Q5: How did you attract/address your audience?

Q5: How did you attract/address your audience?

 These two shots would appeal to our target audience of young adults since it incorporates wealth, power and violence in to them. This is because we can see a man wearing a suit, put on silver and gold watch, and another shot includes him putting a gun into the back of his belt. These props work very effectively and make the sequence look professional.

We managed to create enigmas throughout our opening by not showing the characters faces at all. Our group felt like this was the best decision, since we decided that if we showed the characters faces to the audience then there would be no enigmas to find out, and in this case the enigma was to try and find out their identities. Also, by not showing the characters faces we felt that our opening sequence appealed more to a wide based audience and looked more professional, this is because the characters in this sequence are not actors, therefore find it awkward on camera – therefore to make it look effective yet comfortable to film, identities were not shown.

Additionally, the use of sound during these two shots incorporates a heavy guitar track, edited and produced by Matthew. This works well with the shots as well since they are perfectly in sync with each other. This music would be described as synchronous since it goes with the thriller genre and builds tension and anxiety amongst the audience quickly.

Both of these shots are close ups, just focusing on George holding the selected props. We made the editing very fast paced so the audience do not lose focus, and become bored. This also creates an effect of suspense since it is like the adrenaline of the characters put into editing.

This shot shows me picking up a knife from a selection. This makes the characters seem more ‘spy-like’ since it shows that the female has a lot of weapons to choose from, making it a not out of the ordinary thing to do. Furthermore, we used bright lighting here to emphasize the knife, which is being picked up; this is done because the light bounces off from the reflection of the metal. This shot is another close up, and is edited very fast paced and in synch with the heavy guitar riffs to create suspense and tension.

These shots show the male spy taking a break from getting ready by having a cup of tea. This is humor added on to the serious thriller atmosphere, which makes the opening sequence more uplifting and exciting to watch.  When these shots are being played the music turns a lot quieter and goes into diegetic, which means that it sounds like the music is coming out of a radio.

This is the last shot seen in the opening sequence, and it features a fast sports car driving away into the distance with smoke coming out of the exhausts. This is a typical action/thriller shot and can be described as very effective throughout research and through our vox pops. We thought it was good to end on this shot because it meant that our narrative didn’t drag out for too long, and it keeps the audience interested. Additionally, our original plan was to film for an extra 30 seconds, however the footage we got was not what we wanted and would’ve made our opening sequence seem less professional. This shot was good for raising enigmas and questions throughout the audience as well, which is what we wanted to do.