Extreme close ups

These 3 extreme close ups are again from the host trailer. This is how we opened our sequence by using extreme close ups of objects and also abstract objects. This was our only inspiration for our first opening shots and we are glad that we found this trailer as it has given us numerous ideas about our opening sequence. These shots require prescision and technique and we spent alot of time trying to perfect our version of these shots and trying to get them to resemble these and apply the same effect.

Soundtrack

This is a teaser trailer of a film called host by Danny Lacey. The soundtrack of this piece is exactly what we are trying to re create because it is simple yet very effective. The soundtrack is mostly just one sound played on a loop, this sound is eerie and gloomy, it builds tension and when a typical audience hear this soundtrack, they would instantly think something bad is happening or that this is from a horror/thriller movie. We will try and re create this using garageband.

Fonts

These above are to font ideas that really grab our attension and apeal to us. As we are shooting a crime thriller, we need fonts that depict violence/ horror elements. We found this website called dafont and searched this site for relevant fonts. We narrowed our search to these above. They brilliantly illustrate the visual effect we are after and also they are iconic and typical fonts that would be emplyed in a horror/thriller film.

Our credit ideas so far

Distributor - Paramount, regency
Company Logo
Crossfire Productions Presents
A Snehal Khimani Film
Rahul Horeesorun
Samir Sarwari
Mind Games
Zack Grenier
Eion Bailey
Matt Mcallney
Casting by - Micheal Dunham
Costume designer - Richard Molloy
Music by - Stephen Cox
Film editor - Janet Fincher
Production designer - Alex O'neil
Director of photography - Philip Bloom
Executive Producer - Andrew Hall
Directed by - Snehal Khimani

Inspirational Music

HORROR MUSIK by Park High Media

This is a track which i found on youtube which really grabs my attension. We are going to shoot scene of a serial killer which requires non diegetic sound to reflect his personality. The first 20 seconds of this video is what im interested in as it builds up in texture and volume. This section of the clip indicates suspense and tension. The effect i really like is the trumpet sound between 15-20 seconds. This very sound is used in lots of thriller/horror films and i would definetely want to employ this into our opening sequence.

Snehalsoundtrack ideas by Park High Media

This is another clip that i have found on youtube that grabs my attension. What i like about this track is that its dramatic and has certain jumps and cuts. These cuts are essential as they can show the characters actions and what he is doing. Within this clip from about 7-10 seconds, is exactly what im looking for, it builds up quickly and then takes a sudden drop and then carries on again. I would use this in our sequence to show a significant action/image.

Target Audience Research - Audience profiles

When producing and marketing a film, it is really important to research your target audience. This audience can be responsible for feedback in terms of what the like or dislike about the chosen genre. This enables you to make something made fit to the target audience taking into account the feedback. By observing the chart below which i got from the pearl and dean website, we can see that 39% of the cinema audiences are aged between 15-24, which is within the range of our target audience. Secondly, in the gender collumn, we can see that males and females are almost the same in both the population and cinema audience, this shows that our target audience of males in terms of gender do go to the cinema and make an appropriate target audience.

 From this table of ratings for se7en from the IMDB website. We can clearly see that there is a heavier concentration of male ratings in comparison to females. This also fits in with our target audience as between the ages as of 18 and 29, the males dominated the females in terms of ratings.

BBFC Ratings

After viewing the BBFC website, we have come to a conclusion to rate our thriller as a 15. This means that nobody under he age of 15 can rent or buy media products given a rating of 15.We decided this because it contain scenes of strong violence and unacceptable behaviour which we feel may influence the younger generation. Secondly, our film contains strong language such as swearing. Additionally, within the film there are drugs and the use of a kitchen knife as a weapon for murder. We feel that young children may be very frightened of this and also may possibly try to imitate the behaviour i.e using a knife as a weapon or replicate the swearing used in this film. On the other hand, the audience ages 15 and over are more mature and know not to be influenced by the violence or the strong language portrayed in the film.