1. Creative critical reflection 2
The target audience for my opening sequence could be suitable for both men
and women but men might be preferring horror more as it has more action which
is more liked by men than women , this might be a stereotypical idea as there a
lot of females that would love watching horror so my target audience would be
both and in an age bracket of (16+) most people involved in watching these kinds
of movies enjoy the leisure of being scared and being attached to a creepy hook.
Active audience theory argues that media audiences do not just receive
information passively but are actively involved, often unconsciously, in making
sense of the message within their personal and social contexts which means that
every audience might have a different view concerning every scene.
I wanted to scare my audience in my opening sequence and that is what i did as i
used enigma that would hook the audience and at the same time a scary hook
that will make them wanting to know more and also worried about what could
happen next as a lot of unexpected things happened and will happen. Also the
whole opening sequence had the idea of wanting audience to keep on watching.
I think the opening i setting up narrative for the rest of the film as it gives the
audience more than one option about things that could happen through out the
movie as from the first few minutes their brains gave a a lot of new unexpected
actions to be seen , as there was main disruption that took place in the first few
minutes which is the girl hearing strange voices and the message that she s=got
from an unknown phone number on her phone sending her a picture with her
friend with a caption underneath saying ‘Do you remember me?’
In my opening sequence i worked on two elements that i personally thought were
the most important and catch audience’s attention which are sound and
cinematography. First the cinematography i was mainly using close up shots to
express how scared the main character was after seeing the ghost and to
express her feelings and emotions in general regarding any action happening
and a camera technique i was using was tracking which is like the camera
following the character from the back to give impact that someone is following
this girl wherever she goes which gives a worrying mood. In the last shot of the
opening sequence an over the shoulder shot was used while the girl was
standing infront of the ghost to show her facial expressions and the reason of this
2. expression which was the ghost. Another element i focused on was sound as
sound is a main thing that helps audience in focusing on the acting and also
gives a certain theme for the scenes as a whole.
A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film which is incharge of
The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film
is to be exhibited or made available for viewing; for example, directly to the public
either theatrically or for home viewing. A distributor may do this directly, if the
distributor owns the theaters or film distribution networks, or through theatrical
exhibitors and other sub-distributors. A limited distributor may deal only with
particular products, such as DVDs or Blu-ray, or may act in a particular country or
market. For my film it should be viewed in the cinemas first but will need a catchy
trailer to make people aware of the film
