Target Audience

 

TARGET AUDIENCE


Our target audience is the age group of 15-24 year olds.
This age group would most likely be interested in this sub-genre of horror, especially females. This is because the age and gender used in our opening sequence is used in our opening sequence.

Cartharsis

cathartic-
is a term providing psychological relief for the audience through the expression of strong emotion when they see something on sceen (e.g villain is found)

The word comes from a greek word, Katharsis meaning 'purification' or 'cleansing' and is a sudden emotional breakdown or climax that constitutes overwhelming feelings of great pity, sorrow, laughter, or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal, restoration, and revitalization.

We used a carthartic experience throughout our opening seqeuence as the audeience go through sudden experiences of seeing the demon at several stages. Also the montage clips at the start cut to a sudden safe feeling of being in a hospital with a Doctor.

 

 

Our Camera angles and movement

Camera Angles/ Movement

MONTAGE SHOTS: The first minute of our opening sequence consists of montage shots, which instantly introduces of genre of Horror.

MID-SHOT: Instantly our audience from the montage shot, is connected to our professional looking character: Dr Benson.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOTS: When the two characters are talking to eachother, there are over the shoulder shots to emphasise the conversation taking place and both see reactions and speech of the characters.

 EXTRMEME CLOSE UP: The audience can connect to the character, also the emotions felt are shown through the extreme close up. The emotions felt are of suspense.

 SECOND EXTREME CLOSE UP: The audience are still connected to the character on the screen, involving themselves in the scene.

MID-SHOT: The suddent cut to the demon standing in the room, shows enough to let the audience experience the trur horror of the situation taking place. Also the point of view in which the character, Adalyn Clarke is watching, rises the tension throughout the scene.

HIGH ANGLE/REACTION SHOT: Adalyn Clarke sees the demon in her room and is put at a high angle to show how the demon has dominance over her, she is becoming possessed. Her own body is turning against her.

 CLOSE-UP: Throughout the clip, there are many close-ups of the characters this emphasises the audiences connection betweent the characters and themselves. They feel involvement in the character's experiences and horror.

 REACTION SHOTS: The different shots in which the different characters see the demon have a different impact on them.

Mood Board

HORROR KILLERS

HORROR VICTIMS

HORROR SETTINGS

Filming Our Pitch: Satan's Swindle

Our film pitch was created as if we were actually to get funding for our film. In our pitch, it includes the storyline, our production company, the USP, the genre, sub-genres, etc.



If the film was to be produced, we would get our funding from Working Title Films.