Research into audience figures

Looking at films which are said to be the Best Supernatural thillers by many people and websites and the amount they made on the opening weekend so that we can look into these films and try and recreate what attracted the audience to these films in our own way.

I started by looking at Sixth Sense since i found this to be the most well known in regards to a Supernatural Thriller.

I then looked at The Others since i would also consider this to be well known and popular.

I then looked at some more recent ones to try and see if the genre is still popular now.
I started with The Woman In Black.

I then chose to look at the Final Destination movies because even though they are more gory then the average Thriller and hasn't got a complected plot nor is taken to seriously it has a massive following and the films have been very popular.

This research will really help us understand what the audience will enjoy and how we will gain a bigger audience and following.
By Rebecca Murden

Mindmap of Target Audience

By Kate Farrell

Audience Expectation

For our Supernatural film, we're chosen to use the certification age of 15. Here are some images of what we believe our audience looks like:

By Kate Farrell

List of Scenes for Film

Cursed Generation

- Beginning scene (establishing) coming from outside, showing where the film is set (Countryside, middle of no-where,secluded).

- Girls talking at sleepover about gossip, then pull out Ouija board, scaring Cassie, making her look more into it and finds out information about the Supernatural.

- Cassie stays up all night on the internet looking into Ouija boards and finding out what sorts of things contact people through them.

- Cassie joins a forum about the Supernatural and occurrences around her area, who then gains interest in a certain user on the sire, they then decide to meet up.

- Cassie meets up with mysterious stranger who is a young man in his twenties who seems very strange but has a shocking story.

- Cassie and the man go to an abandoned warehouse where the man says he saw something strange and monstrous. 

- They both split up to look for clues, but then Cassie ends up getting lost in the dark of the warehouse, panicking and talking to herself.

- Cassie ends up out at the back of the warehouse in a dark thick forest where she hears someone creep up from behind her, she suddenly turns round to see the man, thinking she's safe she goes to kiss him, only to see him go to kiss herand have instead inhaled her soul, leaving her body dead on the ground, never to be seen again.

- The police search for her after her mother files a complaint that she has been missing for over 3 days, but the police find nothing.

- 3 years have passed and Cassie's little sister has a sleepover with her friends and uses Cassie's old Ouija board, which they found whilst clearing out the attic.

- The last scene shows Cassie's sister looking at forums and the same username(the mysterious teenager who killed Cassie) pops up, and they start talking and decide to meet up...

By Kate Farrell

Supernatural film opening moodboard

I have created a moodboard of inspiration for our supernatural film. They include film posters, ghosts that appear in films, people in films who are possesed and supernartural objects such as ouiji boards and tarot cards. making this moodboard has helped me to understand the general look and themes of a supernatural film and it has given me ideas for our storyline.

By Amy Coster

Questionaire Analysis

Question 1
The majority answered yes. This means that it would be a popular choice. Also we aimed our questions mostly as teen age girls, to make sure we hit our target audience.

Question 2
We are doing an indepentant film but from our answers only 2 said they perfer this but 5 also said they dont mind. We are still doing an independent film because we fill it fits our storyline the best.

Question 3
The majority said yes. This means that our film would be popular in the age group we have chosen.

Question 4
We got a mixed answer for this question which means that we would get an audience for both cinema and dvd sales.

Question 5 
More said no then yes which means we have to be subtle with the way in which we portray our storyline, and how violent and graphic the horror used will be.

Question 6
For this question, most said yes, meaning that our stoyline and messages that our film sends out must be illusive and suitable.

Question 7
Most said yes, which means that we need to stick to the certifications that we've chosen and make sure not to push boundaries.

Question 8
The majority said yes, meaning that we also need to be subtle when relating our themes to any religeous groups ot ethenicites, avoiding any offences.

Question 9
For this question, the majority said no, meaning we need to be careful when including any references to blood or gore, making sure not to offend.

Question 10
The vast majority said no, meaning that we can stick to our origionally planned storyline, but again making sure violence is at a minimum.

By Kate Farrell and Becca Murden

Questionaire

1) Do you enjoy watching Supernatural films?

YES IIII IIII                        NO II


2) Do you prefer watching Independent or Mainsteam films?


INDEPENDENT   II           MAINSTREAM      IIII      DON'T MIND   IIII


3) Do you believe in the Supernatural?

YES      IIII II                    NO IIII


4) Is this the type of film you'd usually do to watch in the cinema?

YES    IIII  I                      NO IIII I


5) Do you think  the Supernatural should b glorified in films?

YES         II                      NO IIII IIII


6) Do you think cinematic Supernatural events effect your behavior after watching them?


YES  IIII IIII                       NO II


7) Do you think "15" is the appropriate age for a Supernatural film?


YES    IIII  IIII                    NO III


8) Do you think a Supernatural film could be offensive to religeon?


YES    IIII  IIII                    NO  II


9) Would you expect a Supernatural film to include gore?

YES     II                          NO IIII IIII 


10) Would you expect this type of film to have a happy ending?

YES   I                            NO IIII IIII I

Conducted by Kate Farrell

Written by Kate Farrell, Rebecca Murden, Abbey Tredget and Amy Coster