Evaluation Part 5

Interviewer: Hey there Megan, I heard about your award winning, spectacular thriller opening and I was wondering if I could ask you some questions so I could get an incite into your beautiful brain.

Megan: Of course you can but I only have a couple minutes because I have another interview with Oprah Winfrey at 11 o’clock, but sure hit me with it.

Interviewer: Thanks Megan, ok first question is…How did you attract/address your target audience?

Megan: Ok give me one second this may take quite long time to think of everything.

Interviewer: Don’t worry I'll break it down for you, to make things a bit easier. Can you list all the pleasures your audience can take from your opening sequence?

Megan: Yeah that's a good place to start. Firstly they will enjoy the fast paced shots, which builds adrenaline and increases the tension throughout the scene. I think our thriller will attract our target market, 30+ males, as it has violence and lots of action to keep them engaged.

Interviewer: oooooo thrilling!!!

Megan: Yes, also death in the scene attracts the target audience, as it is unexpected and exciting. Tension is built up as it gives them something to focus on, which puts them on the edge of their seat and eager to find out what happens next. This causes suspense and the audience are waiting for something to impact them in some way, which increases the dramatic tension and excitement.

Interviewer: Yes I love being on the edge of my seat.

Megan: Hahah also looking back at our interviews we shot for research our target market said they enjoy violence and guns and this is occurs a lot in our thriller, which will hopefully engages the audience.

Interviewer: I wish you had interviewed me I would have given you a cracking answer.

Megan: Have I given you interesting answer?

Interviewer: Yes perfect, the next question is what genre would you call your opening scene?

Megan: We have created a thriller, which involves a lot of action in our opening scene. We did this because it could engage a larger audience as many people enjoy this type of genre, as thrillers are universal.

Interviewer: Sweet, next one. Could it be a subgenre?

Megan: No, because although it contains a lot of action the media product is a thriller and has all the conventions as a thriller for example, tension and suspense. Even if our thriller were categorized as an action thriller it would be a hybrid genre instead of a sub-genre.

Interviewer: Oh Ok, which other films might have influenced you?

Megan: Well I like to think my idea came to me without outside influence but I know for a fact that there were some films that influenced it such as The Dark knight, Terminator 2, Special Forces as they all show a hero a villain and victim characters they also all show action and suspense.

Interviewer: I LOVE ALL THOSE MOVIES!!!! Wow you’re a GOD.

Megan: Ohhh stop it you. Any more questions for this ‘GOD’?

Interviewer: Yes, where have you set your thriller?

Megan: Indoors, so the audience don’t know where it is set or what country we are in, which engages the audience. It is set in an old deserted factory basement/warehouse. We did this because this location is already represented with dark and uneasiness as it has a uneasy/unsettling atmosphere.

Interviewer: Gives me Goosebumps even thinking about it. Why did you choose this location?

Megan: The audience are going to be questioning where they are, which intrigues the audience. The lighting is dark and props used made it appear like a warehouse. The audience must feel isolated, so we are not giving away any information. Throwing questions out to the audience, which is mysterious and intrigues them to carry on watching so they can uncover/unroll the questions.

Interviewer: what is your plot line exactly?

Megan: Well interviewer, we are hinting to the audience there is an industrial side to the plot that then leads onto the beginning of the thriller which includes a young man taken hostage by a foreign villain, while setting up a bomb this is all going to plan until the hero (special forces) comes in and begins a gunfight with the villain. However there is an ultimate failure for all the characters. The audience are on edge as they are intrigued.

Interviewer: I just love it so much!! How would you address what they are expecting as an audience? Such as what kind of characters are they?

Megan: We have a young and not rich businessman being held hostage, not a woman so it subverts to the stereotype which makes this thriller slightly different from others which keeps the audience wanting more and intrigued.

We don’t know where the villain is from, but we associate him with terrorists as he speaks in a foreign language. there is no information revealed to the audience about the hero, which leaves them wanting more.

Interviewer: Will your audience like them or not?

Megan: I think these characters will intrigue and attract the audience because they are stereotypical but however we are not given a lot of information about any of the characters so they are left wanting to know more about them.

Interviewer: Have you used any narrative devices?

Megan: Well yes I have, at the end of our thriller you are left on a cliff-hanger, this attracts the audience leaving them wanting more.

Interviewer: Which social groups are you appealing to and how?

Megan: I think our thriller will appeal to all social groups since it is very versatile.  

Interviewer: Do you have any non diegetic soundtracks?

Megan: We involved music in our title sequence; it has an eerie vibe as it builds the atmosphere, which helps attract our audience target market as it creates and builds tension from the beginning so they are waiting for something to happen right from the very beginning.

Interviewer: What about the editing, including pace, transitions, length and effects?

Megan: Started off slow and long shots to give the audience a sense of the space we were shooting in. Then face shot duration was used to create suspense and tension, this also builds the atmosphere of the action scene. We involved slow motion in the action scene to add a contrast in the scene between the 2 characters.

Interviewer: Thank you so much the interview is over.

Megan: Thanks that was very enjoyable, oh no I’m late for Oprah, Bye.