5. How did you attract/address your audience?

The main point to consider is that we focused closely on the mise en scene in order to target our audience. The use of local locations that are recognizable means that the audience will find it easier because of regional identity and so the audience will be more susceptible to watching the film because of its location. Furthermore the connotations linked with the Eve's costume is that she is a typical British teenager. Eve's clothes signify her character as being defenseless and weak, however her costumes also exemplifies how usually the British teenager would dress or even most teenagers. This use of costume addresses the teenage audience whom are in fact the target audience. Sarah's characters is seen wearing dark jeans and a bright top with a jacket these are also quite casual clothes which means her costumes is much more universal in its connection with the audience. Also the clothing Eve's wearing are clothes from high street shops such as Primark, H&M and Topshop. This is another point that gives the audience an opportunity to relate to the thriller better and also gives the audience an outline of what to expect and already they have found something appealing from the thriller opening.
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On the other hand the soundtrack reflects to the older section of the audience demographic so those above the age of 18 to 25 would be able to understand the connotations linked to the use of the soundtrack. The soundtrack is fairly sinister and unsettling and so its more likely to appeal to those of more of a mature age instead of those who are younger and easily scared. The soundtrack is not in place to appeal to the audience but to allow the audience to understand the thriller atmosphere and also it provides to those who are in to the thriller genre. A further reason why the teenage audience may well be attracted to the psychological thriller opening we've constructed is because the film opening links closely to the grayness and dismal colours of the hit TV teen drama 'Skins'. Where it can be seen in season 3 of episode 8 which can be watched on YouTube unfortunately I was unable to embed the clip because it is disabled but be free to look at the skins episode by following this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbq7O3twUu0&has_verified=1. Moreover the use of our cliffhanger by the use of enigma's is what will happen to the victim? will the stalker kill her? take her life? Throughout our thriller 'The Neurotic' we try to not give too much information away and instead try keep almost everything a secret. This means we do not move the plot that much and instead just set the scene for the audience to take into account the implications that have been set up and make up their own assumptions. The use of a cliff hanger consequently means that the audience will want to watch the rest of the movie if they are interested in the cliff hanger that has been used. We didn't use any special effects to create stunts either because we wanted to keep the thriller raw and relatble and also because the thriller itself is actually a psychological independent thriller and so it wouldnt make sense to use stunts. From the audience research you can see that in fact people prefer a thriller without special effects.