R17 - Conversation of audience analysis (AUDIO)

From conversing with my partner we've been able to share each other's thoughts and ideas, especially about our audience and answer each other's questions. We've discussed the points risen such as how our audience liked to be scared when watching a gothic horror film, so we've talked about how our trailer should be more scary than intriguing.

This has helped me think about my film. As well as having a storyline which should make sense to my audience I also need to make sure that it does impact them in a way which makes them think the film was well executed in various aspects, such as the use of camera, sounds and mise-en-scene.

R16 - Overview of gothic horror films

               

By doing my own research on gothic horror I've found out the influences and further conventions which would differ from other sub-genres of horror. For example, the most common setting for gothic horror films includes graveyards, as the paranormal and supernatural are used to portray evil and be the reason behind why everything goes wrong.

R15 - FIlm concepts

 

Me and my partner have up with all the things we wanted to include in our horror film. For example, the types of sounds we are going to use like someone screaming, leaves rustling etc. Also we have drafted up the characters  we're going use. This so far includes a teenage girl, a parent (preferably mother) and the villain which is going to be the vampire. The sub-genre we've chosen is gothic horror so we've made sure the themes, camera work/shots, editing and mise-en-scene empathises that, however with all in that in mind we are also making sure at the same time it will appeal to our audience that are both male and female aged 12+. By researching into other gothic horror films this has helped us get an idea of what our film should consist of and also consider whether we should conform to the usual conventions of gothic horror films.