Question 5

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Sofar we have reached our audience in numerous ways; on the 25/03/13 our Thriller was shown at 'Screen in the Green' in Islington, after our Thriller was shown we got some feedback from audiences from the first viewing:

Our Thriller was predominently tragetted at teenagers and young adults, therefore we used this information to help us adapt the mise en scene; making it relavent to our audience. Our Thriller opens with a long shot of Kaylin walking through a park, towards her home. This general setting makes this relatable to all different types of people. Furthermore, our thriller is set in Islington, London an urban, city setting which allows our audience to connect with the area. The use of laptops, which were uses to represent the communication between Kaylin and Damien via Tumblr can also address our audience; due to Damien's grooming towards Kaylin, this can infuse an element of awareness within our Thriller, making our audience question and think about what they do online and is it safe?

The use of contrasting protagonists Kaylin and Damien can also attract our audience. Both characters have a conncection through social media, as most people in modern day society use some form of social media, whether it be youtube, facebook or twitter. However, both characters have differences in their outlook. Kaylin being a 15 year old girl which is a relevant factor as some of the audience members may be of that age and may experience or own some things that Kaylin does. Whereas, for Damien's character his deameanour can be relatabe in terms of being a young man, however in terms of being an online predator, it would be wrong to assume that the audience of our thriller could relate to the same persona we have built for Damien.

Our title 'Anonymous Attraction' was formed around the plot of our film, as well as forming some of our camera shots; cutting Damien's face out keeping him a stranger to the audience, so they can feel the intensity and experience what Kaylin is witnessing.

Feedback from our Rough Cut:

"He noticed that the Jump Cuts from Kaylin walking home to Damien making Coffee were too quick; as it would appear to the audience that shots of Damien would appear more frequently, as well as effect the continuity of our opening. Therefore, we aim to show Damien at a slower pace.

In terms of using Camtasia, we initially placed the responses of Kaylin at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, however Dan noticed that the audience may not be able to comprehend what the characters are typing to one another. We aim to change this by using our 'split screen' idea which we had thought of firstly, having a visual of Damien on the laptop on one half of the frame and then on the other half showing what he is typing in the response box.

We also still need to add sound to our Thriller, we have recorded Foely sounds of a kettle boiling and a keyboard which we will add, as well as construct our soundtrack using Soundtrack Pro and syncing it in time with the way our Thriller will run, ensuring a tense mood throughout the opening"

Our feedback that Dan had given ua allowed us to imporve our Thriller massively:

• We re-positioned the Jump cuts making them further apart to enhance the continuity of our Thriller; not making Damien appear as often.
• For our Camtasia shots of Kaylin typing we used the idea of having a split screen which we came up with a while ago, furthermore this would allow the audience viewing our Thriller to have a clearer view; reading the conversation between both characters.
• In terms of sound, we included Foely sound in certain places; typing for the keyboard and the boiling of the kettle, we also decided to incude soundtrack but vividly in the background, which could enhance the reality of the situation portrayed in our Thriller.