Evaluation Activity 4

Our film Legacy, has 2 typical genres in one, Horror and Thriller. This is what makes our target audience begin from 15 onwards, as our whole film contains scenes that are suitable for this type of audience only. The results for our questionnaire contain different percentages for the age range. 14-17 is 40%, 18-21 is 80%, and 22+ is 20%. This is good for our film because we have reached our target of having those aged 15 and above to watch it.

For this evaluation task, I will be talking about our target audience's preferences, what TV programmes they would watch, the type of music they might listen to, where they would shop and how they're appearence might be; but this might not refer to everyone.

TV programmes that typical thriller/horror fans might watch, may consist of Fringe, Vampire Diaries, Animes like Wolf's Rain, Hira Hira Yoshima and Death Note. Other programmes could be Being Human, The Hunger, Mononoke and Deadset. All of these are either horrors, thrillers or both, and the typical fan would watch these as they enjoy them.
As well as this, there are typical types of music that different types of fans would listen to, which consists of Horror Metal, Punk Horror, Screamo etc. Most of these are the same as normal rock music that everyday people listen to, but it might not refer to everyone.
These types of fans might also shop for clothes, make-up, costumes for what they like maybe. They might shop in clothes stores, costume shops, superstores etc, and they're personal appearence might be baggy clothing, black clothing, eye-liner, eye-shadow etc, if they were emos or goths. Again, this is not referring to all stereotypes. This is what makes a horror fan a fan, but it might not refer to a thriller fan.

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These pictures above are from our preliminary task. They are in the order from bottom to top. For the first two pictures, you can see a match on action taking place, which is Faraz opening the door and walking through it. This is usually seen mainly in action movies, where two or more cuts continue on the action, like jumping off a bridge and landing in a river, then the current taking you further on, and then a waterfall.
The next three pictures have shot/reverse shot involved, which would ususally be found in dramas and soaps. This is to show the acting and the drama that our audience would want to see. As well as this, with shot/reverse shot, you must not break the 180 degree rule, unless you show the camera crossing the imaginary line. This imaginary line crossing, is usually found in dramas and thrillers.
In the final picture, you can see a two shot of our two characters, which is also found in dramas and soaps.













The pictures above are from our film Legacy. They are also in the order from bottom to top. The very first picture is of our production logo. We didn't put our production company name in our pre-credit sequence, but the picture shows an editing technique. This editing technique is a fade out of the production logo, and a coloured picture fading in from a black and white image. This could be found in some kinds of pre-credit sequences, of either a film or a TV programme.
The second picture gives the location of the film, taking place in a college building. This is so we can understand where the film is going to take place, what the characters are going to be like, and who is involved in the story line. Some films of all genres take place somewhere at a college or school.
The next picture shows a medium shot of the second killing in the movie. It is in a medium shot because, it gives a sense of tension and suspense of what is going to happen next in the action. This would usually be found in thrillers, not so much horrors, and certain audiences like to see this.
The fourth picture is in a medium long shot of two characters running. The high angle that you see in the picture, gives a sense that they are weak, weak over what just happened in a room with just one door. All they could do was run. The audience would like to see this in films, as they do enjoy a bit of fear.
The fifth picture is in a low angle shot, where our antagonist Alex is walking down the stairs, trying to catch the fleers that escaped him. A low angle shot of a character, shows the audience that they are strong, and overtly powerful over other characters, especially in thrillers, horrors and action movies. Literally every single genre of film has some sort of low angle shot on the antagonist, which is what the audience like to see.
The sixth picture shows an MLS at eye level, of a poor unfortunate character in our film. The MLS of the shoes, shows one, advertising of a typical brand of trainers teenagers would most likely wear everyday, and two, it gives a sense of fear and knowledge, that this character was killed by someone. The idea of the shoes getting stuck in the lift doors, also shows fear, but at the same time gives a sense of sympathisation for the character who was just killed. Many directors want to see this sudden reaction change in their audience, as it means they have succeeded.
The seventh picture shows a highish angle on the two fleers, which also gives the sense of weakness, as they are hiding from the antagonist, they don't want to get caught or even seen. This is also in a medium shot, where you can see the facial expressions, the body language, and the scenery around them. The audience would wnat to see thias becauise, they want to feel the sympathy to the characters, and get a sense of where they are, and what is happening in that part of the scene.
The eighth picture shows a point of view shot of the antagonist, looking for his next victims. The point of view shot is what our audience would want to look for. This type of shot is mainly used in thrillers and dramas, not so much horrors. It gives a feeling of being in the characters shoes, which most audiences would like to see in films. It also gives a sense of tension and suspense, which any director wanting to show this, would aim for.
The last three pictures show a series of events that occur in order. The picture of the car is a kind of special effect that gives tension, especially when it hits the antagonist and knocks him down. Our audience would immediately think, "he's not going to wake", but the twist in the last picture shows that he did come back to life. This would scare most people and make them want to watch more, which also gives in to the horror of our film.

Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis on a thriller Red Eye

This textual analysis is about the thriller film 'Red Eye', which is about a main protagonist Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams), and a main antagonist Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy). Rippner is a terrorist operative, which you find out later in the narrative, who is working alongside a group that are intending to assassinate the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Charles Keefe (Jack Scalia), as well as his family. This assassination is taking place in Miami, at a hotel Lisa is acting manager of, the Lux Atlantic Hotel, trying to prevent the assassination from taking place.

Characters
Clearly we see the acting role of Lisa Reisert, as a protagonist, the moment she boards her flight back to Miami, even though she is terrified of flying, and when Rippner reveals that he's a terrorist operative, working alongside a group of people wanting Keefe dead. She tries all she can to stop them, being careful not to get caught by Rippner, especially with the messages she tried to give to people, so that they know what is happening, but she failed. A clear antagonist is Rippner, who has been threatening Lisa to do his dirty work, one threat is a deal. If Lisa did what he asked her, then he wouldn't deploy a hitman to kill her father Joe (Brian Cox). But if she doesn't then her father will be killed. One other threat is the part in the bathroom, where Lisa made a message out of soap on the mirror. Rippner found out and well, pushed her back in and threatened her like you see in the picture. He also cleared the message from the mirror, and took her back in to where they are seated.

Narrative
The narrative of Red Eye is a straight flow of continuous events from start to finish. This is what helps the audience to understand what the film is going to be like, and the enigma that is set up is, How come Rippner is a bad guy? This would suddenly confuse the audience because, from the very beginning, you haven't a clue that Rippner is a bad guy because his actions are none other than a kind way to Lisa, when her flight is delayed. There is also suspense in the film, with the threats on Lisa, and the chase in her fathers house.

Cinematography
In terms of the use of cinematography, the director has decided to use quite a lot of medium shots, and a fair few medium close ups. These medium shots help to show the suspense and the reactions of some of the surroundings. The medium close ups help to give more of the suspense, and the facial and body expressions as well. An example of a medium shot is a part of a scene in Lisa's fathers home, where she is thrown down the stairs by Rippner, a hard stunt to pull through.












Location
The film Red Eye is a mixture of locations, from an airport to a plane, a hotel near a lake, Lisa's fathers home, and other places. This gives an idea of the thriller genre with these locations. These locations are realistic locations because many of us can understand what they are.

Enigma
The enigma is set up near the beginning of the film. It is basically when Lisa's flight is delayed until the next morning, and when she meets up with Rippner. To start with, you would think Rippner is a good guy, especially when he talks to Lisa and other things. Later in the story, when Lisa finally gets on her flight, she is glad to be seated next to Rippner. The only thing is, the moment the plane leaves the runway, Rippner reveals to her that he is a terrorist operator, working alongside a group who are going to assassinate Keefe, the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, and that he needs Lisa to help him with it, otherwise he'll deploy a hitman to kill her father. This is what the narrative of the film will flow from, start to finish.

(Some of this is taken from wikipedia.org)