Evaluation Task 4 - Who would be the target audience for our own thriller opening sequence

For our opening thriller sequence, elements of mystery, horror and suspense are implemented together to create this genre. I think for this film our target audience would be adults and teenagers with a 15+ age rating which is appropriate for violence, drug and alcohol references, and strong use of language.

Our film is based on a teenager so therefore an audience of teenagers would enjoy it more and could almost relate to the character and would feel more engaged. Young adults would also enjoy this genre and would stay interested in the horror side of the film. Furthermore, our use of mise-en-scene to portray the darkness and vulnerability of the victim will mean younger audiences will not be able to follow the film easily. An audience below the age of 15 may feel scared and frightened from an opening such as this which could potentially cause distress as they may not understand that it isn't real life.

The suspense in the opening scene would keep the audience on the edge of the seat as they anticipate what will happen next. The main character (teenage girl) is presented in a mysterious setting straight away foreshadowing something bad to occur later on.  
    I created my own survey and asked people to respond to get feedback and a sense of whom my target audience will be; shown below. I also created a Facebook profile to portray an example of whom my target audience would be.

A film poster was created in order to attract our target audience by attempting to reveal the characteristics of the character staring in our film. This can be evident from the black shadowy border indicating fear and frightening elements will be involved in our thriller. The font of our title 'MALICE', is large in bold, black capital lettering. This suggests our film includes thrilling and scary elements that will be portrayed both through the film and choice of the film title. Our poster will be exhibited in a variety of places to gain the attention of our target audience. The face of our teenage character is presented central on the poster to attract the male audience.