My Intensions

Through my analysis i understand the conventions of an thriller film opening to build up suspense and tension. I doesnt need to show anything that should scare the audience just leave questions in there head to what is going to happen. In my groups research, we found that more people like a thriller opening that has a meaing and that should start with something strange which gives you questions. This will make them want to watch the rest of the film to understand what happens. It should not be dragged however, as it may get a bit boring. The three thriller film openings i analysed had these conventions and gave me many questions of what would happen in the film. The first film opening "paranormal activity" had nothing worrying or scary involved. The whole two minutes they were both happy and "loved up". The only thing they say which gives the audience a question is that they will catch whatever paranormal activty that is going on. This leaves questions in the audiences head and makes you wonder what he means by that. The other film opening i analysed "arlington road" has no dialogue inivolved what so ever. But the way the shots and blurriness is used and the suspense of what is wrong with the boy, builds up inside you. I would like to use this in the start of our film as i feel that the why it is laid out and the different blurred shots that are used makes the audiences want to watch more to find out what is happening. Nothing is seen within the few minutes of watching but it obvious something is wrong.

Through my target audience research i found that our most likely audience is between the ages of 15-24. They are all mostly female which means we will have to base our film opening towards young females rather than males. Therefore our film opening will give tension. It will not give much away because we want the audience to ask questions and want to watch the rest of the film. No bloodiness or grossness will be involved, it will just simply gives questions that will need to be answered. However, i plan to change the conventions by not making the film opening drag out for to long because people will not find it as exciting. It will be quick and snappy and once the opening is over it will go straight into the next part of the story. This will make the audience want to be more involved and their minds will be cracking with excitement.