulldog or Rottweiler. This helps the audience drift away from the clue so that the ending will shock them. You know that the dog isn’t going to be there to defend her owner because he is not that type of dog. The audience will then ask themselves different questions and will try to figure the end.

Storyline

The storyline is a slow buildup and finishes with a twist. However, through the film we see an increase in the speed as we wanted to create tension. The story is about this girl who lives with her dad and gets killed. Her father rages and wants to take revenge. We wanted the film to have some action but not enough for it to be an action film. We would also include some psychological thriller scene where the father would have break downs and suffer from depression as a consequence to his daughter’s death. You could argue that the beginning of the film is for two audiences: teenager and adults up to 30 but still quite a young adult target audience. This is because it is quite fast and so both audiences would enjoy that kind of tension.

SUSPENSE

There are many elements of suspense that we purposely put to attract our target audience:

- a shot of a puddle of bloodSome footprintsA bowl of muesli knocked overBeads of a broken bracelet spread across the

floor