3. How did we appeal to the age group?
• The first question air results showed that
most people who tuck interest in our film
were aged 11-20 (86%)
• In our planning and production of the
film we tried to appeal to this age group
by using a young cast. I think this would
make the film more appealing to the
audience because its easier to relate to
someone your own age.
• Most of our audience responses were
from collage students. By giving the film a
15 certificate we have made the film
appropriate for the majority of the
audience.
• We used different camera angles and fast
cuts to make the film look more
interesting, we hoped this would make it
generally more appealing to a younger
audience as stereotypically young people
like ‘thrill and action’.
4. What other ways did we appeal to the
target audience?
• Gender: the main character in the film is a
male and the main scene location is his
room. The room wasn’t predominantly
masculine or feminine as we weren't
aiming to reach a specific gender.
However the initial question air results
there were proportionally more female
responses. To ensure we appealed to the
larger part of are audience we used more
female actors and made sure the
antagonist (arguably the lead role) was
played by a female actor.
• Regional Identity: almost all of the
responses said they lived or are from
south Yorkshire and as this is were are
film is set.
5. Have we been successful addressing
the audience?
• I think we have been successful as people
gave mostly a 4 or 5 rating for the editing
techniques and music choices.
• We received many positive reviews such as:
• 'I think you have used a variety of different
shots to make it more interesting,
especially when the boy goes up the stairs.
• ''Nice camera work! Expertly done!‘
• I think we have appealed to horror fans by
trying to stick to horror conventions. All of
the question air responses said they would
like to see the rest of the film
Bar chart in
response to the
question “what do
you think of the
editing?”
6. Could we have improved
• We got the lowest ratings when asking
about the lighting used. I think this
was because in the first scene the
room is very bright and it doesn’t fit in
with typical horror conventions.
• one of the audience responses was
'Good but sometimes their heads
were cut-off.’I think to combat this we
could have set up the camera better
and used more camera angles in the
first scene this would have allowed
the audience to feel more involved in
the film.
Bar chart showing
responses to the
question “ what do you
think of the lighting?”
1=poor
5= excellent
