Evaluation Part 6

Evaluation Part 6: Attracting Audience

I think I have reached my target audience because the title sequence fits in with most common horror/thriller codes and conventions. The sequence contains suspense, mystery, a scare and it begins to set up the plot. The audience of 15-30 year old males, who are the main audience for horror films, will enjoy the title sequence if they like other films from the genre.

When planning we thought we would include a heavy soundtrack to appeal to the audience. The soundtrack is slightly different from most usual horror soundtracks where the music may be more eerie. The soundtrack is aggressive and electronic so fits with the static style and is more exciting than most soundtracks so would appeal to the younger part of the audience who may enjoy more exciting films/music rather than things that build up with lots of suspense. The soundtrack also can be used to build suspense because it builds up even more with a distorted "revving" sound. This makes this appeal to a wider audience than if it was just a slow suspenseful horror vs a fast paced action horror/thriller type film.

Some of the major things we changed from the audience feedback was that we needed to reshoot the scenes with the main character because it didn't put enough focus on him and to some people the shots from the found footage were unclear. When we reshot we received much better feedback.

Another thing was that the sequence got boring because the music was repetitive especially for the 2+ mins of video. We responded to this by cutting down the video and editing the soundtrack to have more of a build up so it wouldn't be as repetitive.

The idea of the sequence and the music itself was well received.