Evaluation 5 for as media

1. Felicity Bearfoot-Fallon

2. Our target audience is teenagers and young
adults. We feel that this type of audience
member will be able to relate more to the
main character as they are of similar ages. We
also think that having a teenage character
makes her seem more vulnerable, and the
audience will feel her fear and be able to
connect with her more.

3. Throughout our opening, we keep a good level
of suspense and tension to keep the audience
on the edge of their seats. We also feel that
our opening makes the audience feel slighlty
uncomfortable, as it allows them to put
themselves into the main characters position
and feel the emotions she is feeling.

4. The first thing the audience
sees after the opening credits
of the production and
distribution companies is a
fuzzy screen, which is the
turning on of a camera. With
the noise of crackling, this
immediately alerts the
audience and draws them in.
At this point, the audience sees the
main character who looks dirty and
distressed. They automatically are
wondering what is happening and
why she is in this situation. As she
continues to talk, the audience feel
uncomfortable as she seems
frightened and confused.

5. As the protagonist speaks to
the camera, there are cuts
and breaks during her speech
to give the effect of the
camera being broken or
faulty.
Towards the end of this part of
the scene, the protagonist starts
to panic and cry as she hears the
antagonist come back into the
room. The camera is left broken,
but still filming on the floor, as
we hear the main characters
heavy breathing. This leaves the
audience members confused, and
wanting to know how she got
there.

6. From this point, the audience
are starting to be shown how
the protagonist ended up in
the situation she was in. ‘30
days earlier’ has to be clear
for the audience to see to
prevent confusion. The CCTV
lets the audience members
know that the antagonist is
stalking the protagonist.
As the opening titles appear, the
audience are shown a sequence
of shots which gradually get
faster. This enhances the idea of
the tension building up within
the scene, as the protagonist
suspects she’s being watched.
Also the change between colour
and black and white helps
identify when the antagonist is
watching the protagonist.

7. The audience can see that the
protagonist is becoming more
cautious as she realises the shop
is empty. She tries to distract
herself but can’t help and be
distracted as to why she is the
only person around.
This shot tells the audience that
the protagonist has noticed the
security camera, and then the
main character becomes
interested but concerned as to
why it hasn’t moved in so long.
This leaves the audience
wondering who is watching her
as they haven’t actually seen the
antagonist.

8. The final part of our film opening is the protagonist getting closer to the
camera and looking up to it. Then the clip fades out as if the film were
to actually continue. The audience is left confused and slightly on edge
as to why the main character was kidnapped. The cross-cut back to
beginning of the girl before she was kidnapped what to incise the
audience as to how and why the situation happened.