Concept and Target Audience

 

Concept:

 

•We plan on creating an opening to a thriller with a duel narrative that link and join together at the end of the opening sequence. Our thriller can arguably be compared to the mystery thriller, ‘Silence of the lambs’, as there is a common theme of two main characters isolated that remain the key focus throughout.

•One narrative will follow a stalker and him collecting items and images of a young girl. We will also hit that he may be preparing to capture her e.g. putting on gloves and collecting rope. It will contain a scene in which the preparations of an unknown antagonist are made to abduct a child. The main sequence will also include the ‘chase scene’ and the enigmas that surround both the characters and the setting. The second narrative will follow the young girl walking home through woods. The narratives will then come together and as the girl is walking through the woods you will see the stalker following her and eventual catching up with her and capturing her.

•We will then cut to a missing poster of the girl and this will be where the title of the film is included as we plan to call it missing.

•Foreboding camera shots as well as a purposefully tense soundtrack are also key features we will be hoping to replicate in our thriller opening.

•Our Unique Selling Point (USP), is going to be our ability to showcase a varied and ranged shot selection, which we hope will allow our thriller opening to be of the highest quality. Enigmas will be crucial in our production in order to suitably match the thriller sub-genre, mystery.

Target Audience:

 

•Target age: Between 15-30

•Gender: Both genders as conventions appeal to both and this allows a wider choice of audience to appeal to.

•Background: Average/normal, enjoy family time and have time for leisurely activities such as watching films or telly, going to the cinema or pub.

•Interests: Film and television and other media and film items. They will be interested in relaxing and unwinding which will leave time to watch television. Enjoy socialising and hanging out with Friends due to their young age and wanting to be social.

•Enjoy thriller games or thriller T.V. shows such as The Last of Us, Orphan Black or The Walking Dead.

•Demo: particularly pointed at to C2, D and E, we feel this as this consist of younger people, our targeted age group, and consists of part-timers which allows room for leisure time.

•Psycho: Targeted at explorers due it typically being young people and commonly students. Attracted to adventure, experience and energy which is what you would find in a thriller. They are also the first to try new things, our thriller would be new which would also attract them and make them want to watch.