3. As Orchestral music
such as violins, bass
drums and a piano
will be added to the
trailer to create a
tense atmosphere.
scenes.
These aspects was portrayed within our trailer.
Clips of news reports was
added to the start of the
trailer to grab the
audiences attention.
Stalkers aim is
tied up to a chair
due to jealously
School environment where
most of it took place.
4. According to the feedback we got back, it is clear that individuals prefer a male to
be the stalker/Slasher. As it is clear that 72.7% of individuals chose Male and the
23.3% chose Female.
We took this research into consider and learnt that the preferred gender to be the
stalker/ slasher is a male. Therefore, in our film trailer we used a male for our stalker.
This was done to meet the expectations of our target audience.
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We asked our target audience what type of music they will want to
hear within a stalker/ slasher trailer?
According to the feedback we gathered it is clear that a large
percentage of individuals chose the “Orchestral instruments”
Followed by “Rock” which had the second most votes.
From the feedback we was able to portray the type of
music that should be used as we had a range of different
choices from rock, orchestral, dub step, pop, house and
classic.
6. From this question within our questionnaire, we asked out audience
about the colours they will associate with the genre staler/slasher.
According to the feedback it is clear that red, black, white and grey were
the options that had a high percentage.
Therefore, to prove we took our audience
feedback into consideration we used these
colours within our posters. This also
enabled us to conform to the conventions
of a real media stalker/slasher poster.
7. We conducted a focus group, which consisted of four potential
audiences that conformed to our demographic. They watched
and analysed the trailer „Halloween‟ once this was done we
asked the individuals a set of different questions.
The answers we got back from the questions gave us ideas of
how our trailer should be to enable us to attract the right
audience. As the feedback given helped us learn the aspect
that makes us target audience interested in going to see the
film in cinemas.
Would you watch this film in the cinema
after seeing the trailer?
“I will because it‟s a remix of a classic
horror film and the lighting and fast
cutting created an intense atmosphere
which made me want to watch the film
more”
What did you find effective within
the trailer?
“Showing the back story of the
killer to the raise of the killing”
Do you think the sound/music used in the
trailer was appropriate?
“YES, it made me really get into it and all
the jumps and clashes made me want to
experience the film"
Do you feel you have an understanding of
the plot? “well the trailer was very effective
as it made me, understand what is going on
throughout the plot throughout the editing
of the shots."
8. “Your trailer actually conformed to the actually
stereotypes of a stalker/slasher film”
“There was one part I really liked when you had
pictures of Chantel all over the wall, it really showed
the obsession.”
“The end was absolutely awesome when he
put the bag over her head and the way he
was actually recording what he was doing”
“The way he came to the audience made the
audience literally jump of their seats.”
9. “The MES was really well done , really brilliant “
“The close up shots were on point “
“Because it conformed really well, we was not really
thinking of the aspects that was bad.”
“The speed of the editing could be a bit more jumpy
because of the genre.”
“It was really good”
