Target audience for thrillers similar to mine

Target audience of thrillers similar to mine

Drive –rated age 18

The silence of the lambs – rated age 18

Intruders (TV series) – rated age 15

Headhunters – rated age 15

This means it is suitable from the given age and over. However, films or TV series rated for teenagers wouldn’t be likely watched by older audiences. It would probably range from 15/18 – mid thirties.

All these films have features which will be similar to our thriller and will be useful when filming and editing our opening sequence. Firstly, in Drive, Intruders and Head Hunters the main character is a man quite smart, mainly in a suit. In The Silence of the Lambs the main character is a woman who is an FBI agent. We will incorporate this into our thriller and have the main character of a fake FBI agent to be wearing a suit which will make him look to the woman like a legitimate and trustworthy agent even though he isn’t.  In Headhunters, although the actual plot is quite different from our thriller film, the concept of a man being chased and the action-packed nature of the film will be the basis for our thriller. However, as we are only creating the opening sequence, we will try to include into it the impression as to that is what the rest of the film will be like. The camera shots used in most of these films is a lot of close-up shots to show characters emotions and to draw attention to small things that help to understand the plot as well as medium and wide shots to capture the action of the scene.