How research has informed planning

How research informs planning.

From my research I have seen that the most people that answered my questionnaire were aged between 16-19 thus I have decided to make this my target audience. From my questionnaires I saw that the majority of people preferred to watch a horror/thriller over other genres of film specifically that of being a supernatural thriller. They would like the film to have elements of action and to be intellectually stimulating, to have a female main character and to set the film somewhere that is close to home therefore making it seem more believable/ realistic. They would like the film to start with what has happened previously in the plot to create a sense of understanding and in the music would like a variety of different instruments used to compliment the scene. Costume would be that of modern day I have decided from my research due to the fact that 100% of people answering the questionnaire chose this (40 people) and because of similar reasons would be set in present day.

In terms of camera angles I have seen from my research that the audience would like a wide range of cameras to make the scenes interesting, and from looking at other conventional thriller films I can see that the main types of camera shots and angles are 180 degrees pans, mid shots, close ups, long shots, low camera angles, tracking, and lots of match on action as well as over the shoulder shots. Because of this I think that when I come to making my own piece of media I will aim to include a variety of these shots in order to widely engage my audience.

My research has informed me that the types of sound used are generally that of a variety of instruments playing mainly minor and broken chords in order to build tension. Because of this I have decided to use this when it comes to my planning and start finding music that has a similar style.