Aims and Context

Aims

The target audience I want to aim my film for are the mainstream viewers; but more specifically I think my film would be more appealing and attractive to 16 - 25 year olds of both gender.
I want to create a psychological thriller that will make emotions towards characters shift; for example, we feel sorry for Bethany at the beginning of the film, however with the use of camera angles and editing, when Damien starts getting haunted; I hopefully will make the audience feel symapthy for him.

I particularly took a look at the film Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) for ideas on how to shoot the murder, using the sequence when the actor Liam Neeson's daughter is first kidnapped. This is because the POV shot Pierre uses is a great technique as to help create the tension and fear amongst the audience as it gives the impression that they are in that position also.

The roles I am going to undertake for the production of my independent film is: Script writer, director, cameraman and editor.

Context

During my last film project; I had trouble finding a time when the actors were all free and available and able to get to the area where the filming was taking place; but a plus within the film was that we had little to no script, therefore was easier to film as they didn't have to try and remember the words. I have learnt from this to try and include as little words as I can. Another problem we had was getting the camera angle in the right position as making the pan of the camera smooth and not jagged. I therefore have a prior knowledge of the best positions for particular scenes and where to put the camera as to get the best effect.