Evaluation For Movie Opening (Dear Diary) - Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Conventions:	Tally:
Low key lighting	II                                                                                 2
Faded cuts	0
Eerie music	III                                                                                4
Dark colour pallet	I                                                                                  1
Mysterious characters	IIIII                                                                              5
Relatable/realistic protagonists	IIII                                                                               4
Unexpected twists	0
Different locations	II                                                                                 2

Whilst asking people for there opinion on these conventions we noted some important quotes and phrases they said they look for in thriller movies also.

1. A sense of mystery from the beginning.
2. Lighting, sound and music that reflect the action and sinister nature of the film.
3. A film that both subverts and conforms to conventions of thrillers as it makes it interesting but traditional.

I used this table to see what conventions of thriller movies audiences felt were vital to include in a movie opening. It is clear that; realistic protagonists, mysterious characters and eerie music were 3 key things that audiences look for in thriller movies. Therefore we felt that those were the 3 most important things to include in our opening. We did end up including those 3 conventions along with different locations and low key lighting which some people also found important. By having a main protagonist in the age range of who the film is aimed at 15-21 it makes the movie more relatable and would most probably do better in box office sales as people can relate to that character more.

Overall, it is clear from our final product that many of the conventions listed in this table we included and focused heavily on the 3 most popular ones as we believed they were the most important and they were what people in our chosen audience would like.