Before the major parts of the task started, I thought it would be useful to study films that already exist. This was so I could have a rough idea and understand what is needed (conventions) in order to create a successful thriller opening sequence. There are many thriller films from which I can chose, some of which are Enemy of the State which is an action thriller, and Hard Rain by Mikael Salomon. I thought these were two fairly effective films to start with as most of the camera angles and locations are typical of a thriller movie. In the lesson I also watched Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. This was a key film which originally gave me ideas. I very much liked the futuristic idea. It had effective special effects that gave the sequence a distorted look. From all the research into a variety of films, including the previous mentioned above, I started thinking along the idea of using text face introducing the characters.
The target audience is 15 to 30 year old males and females as our rough idea was to have a mysterious fight, creating enigma and questions like why is this happening. These are elements in which both of the genders will like, such as the fighting sequence for the males and the mystery of the reason for it happening for the females. The male target audience will be into action and maybe RnB and garage type music, who like to sit and watch films with mates. The females would be into thriller action with a slightly gloomy mystery and will also be into urban music and like to rent movies to watch on a cold night. From my research with questionnaires which I carried out on a high road near by out of 10 other participants, I found that most who like thriller cross action movies are from 15-30 year old males and females. Also I found half want to sympathise with the character in the end of a film. I started thinking of ideas of how I could use the information I collected.
