As a group, we was intrigued to know about our targeted audience. we have chosen to give our film the '15' certificate aiming at age fifthteen and up. i have decided to ask two teenagers about themselves, what they like and there personality, i will also include questions about horror films, and specifically looking at our short horror opening. This will enable me to know what the audience likes, and if they will like our short horror opening.
Name: Eresha Fernando
Age: 16 years old
Current location: Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
Current Position: 6th Form Studies, at the Knights Templar School
Subjects Studying: Chemistry
Main Focus: Chemistry
Part Time Job: None.
University: Edinburgh
Ideal Job: Doctor
Interests: Dancing and music
'Hi Eresha, thankyou for taking part in this interview today'
'Thats ok'
'I'm going to ask you some questions, i need you to please answer them to the best of your ability'
'Thats fine'
'So Eresha, do you like films?'
'I'm not your typical movie lover, i try to focus more on my studies, but when i have some spa time, i would spend some of my time watching movies'
'Ok, when you was to watch a movie, what time of genre would you watch?'
'I would mainly watch comedies or romantic comedies'
'Would you ever consider horror movies?'
'I'm not that keen on horror movies'
'So, you would never pick a horror movie?'
'No, but if i was to catch a glimpse of some, i like the adrenaline rush'
'Ok, what do you dislike about them?'
'I don't like the blood or gore aspect, as a typical girl.. its scares me'
'Ok, I'm going to show you a short clip of a horror opening, if you don't mind watching'
'Not at all, it just better not scare me!'
(watching the short clip)
'Would you like to watch more of this horror?'
'Yes, it looks intriguing, i prefer the more psychological horrors'
'What did you like about it?'
'Really scary, makes you want to know more about what happened previously, i like how the music makes it so scary and adds to the tension'
'Our horror opening is considered more arthouse than traditional would you agree?'
'Yes Defo, as it doesnt follow a traditional horror'
'Okay, thankyou Eresha for your time'
Name: Jake Giacobelli
Age: 18 years old
Current location: Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
Current Position: 6th Form Studies, at the Highfield School
Subjects Studying: Business Studies, Maths and Product Design.
Main Focus: Business Studies
Part Time Job: Cleaner - North Herfordshire Homes.
University: Herfordshire
Ideal Job: Business Manager
Interests: My Girlfriend, Friends, Going out
'Hi Jake, thankyou for taking part in this interview today'
'Thats alrighttt'
'I'm going to ask you some questions, i need you to please answer them to the best of your ability'
'Ok'
'So Jake, do you like films?'
'Yeah, i love films, most of my time is taken up watching films'
'Ok, when you was to watch a movie, what time of genre would you watch?
'Anything that looks really good'
'Would you ever consider horror movies?'
'Yeah, if it looks good'
'So, you would never pick a horror movie?'
'No, but if it looked good then id give it a go'
'Ok, what do you dislike about them?'
'I don't like the blood or gore'
'Ok, I'm going to show you a short clip of a horror opening, if you don't mind watching'
'Ok'
(watching the short clip)
'Would you like to watch more of this horror?'
'Yeah, looks decent i prefer the more psychological horrors'
'What did you like about it?'
'Makes you want to know more about what happened previously, i like how the music adds more tension'
'Our horror opening is considered more arthouse than traditional would you agree?'
'Urrrrm, yeah i suppose'
'Okay, thankyou Jake for your time'
i also did questionnaires asking the same questions as i did for the interviews, from the information i received, i came up with the conclusion that, 59% of the people i asked, wouldn't normally watch a horror, which left the other 41% would normally watch horror. 14% of the people that would normally watch horror liked the blood and gore aspect and loosing of the limbs, most of them associated it as 'halarious as its not real' the further 45% like the psychological horrors, as they like the aspect of the director playing with there minds. After i showed the 41% of people that wouldn't normally watched horrors, the short horror opening most of them replied they really enjoyed it and wasn't too spooked out, most of them agreed they wanted to watch more! the minority said they wouldn't watch it because, it still scared them and don't like the feeling of anticipation. from these results, i am aware that our group took on a different aspect to horror, looking at the more art house effect, playing with the audiences mind, this meant that as a production company, we have changed and revitalised the 'horror' genre. as a production company we didn't want to portray the typical horror, so we took on a bigger job of confusing and disorientating the audiences view, leaving them uneasy and uncomfortable. overall as a group, i am very happy with the outcome, and the risk of changing from a typical horror paid off, overall the audience agreed, as a production company we took a different aspect of a horror and changed it for the better, therefore by getting the audience on our side, if we was to produce the opening, and make it into a film, i am confident that the film, would be very popular.
I then wanted to know more about why people are scared of horrors, as myself are not very keen on them, they don't give myself a adrenaline rush, i would just be hiding behind my duvet as a protector. what horrors or more scary blood and gore or psychological, if you think about it, blood and gore is set up for entertainment, as the audience you feel as if you are in there position and therefore sympathise, whereas in a psychological horror, it plays with your mind, and typically these are where nightmares come from, it is more realistic for a psychological horror to freak you out more, but then why would you pick a psychological over a gore? well many people are not good with blood, and therefore automatically choose the psychological, but the pyshcological horrors are more twisted and confusing, then from this the audience would typically not choose to watch a horror again as 'blood and gore' must be even worse, some horrors are directed to be comical and mocking, but as a audience, this isn't portrayed.