Analysing audience data for our thriller movie

From looking at this data off IMDb on the film Se7en we can see males where the main voters and had an average of 8.7 (641875 people) compared to Females with an average of 8.5 (127955). Due to this, we may need to think what young males would like to see for example an attractive women.











By looking at the data of Gone Baby Gone we can see males once again males dominant the data with 135950 votes and an average of 7.7 compared to females with an average of 7.6 and 22621. This means we should make our film that males will like. Males under 18 have the highest average of 8.0. From this data we should make our thriller films audience targeted at males considering they are the main voters.

By looking at this data, we can see many different outcomes. There are more male voters (342483) with an average of 7.9 compared to women voters (56000) with an average of 7.8. However, females under the age of 18 has the highest average of 8.2. As a result of this, we need to include things that young females will find intriguing to watch as well as, an attractive women to interest males.

Feedback From Our Prezi Film

Prezi - Our Film

Mood Board

The mood board has helped us visualise are ideas as we are have got a load of pictures together which are related to our film which also demonstrates what will be shown and seen throughout the film. The mood board helps explain the narrative of our film as we have used specific images to represent what will be happening, when it is set and who may be involved. This includes, images of women on a night out, a taxi with a scary looking driver, dark settings. The tone of the mood board is dark and miserable. We see this through the images due to the fact, most of them are pictured at night. The tone of our mood board relates to our sub-genre of psychological thriller as we can see it is gloomy, dark and it is similar to other psychological thriller such as Seven. 

Credits from Thriller films

From Hell - American Film  Cost $35 million to make  

Name	Time	Category
20th Century Fox	7 Seconds	Production Company
A News Corporation Company	18 Seconds	Production Company
“One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the twentieth century” Jack the Ripper – 1888	25 Seconds	A legend
Twentieth Century Fox Presents	1 minute	Production Company
From Hell	1 minute 37 seconds	Film Title

Shallow Grave - English Film  Cost $2.5 million to make 

Name	Time	Category
Film four International in association with the Glasgow film fund present a figment film.	10 Seconds	Production and Distribution Companies
Kerry Fox	1 Minute	Actress
Christopher Eccleston	1 Minute 3 seconds	Actor
Ewan McGregor	1 minute 6 seconds	Actor
Shallow Grave	1 minute 10 seconds	Film title

The main difference between English and American films is the budget they have to spend on making the films.

British film often tends to focus on real life situations – mainly working class people to show the harsh reality of life in urban Britain. They are usually problematic and tell it how it really is. They often include swearing and drug abuse also. However, in extreme contrast to this, some British films are fantasy, include made up locations and exotic storylines, for example Harry Potter, however, Harry Potter still includes hardship, bullying and the struggles of life. In British film, they tend to show each area of the country differently in according to reality, and represent their lifestyle in films.

American films generally focus on the ‘American dream’/fairy-tale ending storylines. American film companies tend to have large budgets in which to produce their films from, so more often than not, CGI, exotic locations and a large amount of advertising is often used. American films offer the audience a sense of escapism, because, unlike British film, American film does not show the harsh struggles of reality, rather quite the opposite. They are often referred to as ‘Blockbusters’ and have covered every genre there is to offer, unlike British film. American films get their funding from the production companies, often known as the ‘Big six’ – Universal, Warner Brothers, 20 th Century Fox, Paramount, Disney and Columbia – which own the majority of the smaller production companies too, for example, Universal Studios owns 67% of Working Title films.

Thriller Interview

I learnt that most people around ages 15-24 all like thrillers because they are exciting, gripping and intense.

Different ages ranged gave us different answers for example, many people aged over 40 where not bothered if any actor was attractive, they just wanted a good actor involved in the film. Most of their favourite subgenre of thriller was psychological, whereas most people aged 15-24 likes crime or action. 

Everyone likes to see 'jumpy moments' as they make the film interesting and intense. Many people also wants to see in a thriller, action, violence, blood and sexual scenes. Some responses differ from the girls to the boys. The boys were into violence, horrors and crime whereas the girls all liked romances and rom-com. 

None of the results really surprised me apart from the people aged 40+ they weren't bothered by how attractive the actors were.

What is a Thriller?

What you would expect to happen in a thriller

There are many different norms and characteristics that would be expected to occur in a thriller film. thriller is a genre of literature, film and television programming using suspense. tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewers mood, giving them high levels of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and terror. Films of this genre tend to be adrenaline rushing, rousing and fast-paced. A thriller provides the sudden rush of emotions, excitement and exhilaration that drive the narrative, sometimes subtly with peaks and lulls, sometimes at a constant pace. The keeps the audience excited and awaiting what's going to happen next as the plot builds to a climax. a thriller is commonly a villain driven plot, whereby he/she presents impediments that the protagonist must overcome. 

Sub genres of thrillers

Common sub-genres are psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, erotic thrillers and mystery thrillers. Another sub genre is the spy genre. Further sub-genres consist of conspiracy thrillers, legal thrillers, political thrillers, supernatural thriller and techno thrillers and comedy thrillers. 

The plots of these sub genres

Comedy thrillers is a genre that combines elements of comedy and thrillers and a combination of humour and suspense and action. Conspiracy thrillers is when the hero/heroine confronts a powerful group of enemies whose true extent only s/he recognises. Crime thrillers are a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime/s. Erotic thrillers emphasises on eroticism and where a sexual relationship is involved. A legal thriller is a suspense film in which the main characters are lawyers and employees. A political thriller is where the hero must ensure the stability of government that employs him. A psychological thriller includes a conflict between the main characters which is mental and emotional, not physical. a supernatural thriller brings in an otherworldly element mixed with tension and plot twists. A spy genre is when the protagonist is a government agent who must take violent action against agents of a rival government. A techno thriller is a suspense film in which the manipulation of technology plays an important role.

Examples of films that belong to these sub genres

Examples of a comedy thriller are Mr. and Mrs. smith and Bang Bang. Awake and Snake eyes are examples of a conspiracy thriller film. Along came a spider and The killing come under the sub genre of crime thrillers. Examples of an erotic thriller are Chloe and Sea of love. Runaway jury and The client are examples of a Legal thriller film. The man who knew too much and White House Down are examples of political thrillers. Shutter island and The collector are films that are of the sub genre psychological thrillers. Skyfall and the tourist are film examples for a spy thriller. What lies beneath and unbreakable are supernatural thriller films. Lastly, Jurassic park and The net are examples of films in the sub genre techno thriller.

Plot synopsis of Mr and Mrs Smith

Mr and Mrs smith: John and Jane smith are a standard married couple, living an ordinary life and working normal jobs according to each other. they both attend marriage therapy as their desire for each other has calmed down since they got married. However, in actual fact, John and Jane are both secretly skilled assassins working for different firms, both exceptional and matchless in their field. They are both hiding their actual professions from each other. When John and Jane are both assigned to eliminate a man called Benjamin Danz, nicknamed 'The Tank', they come into contact with each other during the job and uncover the truth. Both proprietors assign one Smith to eliminate the other. They both have the decision and, must choose between their personal and professional lives. 

Plot Synopsis of Along Came a Spider

A young girl, Megan, is kidnapped from a school by one of her teachers who has been disguised for the past 2 years whilst planning this kidnap. She turns out to be the daughter of a senator, and the kidnapper called Mr Soneji, soon makes a call to a detective police officer, named Alex Cross, whose partner died eight months ago, involving him in the kidnapping. A secret service agent that failed to protect Megan at the school decides to help him Cross. However, not everything is what is seems, and many surprising and unexpected twists follows as the two attempt to catch the spider.

  

 

Plot Synopsis for Runaway Jury

Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them, the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. However, there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. They have a past and appear to have their own agenda too.

Plot Synopsis of White House Down

Capitol Policeman John Cale was denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Cale didn't want to let down his little girl by revealing the bad news to her so he takes her on a tour of the White House. Unexpectedly, there's an explosion inside the White House and the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and with time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

Plot Synopsis of Skyfall

When Bond's latest assignment goes awfully wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve  - following a trail to the mysterious Silva, whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

Plot synopsis of Jurassic Park

Large advancements and improvements in scientific technology have allowed a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. However, will everything go to plan? Especially when one of the parks' own workers attempts to steal the dinosaur embryos, and has to shut down critical security systems in the process. It's now a race for survival with dangerous creatures roaming all over the island.