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Stigmata

Target Audience:

 

The film Stigmata is aimed at people from E-C2 groups of the demographics chart. We know this because it is a religious thriller so therefore would probably not appeal to mangers of companies (group C1 and above).

 

It is aimed at explorers in the psychographic chart. We know this because this film is very mysterious and you have to watch it to find out if you like it. If you’re not an adventurous person then you’re less likely to enjoy this supernatural film.

 

Stigmata has a target audience of people aged between 16 and 30. It is aimed at both female and male.

 

Stigmata has a niche audience because it is only aimed at people who like the horror genre.

Vox Pop

from my Vox Pop I found out that interviewees only seem to watch thrillers on occasions and not all the time. this means when I will be creating my own thriller I will think more about who I will be targeting it at. I found this information out on the "do you watch thrillers?".

on the next question "what's your favourite thriller?" I found out that the films that were most popular were well known to the thriller genre. my results were that Se7en, The Purge, Taken and The Expendables, this shows that different people like different style thriller so when I create my own thriller opening I need to think about a specific style that will fit the target audience that I have chosen.

my final question "what do you expect to be in thrillers" I found out that people want to see tension, action, excitement,jumpy moments, mystery and suspense. this means that in m thriller I will need to think about including these into y thriller so it will fit my target audience well.

Psycho Analysis

Psycho

in this shot from psycho,  the shot is very light and the whiteness of the background and the paleness of her skins show her as being innocent and pure and that she doesn’t deserve to be murdered. This is also a mid-shot which shows the audience her expression and emotions on her face which she is dying.

This shot is a high angle shot; this is to show how vulnerable she is and to show the power of the killer because it’s like he is looking down on her while he brutally murders her. In this shot her nails are also very viable; her red nails could signify that he is a danger to the audience because they could be a signifier for blood. Most of the scene is all white; this would enhance the colour of the blood and make it more visible.

 

 

This shot of the plug is an extreme close up to signify that her blood is draining away just like her life is. This close up of the plug whole is a graphic match to the girl’s eye because it would create more of an uncomfortable effect because it would make the audience feel that they in with the film and gets them involved because they could feel that they shouldn’t be that close up to things.

 

 This shot is a cut away from the action ad is of the horrible stormy weather outside. This would match the mood of what is happening inside as it gives the miserable feeling which makes the audience feel miserable as well. This cuts away from the action while she is being killed because it breaks it up and makes it have fast pace and gives the audience the feel of the pace of the feeling.

This is a mid-shot; this shows her just peacefully having a shower. The shower is very loud and over powers the noise of the killer entering the room so she is oblivious to what is going to happen. The shower curtain shows the shadow of the killer but not clearly to show any details at all, this makes the audience more aware of what is going to happen that she is.

 

 

This shot is from the woman’s perspective of the killer walking away she is slowly dying, this makes the audience feel like they are more involved with the film and give it tension.  The shot is blurry because this is the way she is seeing from her eyes because she has no energy as she has just been stabbed which makes her eyes fill with water because of the shower. The outside world or neigh boroughs have no clue what has just happened because the shower would of bee to loud for anyone to see her screaming.

The shower is a diegetic noise because that is the sound that is in the scene when they are filming it because it is actually happening. The soundtrack is a non-diegetic sound because it has been edited in because it’s not playing when they are actually filming it and it’s not happening.

At the beginning the shots are very long because nothing exciting is happening but then when the action starts to happen the shots become faster to sync n with the stabbing from the killer.

Preliminary task

My preliminary task evaluation

I feel that my preliminary task went fairly well for my first attempt at something like this. I feel that my overlay of the voice over went well because I got it at the right point that I needed and it was fluent. Also the actual filming and production was successful because we met all the criteria’s and the final film was good.

The improvements that I could have made with my preliminary task would be to add a more variety of shot types but this would have been difficult because of the length of the task as it was only 1 minute long so would have been hard to fit in a variety of different shot .  

Jaws Sound Analysis

Jaws sound analysis

The theme tune for jaws is a very nerving and tense sound track  because it gives a big build up to something that is about to happen and it also lets the audience know that something is going to happen which is also what the crescendo does to the music.  Also the base of the music gives it more of a tense feeling because the audience are feeling nervous and they may feel a bit jumpy which would give great effect. The theme tune to jaws is very catching and well-known therefore people will think of the film every time is heard.

Vox Pop

Vox Pop

Vox pop –

Vox populi

“Voice of the people”

“Man on street”

 

Ways to find out audience opinions –

o    Questionnaires

o    Surveys

o    Feedback sheets

o    Feedback website

o    Review websites

o    Conversations

o    Ratings

o    Poll votes

 

What makes an effective Vox Pop?

o    Asking the right questions

o    Short shots

o    Mid/close up shots

o    Background in a public place to show they have been randomly selected

o    Information of them at the bottom of the screen (name, age, occupation)

o    Cross cut

o    Not much talking from the interviewer

o    Camera still on the same shot and not moving around

o    Day time

o    Humour

o    Fast answers and talking

o    Interviewee on the right of the screen

o    Also them looking slightly left off the camera

 

Key words –

o    Position

o    Left

o    Right

o    Eye level

o    Duration

o    Off screen

 

opening titles

Opening titles

Purpose of opening titles –

ü  It shows you who is in the film

ü  It shows you the theme, style, genre and narrative of the film

ü  What the film is called

ü  Introduces the producers and directors

ü  Sets the mood

ü  List important people

ü  Gives you an insight on what happens  

ü  Builds excitement

ü  First impression of the film

ü  Help you decide if you want to watch it or not

 

Important people –

ü  Directors

ü  Photography

ü  Music by…

ü  Company

ü  Cast

ü  Co-producers

ü  Producers

ü  Screenplay

ü  Costume designers

ü  Name of studio

ü  Featuring….

ü  Editor

ü  Executive producer

 

opening titles timeline for splice

This is a timeline of the film Splice and this shows when the titles appear in the beginning and what they say. the first few titles give there name of the production and the company names which will tell the audience what sort of genre the film will be if the name is well known and make them think that if they like this film then they might like more films that have been created by them.

The transactions from one shot to another in the opening titles fade in and out slowly, to show the mystery of the film and to fit it in the narrative. the text font was very sharp and bold which will signify the type of thriller it will be. The shots are very dark which will show that most of the film will be a very dark and misty colour. This would signify that the film will be thrilling and maybe scary.

prelim shot list

Shots	Location	Camerawork	Narrative	actors
1	Class room	Long shot/two shot	Victim and doctor having a conversation	Izzy-victim Nina-doctor
2	Class room	Close up	Shot of doctor during conversation	Nina
3	Class room	Close up	Shot of victim during conversation	Izzy
4	Class room	Extreme close up/zoom	Zoom into feature of the victims eye	Izzy
5	No location	Fade to black	Fade to black then to white(effects)	none
6	Corridor	Close up/pan	Shot of her feet running down the corridor	Izzy
7	Corridor/lift	Close up	Shot of her hand repeatedly pressing the lift door button	Izzy
8	Lift	Long shot/tilt	Shot of her stood in the lift against the back wall	Izzy
9	Lift	Extreme close up	Shot of the lift control panel and screen	none
10	Lift	Close up	Shot of her face	Izzy
11	Lift	POV/tilt	Shot of the lift doors opening	none
12	corridor/lift	Mid-shot/POV	Shot of the killer stood in the doorway of the lift as the door opens	Nina-killer
13	lift	POV	shot of her stood in the lift begging him	Izzy
14	Lift	Over the shoulder shot	Shot of the killer stabbing the girl	Izzy Nina
15	Lift	POV/canted angle	Shot of him walking away	Nina
16	Corridor	Long shot	Shot of him opening the door down the corridor	Nina
17	No location	Cut away	Cut away to black screen	None
18	No location	Black screen	Black screen with titles	none