Storyboard

Storyboard

This storyboard is a simplified version of what the opening sequence will look like.

Treatment

Treatment

The opening sequence begins with a scene from a point of view of a camera in the top corner of an interrogation room looking down at a teenage boy who is clearly traumatised, has dirty and ripped clothes and is staring into the wall in front of him. The room is very bright and the camera zooms in on the boy's face rather slowly, however as it zooms in there is a low chatter from the outside of the room. As it gets closer, there is a complete change of scene from the room to a flashback of the boy running in a gloomy and scary forest and something is clearly chasing him. The audience can witness this scene with a medium shot that is on the eye level with the character who is running. The camera will be moving backwards as the character is moving forward. The scene is changed back to the room after 2 seconds of the boy running and the camera is still slowly moving towards the boy's face as the noise of the chatter increases. The flashback occurs again, after which there is a cut to the interrogation room yet again. This occurs multiple times until the camera extremely zooms into the boy's eye, the chatter is extremely loud and there is a loud bang of the door. At that moment the camera angle changes to a medium shot which captures an investigator walking into the room. At that moment there is silence. As the investigator sits down, the camera changes to an over the shoulder shot from behind the boy and the investigator asks "So, what happened?" As the investigator finishes the sentence the camera changes to a close up of the boy's frightened, dirty face.

Questionnaire conclusion

Conclusion

Overall, the target audience questionnaire has helped me understand the needs of the people who will watch my movie. I've learnt that the male audience enjoys suspense which is a crucial information because now I know to create suspenseful enigmas which will appeal to them. Also, now I know that James Bond, who is courageous, brave and strong, is an iconic character within the Thriller movie industry. This information helped me because now I know that at least one of my characters must be brave and strong and will be able to fight the evil.

Also, the fact that the female audience has clearly stated that thriller action movies are not for them helps me because I now know that if I want to appeal to a wide target audience there must not be much action within the movie, instead, as suggested by the audience, I should create enigmas and suspense.

Furthermore, from the questionnaire has helped me to see that our target audience is extremely varied, from a 18 year old girl who enjoys sports to a 17 year old male who would rather stay at home and create videos. This allows me to understand the needs of our audience, for example in the exhibition of our product I know understand that selling the movie on CD/Netflix will appeal to audiences like Emily.

Target Audience Questionnaire

TA Questionnaire

Josh,  Male, 17

1. What do you enjoy doing outside of school/work?: I'd say I'm a creative minded person, who in spare time creates videos on the platform called Youtube. Nevertheless, I often go to cinemas with my friends to watch new outcoming movies.
2. Do you enjoy thriller movies? If so, why? I do enjoy thriller movies because they bring a lot of suspense which makes me feel like I'm inside the movie and I'm usually able to have a connection with the main character.
3. Do you enjoy the sub-genre of horror/mystery in thrillers? If so, why? The sub-genres of horror/mystery are very calm and suspenseful which makes them extremely enjoyable. They make me feel like anything can happen at any given moment.
4. Who is your favourite character from any thriller movie? The most iconic character when I think of thriller movies is James Bond who, throughout the years, has brought the audience a tremendous amount of action.
5. What is your favourite quality in thriller movies? The suspense is what makes the thriller movies successful as it keeps the audience at the edge of the seat.
6. Do you consider the movie "The Sixth Sense" successful? Why? I've seen this movie a while ago, however I remember that it used a lot of dark lighting which built up the suspense just how I like it, therefore yes, I think it was successful.

Emily, Female, 18

1. What do you enjoy doing outside of school/work?: I often enjoy outdoor activities such as cycling, netball or badminton, however I sometimes enjoy sitting down on my couch, watch a good movie and forget about the world.
2. Do you enjoy thriller movies? If so, why? Thrillers are not my favourite genre, however I would watch it with a group of friends at a cinema.
3. Do you enjoy the sub-genre of horror/mystery in thrillers? If so, why? I enjoy mystery movies, therefore thriller movies with mystery sub-genre are much better than action thrillers like James Bond.
4. Who is your favourite character from any thriller movie? I haven't seen many thriller movies, which means that I haven't got a favourite character.
5. What is your favourite quality in thriller movies? Thriller movies are only good when they create a lot of enigmas which cannot be answered instantly as it makes me think what will happen next.
6. Do you consider the movie "The Sixth Sense" successful? Why? I haven't seen this movie, but I have heard the name of this movie quite a lot which suggests to me that it is successful

Movie opening proposal

Typography analysis

Typography analysis

Typography is the way in which things are written. Essentially, the font. To begin with, in the opening titles of the thriller movie "Se7en" the typography is especially specific as it may seem hand written or even scribbled onto the shot which gives the video a spice of horror due to the fact that scribbling is associated with mental asylums which resembles the typography in "Se7en". 

At 1:24, for example, the writing "Edited by" is very unclear because the writing is overlayed by itself which gives it a sense of uncertainty which makes the audience not know what to expect from the movie, therefore they will be more likely to watch it.

Such movie is aimed at the demographics of mostly adult males with psychographics who enjoy a bit of horror and mystery because the typography foreshadows some kind of mental asylum-like setting which connotes jump scares, however also a little bit of action.

Music Analysis

Music Analysis

Spectre opening sequence

Music within any movie creates the mood for a certain scene which, with aprropriate usage and understanding, can appeal to the correct target audience making a movie more enjoyable or even relatable. In the opening sequence of Spectre, the music at the beginning is quite slow-supposingly even calming(which contridicts the entire idea of the movie)- yet that is done by the producer purposely as it creates tension! "How?" You may ask. It is deeply thought out by the producer to keep making the audience think what happened, what is happening and what might happen and through this use of calm music it makes the audience wonder what might happen due to the fact that they expect guns, explosions and violence from Spectre. This appeals to the target audience because they want to find out why it's so calm- maybe even too calm! 

As the opening sequence progresses, a person begins to sing calmly, until the 45th second where the music gets more exciting and the singer brings up his tone a little bit to emphasise the flames within the video. This allows the audience to relate this movie to the previous James Bond movies, due to the minor excitement that those sounds create.

Overall, music brings in everything into movies, including: mood, tension, comedy and many more aspects.