Se7en Opening and title analysis: Film inspiration

Se7en Opening and title analysis:

 Once again we are invited to consider the enigma of the opening, this is brought up through the shallow focus as well as mysterious shadow that adds a haunting affect to each short take, also the titles clearly represent the Horror genre as the appear to have been scratched out vigorously. The faced-paced editing used throughout the opening scene builds tension as the audience never have a moment of calm, this affect is something I would like to emulate during my opening as the blinking between scenes not only converges with the Horror genre but also unnerves the audience as they become continuously distracted during the whole opening.

Furthermore the titles themselves also have a blinking effect, as well as their placement being irregular and unpredictable. This effect is successfully sustained throughout, and given the fast paced nature of the opening I still took notice of the titles, because during the opening the titles change size, shape, placement, speed(whilst on the screen) and colour (changes between the brightness of white. The colour of which was chosen well as it contrasts against the dark – shadow like action and movement in the background. Also the titles are always opposite the action on screen, but as a result of the quick jolt-like movement of the titles we as the audience take notice of both. I think this technique is effective in converging with the Horror genre as well as building tension, for this reason I will try to incorporate a similar style of opening in order to comply with the Horror genre.

Overall this glitch effect compliments the Horror genre and the use of erratic and mysterious behaviour throughout- mostly involving a black marker pen, is specifically creative and is something that I could like to use in my opening as not only does the black pen have stereotypical connotations of darkness but also presents the Horror genre in an inventive manner. 

Audience profile: The explorer

Audience profile research questionnaire : Establishing a pychographic - Detailed questions used to explore more about the target audeinces personality, this survey was performed online to gove us broader search results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memento Analysis & Production log

Audience Survey: Questionnaire analysis

This was my questionnaire, it was used to clarify my original predictions and to understand a variety of factors that may help me enhance my opening to the achieve customer satisfaction. For example I focused on my audiences fears in the hope that I could determine common / typical fears of my standard audience, and I also intended to gather information not only about gender but also about technology and tradition, as this could potentially be another factor that I include in my opening.

Audience Survey: Results and analysis

This is an example response gatherd from my audience questionnaire: Above

These are my overall results, to ensure that the test was not biased I asked an even amount of people (10) and each person was asked the same questions each time. And I also asked an even number of people from each gender, to ensure my results were not one-sided. From an analysis point of view i have decided to only discuss the questions i feel most relevant.

Evidently shown my ideal age is 18+ which coverges with my ideal audience as this means that they have more experience within the film industry. This will play an important role as it means I can included references towards other films / past events and they will understand the symbols such as Ted Bundy for example. Whereas I feel a more youthful audeince would struggle to undertand such refernces and instead would just seek action rather than an intruiging storyline. 

 

 

 

However during the results for genre it it clear that those surveyed only just prefer Horror, but I believe that if I could incorporate a sense of a thriller into my Horror that the two will bounce of each other well, and through fast-paced editing/non-diegetic music high in prosody I believe I can achieve this.

 

 

 

 

Lastly, I explored the fears that my target audience had and in doing so uncoverd some easily performed fears that I could exploit in order to surpass the definition of the horror genre which is ultimatley to scare. After consideration I have decided to try to include at least two of the fears given in the hope that this survey will mimick my target audeince on a smaller scale. If so I can acheive the Horror genre easily.

 





The pursuant:First Draft

This is our first draft, we are yet to receive audience feedback on this and therefore cannot make any audience based feedback until further notice- however we have set ourselves 3 targets for our second draft:

Targets:

To add titles that both match and represent our genre
To add more shot variation
Edit the overall piece to a higher standard, perhaps adding alternative colours and perspectives.

Production schedule & Audience research (Demopgraphic/Pyshcographic)