Evaluation Question 5

The ways we captured the viewers interest In the opening is we decided to use dislodge so the audience had something to listen to other than just the soundtrack music but also using the end piece of the story then going back in time to explain how they got there. This attracts the audience as it makes them want to find out more about why he is in their, what he has done and why the clip keeps referring back to a train. The song is loud and catchy drawing the viewer to see what is on the screen making them want to watch more. The opening does not give too much away but just enough to make the audience want to watch on to see what happens. There is an unnamed person in the opening and the viewers will most likely want to find out who it is as we made him as well as the main actor as mysterious as possible so the audience will want to know more about them.

As our thriller films target audience is of the male gender aged 16-30 we decided to have all male characters in the opening that the viewers can relate to. The main character looks like an everyday male person but with a twist making the audience want to find out more. The music is fast paced and creates suspense something the men love. The characters are in normal clothing that most men watching would be wearing and are of the similar age of the target audience. The film genre is a thriller which is more associated with a man compared to a girl which would be associated with romcoms. The thriller opening is very anticipated and action packed and that is something we found most men to look for when watching a film, so we ensured to include that.

We appealed to the age group aimed at for our thriller by using young actors who also suited the role. The soundtrack chosen is quite a modern soundtrack as we were targeting the younger generation of 16-30 year olds. We created a lot of suspense in our opening through the dark lighting gaining tension and the mysterious expression in the actors faces. We used quick transitions from setting to setting to make the opening fast paced and action packed something the younger generation look for and using fashionable clothing makes them see it as in trend and cool.