2. For the filming we worked in a group of 3. And we produced the first part of a thriller film which we called; ‘The nightmare that came true’. We chose this name so the audience had a clear idea of what was happening in the film. It was located in a corridor and a cupboard at our secondary school, we decided to film it at this location because the corridors were dark and isolated at night which created an eerie atmosphere, which is a typical convention of a thriller film. Although we filmed the bed scene in a house. Our film incorporated 3 characters a young school girl named Monika, a news reporter, Sue Wilson and an unknown character (the murderer). We chose to use a 14 year old girl as the actress because this age is quite close to the age of the girl in the film, which is 12. This is the outside of the school which we filmed in. We filmed here in the evenings when many students had left, so it was quiet and we didn’t have any unwanted sound in the clips.
14. This is a framing shot from our film, where the girl is running past the door.
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24. Targeted Audience We decided our film would be rated a 15 this is because looking at other thrillers, many of them are rated 15. Also our film includes gory scenes, which means it cant be available for younger children to see. Being a 15 means we would have a larger audience because if it was rated an 18, it would be targeted at adults only and not teenagers, which will reduce the number of people who can come and see it. The audience would be teenagers and older. Due to it being quite an action and gory filled film I think teenage and middle-age males would prefer it over women. Although as it has a young girl as the main character, teenage girls may enjoy watching it. Also kidnapping and murder occurs in everyday life, so people may like to see it as it links to their everyday life.
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42. This is a photo of the poster. We chose to use a deep red for the text on the black background because red it usually associated with blood and horror, so this would show the audience the movie is a thriller, also it is very vibrant, so this is the focal point. We used a screen shot from the film and we put it in the middle of the page which makes it stand out. This image informs the audience of what the film involves, with the long corridor it shows it’s in a dark and isolated school and it also illustrates that there's a young girl in it and as she’s on the poster she must me the main character. To show even more that the film is a thriller we inserted a splatter of blood at the top of the page dripping over the image, this shows the film incorporates gore, and it also could be a message towards the audience that the young girl is going to die or be injured, because the blood is dripping over the image of her.
