2. 4. Who would be the audience for your media product? For us, we thought that our target audience would be people with an interest in mystery films and old classic film noirs. We used the common stereotypes of a film noir to stay true to the style. A film that influenced our own was Sin City. This is a modern day film noir which has a different approach to the opening titles of the film. Lots of elements from Sin City, such as over the shoulder shots and close ups, are evident in our film which makes this true to the style and conventions of a film noir.
3. 5. How did you attract/address your audience? Our target audience for our film would consist of middle aged males and females. We hope that they would have a keen interest in the style of film already. To attract them further, we have the music which is tense and slightly sinister. This, straight away will get the audiences attention and fill them with anticipation as to what happens next. We also have a wide range of interesting camera movements and angles to create tension and suspense. E.g. During the flash back, there is a moment when the camera turns round a corner. For a brief second there is anticipation of what could be round the corner. The audience are shown the film through the main characters point of view. They witness him being told bad news and then him killing someone. The audience at this point don’t know too much of the storyline, but just enough to make out what's going on.
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5. 7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? For us, as a group, we have learnt a lot more about film noir films and what they contain. Not only have we learnt whatthey consist of, but we have learnt how to apply the conventions of film noir using sound, cinematography, editing and mise-en-sceneto our final product. We looked into classic film noirs such as The Big Combo, Double Indemnity and also modern day film noirs such as Kill Bill and Sin City. These film noirs
