Response to the client brief

Demographics:

The target audience for thriller opening sequence are people in the age group of 16 to 24 year olds who live in the UK, therefore our thriller opening sequence will be filmed in the UK and our main character will be in the same age group as our target audience.

An advantage of having this age group for our target audience is that we are in the same age group as the target audience it will be easier for us to relate to them. However it may be difficult to make this opening sequence as we don’t have all the equipment such as lighting and production team to help us when recording our radio drama.

Conventions:

The opening sequence conventions which we will use low key lighting as this will help create suspense and build tension as this makes the audience curious as to why she’s running, who is she running away from  and will tempt them to keep watching.

 Another thriller convention that will be used is change in the angle shots, for example the protagonist will have high angle shot which is where the camera looks down at the subject and this will make the protagonist seem helpless and powerless.

 Another key thriller convention used in our thriller opening sequence is quick changes of camera angles and cuts in between scenes as this adds dramatic tension.  Lastly another thriller convention that we will use is incidental music as this is used as a pressure builder and this can be used when the protagonist is running in the forest.

Industry Requirements:

Our thriller opening will be produced for Thriller chiller Film festival from Michigan and our thriller opening sequence will be shown at the film festival. Thriller chiller film festival is an annual 5 day live event where people for all over the world can send their films which will be shown in the festival.

An advantage of working with this institution is that it is already well known so we don’t need to find other ways to promote our thriller opening as more people will be aware of it. However a disadvantage of working with thriller chiller is that a screening fee must be payed to screen our thriller opening at the festival therefore increase our total budget.

As the film festival is in the US and the thriller opening is based in the UK, there will be some regulatory issues that need to be considered such as the British Board of Film Classification when creating certain aspects of the movie as they may be inappropriate. Another regulatory issue that will measures is The MPAA which is the film regulator in the us which has a slightly different rating system therefore we must look at the US rating system that will be appropriate for people above the age of 16.

Medium:

The medium that we will be working in is film and we will be creating a thriller opening sequence. We will create a crime thriller as this fits best into out type of text which is thriller because it’s the most suspenseful type of thriller which people prefer.