How did you attract/address
your audience?
Interviewer: Good Morning
Everyone, this morning we have India here, coming to talk to us about
her new film Blanched, premiering on the 7th of June! Hi
India!
India: Hi! Im so excited to
be here
Interviewer: Were excited to
have you, so lets get right to it! What are the pleasures your target
audience can take from your opening sequence?
India: Well, my thriller
features an upper class man who gets drunk. My target audience would
not exactly find that the most appealing thing about the film
however, teenage boys do like the mystery and suspense that is
created in the opening sequence, which will hopefully hook them to
watch the rest of the film.
Interviewer: What genre is
your film?
India: My film, Blanched's,
main genre is a thriller film, however it has other aspects that can
be considered to change or adapt the films actual genre. It has
aspects of a crime thriller, as the protagonist then goes on a hunt
to find out what happened to his daughter. The opening sequence also
reveals elements of horror as he murders someone within the first 2
minutes of the film.
Interviewer:Are there any
other films that you would consider to be influential on yours?
India: We did not have a
specific film in mind when we wrote Blanched, as we were striving for
complete originality however in this industry, almost everything has
been already made into a film. The films that we found relate to
Blanched or have similar aspects, is definitely Taken, as it is a
story about a man who's daughter gets abducted and throughout the
film he is searching for her. Gone Girl relates as it is about a
missing girl, which can be represented as the daughter, as well as
the gory killing of her victims relates to the way in which our
character kills the young girl in the title sequence.
Interviewer: Right, so tell
us about your setting? Does this specifically appeal to the target
audience in any way?
India: The fact that it is
mostly set in a typical English cottage, would not exactly attract
teenage boys however, the cottage gives off a sense of isolation as
the house is secluded. Due to this the girl becomes more personal to
him as she is in his house, not anywhere else. This immediately gives
clues that he has kidnapped her and has planned to do this. All of
which adds to the build of the thriller which is what my target
audience is interested in
Interviewer: I see, you seem
to keep mentioning the build of the thriller, what else builds to the
thriller?
India: Well, many things
contribute to it, however a main aspect that should be considered is
the Music.
Interviewer: Well, of
course! And how did you apply that in your thriller?
India: Through the use of
non diegetic sound we added a soundtrack that created suspense and
anticipation in the scene, as the scene becomes more intense so does
the music and they coincide to create a sinister feeling towards the
scene and the character. We edited the thriller on Adobe Premier Pro,
which allowed us to play with the music and drag around the pieces in
the timeline to parallel the build in the soundtrack to the build in
the shot. Another element of sound that builds up the thriller is the
simple silence in the beginning, as it makes it more uncomfortable
and puts the audience on edge. The music as a whole would be
intriguing to the audience as it adds to the convention of the genre.
Interviewer: How
interesting! Are there any other parts that would be intriguing to
your audience? Perhaps, the names of you actors?
India: Well, because our
film is a low budget film, we found that if we left the names of our
actors out leaving for the audience to come for the narrative not the
celebrities we could attract more viewers as well as hard core fans.
We included few titles, only of the institution, producers and
director, this way our audience could focus solely on the events
happening in the film. I also decided that at the end of our
thriller, when the title comes up, that the title would have some
sort of blurred effect. I searched through Adobe Premier Pro and
found distortion effects that created the perfect blur that would
still make the title readable however with an aspect of distortion to
make it look more sinister.
Interviewer: Now, I see
you've mentioned some editing process that you went through, could
you tell me more about that?
India: The main aspect we
definitely wanted to keep in mind when editing our thriller was the
pace, this is because if we made it too short and static it would
have not conveyed the same intense thriller like feeling that would
make the film as successful. It needs to somehow trigger the audience
and we found that by manipulating the pace to build anticipation, we
would be much more successful with our film. We also wanted to make
it as real as possible which meant we would not be including any
special effects to add to the film, in fear of making it look fake
which would then break the suspension of disbelief within the film.
Interviewer: I see, and
finally, what are the conventions of your thriller? And have you
challenged any conventions?
India: Well the main
conventions that we used in Blanched is suspense, slow paced shots,
silence and a girl screaming. We challenged conventions however by
having a murdered who does not want to actually kill the girl,
creates a humanized side of the villain which is normally not shown
in these types of films.
Interviewer: How exciting!
Thank you so much for speaking with me today, I wish you the best of
luck with your film. Blanched debuts on the 7th of June
2015, watch out for it guys! Its going to be a good one!
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