1. Evaluation Question 4 - Who Is Our Film Aimed At? Ross
Walker
2. Our film has an age certificate of 15, which will of course
attract the attention of people this age and above, particularly
between the ages of 15 and 30. Given the 15 certificate, we have to
be careful not to include anything that would be deemed
inappropriate for the age range. Specifically, I suspect that
people within the lower part of this age bracket, particularly
couples, will be attracted to our film. It is typically young
adults that are attracted to these sorts of films, and so they
became our main target audience. I would also suspect that people
who get a certain kick from horror films may also find our film
appealing, by which I mean those who like a sudden fright or an
adrenaline rush. Age
3. Our film is not specifically aimed at a particular gender,
although I would suspect that it would be more appealing to men,
given that most of the characters are male, and they therefore
appear more relatable to themselves. However, there does remain the
possibility of female attendance since is not uncommon for couples
to see horror films. Gender
4. As mentioned before, our target audience is mostly composed
of younger people. Specifically, our film is targeted at students,
as they are a likely candidate to be horror and crime-thriller
enthusiasts. Furthermore, younger people tend to enjoy adrenaline
rushes and sudden scares, and so are already highly appropriated
for our film. Habits and Lifestyle Scary Movie (2000) Brenda
watching Shakespeare in Love
5. We also did some pre-production research with our target
audience; primarily with questionnaires. We created a copy of our
script for the opening scene, followed by a questionnaire using
Google Forms, and uploaded this to Facebook. People could answer
the questions and then submit this to us, and we could then record
and analyse their responses. The questions we asked can be seen
below, along with some pie charts representing some of the
responses. Questionnaires 1. Name (optional) 2. Age (multiple
choice) 3. Occupation (optional) 4. Do you understand the storyline
of From Whence He Came? 5. If you answered No to the above
question, please explain why. 6. What genre do you think this film
is? 7. Where do you think the opening scene should take place? 8.
Who do you think the target audience of this film is? 9. What kind
of music or sounds do you think would be suitable for this opening
scene? 10. What would you expect Volnus (the killer) to look like?
11. What would you expect Frank (the victim) to look like? 12. What
age certificate would you give this film? (multiple choice) 13.
What do you think could be improved in this opening scene? 14. Can
you think of any other films that are similar to From Whence He
Came? 15. What is your overall opinion of From Whence He Came?
6. Our investigation showed us that majority of our target
audience was between the ages of 15 and 30. As a result, we tried
to shape out film around their responses, particularly with
locations, characters and conventions. For example, when
respondents were asked about possible locations, many responses
included abandoned warehouses and poorly lit bunkers. We therefore
created Volnus Lair to reflect these ideas, which can be seen on
the right. Furthermore, their responses for suitable sounds
typically revolved around spooky ambience. We therefore use this
uncopyrighted sound clip (right) to give the scene this sense of
spookiness. How Did We Use Their Answers? The First Scene Volnus
Lair Spooky ambience that goes with the above scene.
