steriotypical horror audience

here are my version and my opinion on stereotypical horror audiences. usually girls are resembled as wimps, people who are scared easy. which therefore don't intend on watching many horror films. on the other hand the majority that do enjoy a scary horror usually watch them in a group of Friends or perhaps with a loved one, this way they feel protected from the characters within the film. they range from 16 - 18 because this the age in which i feel teenagers are looking for that next step in movies, a super thrilling chiller that puts the viewer on the edge of reality.

other connotations that resembles the stereotypical girl would be shopping, make up going out with Friends. but the stereotypical horror fan would usually perhaps hate all those tings and may dress in black and listen to heavy metal and be into death and gore.

the stereotypical male enjoys a horror film, or as they say. males tend to act like they love horror films to act like a tough gentlemen in front of other females that they wish to impress. but some actually do enjoy chilling horrors and these are based around the age of 17 - 18 and tend not to be interested in romantic or dramatic films. this age is also key because my horror is for 15 year old and therefore would be able to watch my horror, that's why i believe i aimed my film at the correct age group. these teenagers would also be interested in sporting activities keeping them on a buzz like feeling therefore when they watch a film they tend to want the same feeling and that's why they choose to watch horror titles to give them that buzz that they seek for.

se7en title sequence analysis

Se7en  title sequence analysis
here is my analysis of the first 27 seconds of the seven title sequence, this was a very interesting title sequence as it left my hints and clues to what could happen on be in the film later on.

00.04 - a side on extreme close up on a blank A4 blank paged book, it seems to be old in structure also due to the worn away pages. It also shows the production company in the bottom right corner ‘new line cinema’.

00.07 - A retreating black canvas into a aerial shot on a picture of a gentleman’s hands. Which seem to have been through much punishment or disheartening torment?

00.12 - Here is another extreme close up on what seems to be more of the characters tools of inquisitive torture?

00.13 - Brad Pitt is introduced onto the film with his name appearing on screen.

00.16 - close up on what seems to be a man shaving his fingers, perhaps to remove any finger prints, which says to mean that he has definitely done something bad.

00.18 - Next appears another actors name on screen, Morgan Freeman. 

00.23 - Next is the first glimpse on the title to the film which appears in small font 'Se7en'. 

00.25 - title then appears to flash and grow in size in a very mysterious way. 

00.27 - Another actors name appears on screen and this is Gyneth Paltrow.

storyboards

when we thought of our main story line towards our horror film we decided to pen to paper so we could finally have a clearly labelled out storyboard to show what and where our scenarios happen and also how long each shot would last and which shot to use. here i our title sequence which we drew up...



now here is our storyboards for our opening scenes...

research on actors, plots, directors and settings.

As we know many people tend to watch a film based on who's in it. by this i mean the actors of course and that's why using more of the budget on a good actor can attract more viewers therefore creating a larger turnover. the plot has probably got to be the most important category when overseeing the creation of the film itself because the plot is what catches the attention of the audience and what also keeps them on the edge and that's what horror fans are looking for. you can have all the best actors in the world in your film but if the plot is no good then the film is no good. this is why we had to do alot of thinking when it came down to us creating our plot. these two key points also intertwine with having a good director and also having great settings to make the perfect horror film.

A good plot

when performing some individual research i realised that the specific target audience that we originally aimed our film at enjoyed more sy-fi thrillers which are like aliens and ghosts and other such things like that. i personally believe that a good plot has to contain the key factors that can keep an audience pinned to their seat making them not want to leave and will continue to watch the film right until the very end. i believe that a good plot also needs to have that one thing that separates it from any other film, now this can be many things but one thing i think makes a good plot is keeping the unknown factor, keeping everything secretive till the very end. this is what i think makes a good plot.

Actors

In most films the actors are renowned for drawing the fans into the cinemas to maximise sales and increase profit. And this is what most producers go for because it is possibly the best way to be successful in the creation of your film. and this is purely because people sometimes decide to watch a film based on
who's in it. and the films that succeed without the use of famous, well known actors are the special films that stay with you for all of your years to come.

Settings

Within a film there has to be very well planned out designed scene which can capture the viewers imagination, making them decided on what they thinks going to happen next. the choice of setting is key to the success of the film, because it allows all the script and main parts of the film to glue together and work. settings literally can be anything, but good settings are those vast parts of the world that seem magical to any other boring sceptical of everyday life. within horror dark settings are always the favourite choice for the producer because this is what keeps the audience on the edge, and this is what horror fans search for, just waiting for something to jump out on them.

our production company logo

when deciding how to make our production company i proceeded to preform some research on some large production companies and also some small ones. i began to notice and trend in some of the logo's and this was that some of the ones i saw was simple but got the point across. and this is how i wanted my logo to be perceived so thats exactly what we done, and here it is.

answers for questionaire

question	Kieran	liam	Liam.d	shane	kelly	phillip	steven	jemma	Lydia
1.	Step brothers	Inbetweeners movie	Wrong turn	shrek	Mamma mia	Star wars	Mission impossible	Love actually	Saw
2.	comedy	comedy	horror	action	romance	Sci fi	action	romance	horror
3.	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no	Not really	occasionally	no
4.	Will ferrel	Adam sandler	Angelina joley	Brad pitt	Brad pitt	Liam neilsen	Tom cruise	George clooney	Samuel jackson
5.	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	yes	no	Yes	Yes	Yes
6.	ghosts	-	ghosts	Murder/ mystery	ghosts	-	ghosts	ghosts	Ghosts
7.	Actors	Reviews	Actors	Actors	Actors	Reveiws	Actors	Actors	Actors
8.	Real	Real	Serial	Real	Both	Serial	Real	Real	Serial
9.	Suspense	Jumpy scenarios	Gore	realistic	Suspense	gore	Jumpy scenarios	Ghostly happenings	gore