Our Target Audience

Target Audience

I have created a questionnaire that has some questions on it that ask about what type of film do you watch, age and what film you have watched recently. If you wish to take the Questionnaire then please Click Here.

The target audience is really important as this will help with the sales of the films being released, this also increases popularity for a certain age group. The age group is important because if you get the wrong age group on your product then it could be dis-appropriate as if  product is not suitable for the right age E.G.

Saw which is a certificate 18 as it contains blood, guts and gore which is not what young children should be watching at the age of 7, as it could mentally scare the child for life.

Today we know that the new generation of teenagers like to watch more horror films more then the older generations because we like the thrill of being scared and frightened.

We have decided that the right age for our Horror film is a Certificate 15, as our horror film will consist of swearing and a bit of gore in some scenes. We know that the age group is correct because we did some research on BBFC about Classifications of ages Click Here To See Certificate 15

 Research From My Questionnaire

This is the age table to show me who is more likely to watch horror films, to see what age 

is most popular. The most popular age is between 15-17. It looks like it was a great idea to make a film that is suitable for the age of 15 and above.

There is a very strong trend showing that most of the people who answered the questionnaire that they all mostly said that horror films are set a night, with this information we could make some changes to the time we need to film this but its ok because he had already got our time right for the time of day we are going to be filming this  

Silentium Main Title

 

This is the main title that is in portant to the whole opening sequence as this tells the audienc e what the film is called and that this is the start of the film. I made this on Adobe Premiere Elements 8, this program is what we are going to be editing our movie oppening with. The program is ok but it isnt able to do things that you what it to do so it dues get frustrating now and then but all you have to do is to learn to like it.

Silentium Location

 Location

 The Barn 

This is an Picture that i took with my camera of the barn that we are going to be using for our main shooting of the film. we will be using the door on the right to slide open and close for the characters to enter and to exit throughout the opening sequence of Silentium.

 

The Route That The Woman Is Going To Take When Being Chased By The Farmer 

As you may have seen on my earlier post that there has been a change of plan when it comes down to the chase scene in our opening sequence, This now where the Woman is going to run, she is going to run down the side of this metal container as we will have the house in the shot we originally wanted to have but we didn't what the woman or the audience feel like she souled of run into the house which would of been the logical way, so if we didn't show the audience the house then she had no where else to run to.

 

 

 

When the Woman comes out the other side of the metal container she will run thought the trees that are right behind the container onto mud which will slow down the Woman trying to get away from the Killer.

 

 

As you can see the trees right behind the metal container.

 



Our Title For Silentium

Our Title For Silentium

 

We have been trying out different fonts for our opening title sequence as you can see from the image above I have tried 3 different fonts which where: Heather BTN, Chillier and Roman, they were all where set as Black oak wide white 43, and the size to be regular as it looks great at the size it is now. We couldn’t decide what colour to have it in so I did some in white and some in red with the blend of black with it to create the blood like colour but I think we are sticking with the white one as it will stand out more from the black background as you can see for yourself above.

We are going to be using the first white one closest to the top left hand corner of the image which is the Heather BTN in Black oak wide white 43, with the regular size. the reason why we have chosen this particular font is because it looks like a child has made it and our killer in our film is a Farmer who is deranged in the head, he was isolated in one place which was on the farm he was brought up on and had never lived anywhere else he has had no education only the knowledge of the farm and what to do on a farm. We also chose this font as it looks unusual and creepy; it looks like it has been carved poorly onto a tree which gives it age.

Font Analysing

The font is in Caps throughout the name of the film, the letters look like it has been dug up and parts of it hadn’t been damaged that could be the reason why there are white bits on the letters as it has fallen apart when it had been dug up as this could tell us as the audience that the characters in the film are all not completely sane and might have a problem with them. The white parts of the title could also suggest that the victim is pure as white symbolises as untouched as it is a neutral colour as it is un touched and is not a dirty colour.

 The fount looks like it is being played on a TV that has no signal and is on static like the film The ring when the TV flickers between the static and the image of the well where the girl craws out from. it gives us as the audience the chills as it is un nerving to see.

  

Location (Inside the barn) And Props

The Photos Here Are From 5pm On Wards

 

The Barn Space

 

The first two pictures are the space we have to film our main scene when the Woman is tied up to a chair and the Farmer sorting out his tools in size order whilst talking to the Woman about binging with him. I like this shot as it has the right lighting for the film as i can change the lighting in the room from one light to five lights on to make more light for the camera.

 

The Work Bench  

 

 

The picture on the left is where the bench is but it is a problem as we would not be able to get a camera over there in position plus there are other things in the way to get the shot I need for the film so this has been changed, instead of having a bench that is only in one place (shown on the right) we are going to have a trolley so the Farmer can push it round the trailer that is hiding it this would bring more attention to the audience as they would what to see what is on it and why he is using it for.

Positioning

 

 The two pictures above are some experimental shots so i can see where would be a good place to put the camera to get the shot i need for the film when filming, we didnt have a knife around the barn but we had a big spaner to represent the knife. The shots are from to different sides the one on the left is from behind the Farmer to show the knif that would be going to kill her with and the second shot on the left is from the Woman view when sidding on the chair waiting for her fate to come.

 

 

 

The Axe

 

 

 

 

All four images above are from the main murder weapon that the Farmer uses to kill his victims with, it is along one as we said we was going to use, its old so it shows that it has been used quite a lot of times shown by the ageing of the blade and the wood to be a bit dull than normal.

I was also experimenting with the camera that I had to hand, I really liked the bottom two that I took because the one on the bottom left was an accident but it looks quite cool and the one on the bottom right was with the flash on it makes the axe look more sinister with the colour of it.

 

The Chair

 

The pictures above show the chair that we are going to use for the Woman who will be tied to it by the Farmer, I also was experimenting with the camera again with a low angle to make the chair look bigger and menacing.

 

 

 

 

 



Location Problem And Changes

1. we need to shoot it earlier because i went down there at 5pm and it was too dark the camera wouldn't pick up anything so we need it to be a litter.

2. The room where we shoot the whole scene with the killer and the woman in the barn is a bit smaller then i thought it was and there is no bench there, so we have got a push trolley with all the weapons on messed up so he can organise them.

3. the floor is concrete so when the woman jumps of the chair she will hurt  her self on the floor so if we put some wooden slaps down or we could have a massive blue sheet covering the floor and have some sponge under it .

4. When the woman comes out the barn you will see the house in the shot which we don't wont so we can run along side the barn through trees and onto mud then down a lane on the field.

 

The Changes To The Screenplay

So this means that the film will not be following everything that as been written in the screenplay, the only things changed are the begging we will not be dragging the Woman to the barn by the floor so instead we are having the Woman being picked up by the Farmer from out the back of the van.

The Woman will be running round the barn instead of running straight in front of her as there will be a house in shot of the frame so I had to change it as i was the only one on the location taking pictures and filming. With this change the woman will not be looking behind her as you will not be able to see the light from behind the barn.