There were many and multiple different things that could of attract my audience to my opening sequence film. These many things were down to great use of thriller conventions throughout as well as the likes of substantial character and narrative. Our audience could have been attracted too through the things we aimed for such as a specific target audience.
Firstly one of the things that attracted the audience we have was the gripping narrative, this attracted the thrill seekers and movie addicts as greatness was projected through the use of plot that compelled viewers to seek much more. The plot being based upon someone who doesn't seem who they are at all, ending up portraying a psychotic individual with some serious problems. The audience entering the film without expecting anything of this sorts gives our film an edge that attracts an audience, giving our film the correct title of a thriller, not knowing what's coming next, I think this heavily excites any thrill seekers along with just overall movie fans.
Another quality that has attracted the correct audience is the antagonist being almost stereotypical in the fact that he is male this engages our target male audience it almost puts them in his perspective as well as that, having a psychotic antagonist such as David is really pleasing to the viewer as someone as ordinary as that doesn't seem dangerous at all, this then takes a turn and allows the audience to guess what kind of mad and devilish thing he is willing to do next, this brings an excited element to the thriller. This perfectly castes the character in a light that is almost unexpected by the audience, he comes across as strong and powerful along with frightening edge knowing that something isn't quite right about him. This draws the audience to the edge of their seat as simply they have to find out exactly what is wrong with him or what he is plotting. Seeing the conclusion to each part of his plans ends in a spine chilling image but however the audience are attracted as they must find out who will stop this insanity.
The gender roles within this film play a major part in which audience is generally attracted to this particular film. As the antagonist is a male that typically engages a male viewership as it puts them directly in that position of the main character as well as this the victim is also male therefore drawing in more males due to this, it also allows them to relate further to the characters easier as well. This particular gender within the film also attracts the opposite sex too as if the characters as attractive or offer a relatable characters as a male figure within their life that appears similar then this acts as a key feature also.
A key feature that attracted a wide audience to this particular film was the camera angles that directly placed the audience in the position of the antagonist and victim. Such as the many over the shoulder shots of the antagonist definitely engaged the audience to feel as if they were there in film following the antagonist or even being the antagonist themselves. This made the audience sympathise and relate to the main character with the emotions he displayed such as power and strength as well as cleverness and a poor mental state too. The first person perspective from the victim allows the audience to be attracted to this as it makes them feel equally as scared and frightened heightening the thriller aspect. From all of these aspects I hoped that our audience would appreciate these techniques used throughout.
To further this question I will also be conducting first hand primary research by asking three males and females around the target age group about this particular thriller after seeing it to gather their opinions and thoughts, this will be done in a questionnaire format. This will help me gain key insights into the minds of our target audience of what went well and what didn't.
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