1. Who would be the audience for your media product? presented by Leon Thomas

3. We found out that many psychological thrillers were targeted towards people aged 18+, though we decided to target our film towards a slightly younger age of 15+

4. The reason why our group decided to change our target audience was because we researched other successful psychological thrillers such as ‘Final Destination’ and ‘Disturbing Behavior’ and realized that it attracted interesting commentary from the teenage society as young as 15.

6. Why are thrillers so popular? According to http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html, the main reasons why thrillers are so popular is because: It provide thrills It keeps the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax the main character(s) is placed in a menacing situation or mystery, or an escape or dangerous mission from which escape seems impossible life itself is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspecting or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation

7. (continued) it is also designed to elicit tension and suspense, taking the viewer through agony and fear there are murder mysteries, private eye tales, chase thrillers thrillers keep the emphasis away from the gangster, crime, or the detective in the crime-related plot, focusing more on the suspense and danger that is generated Characters in thrillers include convicts, criminals, stalkers (such as in our film), assassins, down-on-their-luck losers, innocent victims (often on the run) etc. The themes of thrillers frequently include terrorism, political conspiracy, pursuit, or romantic triangles leading to murder, and everyday people go through these themes.

8. (continued) Thriller movies however are known to promote: intense excitement suspense uncertainty anxiety a high level of anticipation ultra-heightened expectation and nerve-wracking tension

9. Other psychological thrillers with a similar target Se7en- directed by David Fincher Memento- directed by Christopher Nolan Secret Window- directed by David Koepp The Butterfly Effect- Eric Bress and Jonathan Gruber Final Destination- directed by James Wong Disturbing Behavior- David Nutter

10. 15 certificate guidelines Discrimination:No endorsement of discriminatory language or behaviour will be present in the film.Drugs:In the film drugs are permitted to be viewed but in no way must they be promoted to the audience or make the audience want to experience the taking of these drugs. Also its unlikely to be acceptable to show dangerous substances that are accessible to the audience being used incorrectly, for example mis-use of aerosols or solvents.Horror:The audience are allowed to see strong threat and menace, however not if carried out in a sexualised or sadistic way.Imitable Behaviour:Any viewings of behaviour dangerous to the character (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) are not allowed to be shown in great detail to promote ideas to the audience of this behaviour.Language:Strong language is acceptable to be used frequently, (for example 'fuck') however the strongest terms (for example 'cunt') are only permitted to used if it fits the context and can be justified by this. However when the use of strong language is repeated in an aggressive way its unlikely to be acceptable for this certification.

11. (continued) Nudity:Without strong detail nudity is permitted if used in sexual context, more so there are no constraints in non-sexual or educational context regarding nudity.Sex:Without strong detail sexual activity is permitted to be portrayed; strong verbal references to sexual behaviour are also allowed. However highly strong references are again unlikely to be permitted unless they can be justified by the context of the film. More so work that is solely purposeful for sexual arousal or stimulation are again unlikely to be acceptable.Theme:There are no themes that are not allowed as long as provided with appropriate treatment for 15 year olds.Violence:No infliction of pain or injury are allowed to be dwelled on when strong violence is used. Strong gory images and strong sadistic or sexualised violence are unlikely to be acceptable. Detailed verbal references to sexual violence are allowed but it must be discreet and be highly justified by the context.