1. The music we have used in our film is classed as ‘Indie’. The music could attract more teenagers as well as
young adults due Indie music being popular in those age groups. There is a few other films that are similar to
ours. These include films such as: The Virgin Suicides, Spring Breakers and This is England. I feel if the music is
indie, there is a mass audience that listen to indie music therefore if the music in a film/opening is indie then
this will increase the audience. There is also a modern touch to the music/sound effects that have been used.
For example the use of the phone and with the voicemail makes the opening more modern.
The costumes used in the opening are plain black jeans and a plain
black t-shirt with Nike branded shoes. We have done this as many
teenagers wear branded clothing, we feel that some of the
teenagers could relate themselves to the main character. Also
wearing the black and dark clothes gives the sense of mystery
which teenagers and young adults maybe attracted to.
2. The use of the tattoo in our film, symbolises youth and what teenagers
do when they are age. However this could also show rebelliousness due
our character being 16/17 being underage to get a tattoo. It also
addresses our audience to be young and trendy. Also nowadays tattoos
are no seen as the norm, this then makes our audience quite mass
whereas if this had been in a different time then the audience could be
niche as tattoos were seen down upon. The use of the skateboard in the
opening also brings the element of indie. This could make our audience
increase due to skaters liking the idea that there is a skateboard in the
film. Also as this is one of the first few things that is shown in the opening
this could intrigue people to continue watching if they have an interest in
skateboards. Also where the location is set you can see how isolated he
is, with no parents. This could be also seen as rebelliousness, this could
draw more people in as teenagers are seen as rebellious and maybe
intrigue people to watch more.
3. Finally we addressed our audience through character. I feel that character is one
of the main features that make the audience of any film. As if there is children in
films, it will mostly be directed towards children as they feel they can relate to
them. If a film has teenagers in, it will remotely show rebellion as the stereotype
for teenagers is to not do what they’re told, and also they could relate to the
teenagers and how they feel. And if a film has adults in, they again can relate to
them and would be more likely to watch them then watch films with teenagers in
them. In our film, we have used a 17 year old teenage boy. We have made his age
very clear through the use of props, costumes and the dependency on his parents
still. By using a 17 year old our audience is addressed by Isaac being able to relate
and be similar to other teenagers watching the opening. We have also got
inspiration from various film, one including Abduction as he is a 17 year old boy
and also Abduction’s audience would be very similar to ours.
