Monday, 7 March 2011

how did you attract/address your audience? (insert graphs off blog and questionairres aswell as normal statstics)


Firstly I asked 8 people to fill out a questionnaire and then developed our film according to the outcome, this way we had the best possible chances for catering to our audience.











































































Therefore using the answers to my questionnaire I used footage at the start of the film that doesn't let you know fully what is going on (as thats what most people said they wanted in the questionnaire) therefore you are intrigued as to what happens next therefore it pulls you in and makes you want to know the ending to see wether the children live or die. I turned my most important questions which contributed to the film the most into pie charts to make it easier to read the statistics of what we needed to focus on within the film. Half of the questioned people stated they wanted to find out the ending at the end of the film therefore it was not predictable as to what would happen therefore we tried to co-operate that into our film therefore the meaning of the film came out as late into the film as possible, as well as including a twist that people don't see therefore it creates a exciting and tense atmosphere. I also included the question 'What do people prefer about horrors?' I believed all answers available should of been included in the film however some more than others. The pie chart showed that 4 people said scary, 1 said tension, 2 people said jumpy and lastly 1 person said mysterious killer, using these answers i tried to incorporate all of the above however i found it hard to create something jumpy so early on however, later on it can be easily picked up upon. I believe we should try to include as much as the audience's wants and needs therefore to please our client.





I also researched on the internet into graphs and statistics about what to include into a good successful horror film and i found successful films such as Saw V brought in $56,729,973 just in 7 weeks into its release and 'The last exorism' (a movie i looked at linking in with my film) gross revenue was $66,981,335 which is a significant earning even compared to 'Saw V' therefore it meant i should include more in my film to be more like the last exorcism in order to be able to make me film a success. 
I also did brief research into how often people watch horrors compared to other genres, as you can see above they are second most watched, missing out to thrillers, however this means the industry is a huge one and therefore there was more pressure on to make it a original and to include different ideas people had never thought of before, I believe the more research done the most successful you will be in keeping your customers happy.

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