Audience Research

Nobody younger than 15 can watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, strong words, moderate-strong violence/sex references, and mild non-detailed sex activity.

Nobody younger than 18 can watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category do not have limitation on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs are generally allowed, and strong violence/sex references along with non-detailed sex activity is also allowed.


With reference to the BBFC, I believe that the film we are making should be a 15, therefore anybody under this age will no be able to watch the film in the cinema. This is because of the use of moderate-strong violence, the use of strong language and slight references to drugs.


A similar film which is called "The Rite" was classified as a 15 recently by the BBFC. The genre of this film is Horror, therefore it may share similar things to the film we are making. It contains strong supernatural horror and disturbing images. It is very likely that our film will make scenes which will contain rather disturbing images, this is because of the plot. Supernatural horror may also arise in our production. 


This film will appeal to a target audience which get a thrill out of horror. The target audience will obviously for people aged around 20-30, anybody over the age of 15 can watch it but the fact that its a horror makes it more suitable for an older audience. The way it gets to the audience is by the characters, gore and the narrative itself. 

Initial Ideas

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Slender Man

"The Slender Man" is a human-like monster who is extremely thin and tall, who seems to be wearing a black suit and tie. His arms and legs can stretch to impossible proportions and he can extend tentacle-like appendages from his back. He has no face, nor hair. He stalks children and is believed to kidnap them. After seeing the Slender Man, it's not long before you're taken.
He waits and watches quietly from the woods or from outside your window; sometimes bravely venturing inside your home. He is more often seen at night than during the day and when photographed, he is often seen near children.

Top Grossing Films Of All TIme

Horror films seem to be produced by a range of different people but Universal have some of the top horror films, as shown by having 3 in the top 5.

Sequels of high grossing horror films are also in the top 25, show by Jaws 1 & 2 being in the top 5, the first being Jaws 1 and Jaws 2 being 5th and Scream - 13th, Scream 2 - 17th and Scream 3 - 25th. This shows that a successful francise can create a large gross in revenue.

Jaws (Number 1) gross revenue is almost 7 times as much as Scream 3 (Number 25)

Paranormal activity 2 is the highest grossing film but it was cheap to make as it doesn't use many locations or actors and doesn't use well known actors. Paranormal Activity, Resident Evil And Saw are all sequels, this improves the income as fans of the other film(s) will be desperate to go and see the new one. A Nightmare on Elm Street is a  remake of an old movie, as people will have already seen this film it may have interested them to see how they recreated t
he special effects etc. Although A Nightmare on Elm Street is second, Paranormal Activity Sold over 2,000,000 more tickets and brought in over $20,000,000.

Horror Features

Group
Kieran Morris
Casey Smith
Andrew Naisbitt
Liam Patterson


Genre
Horror


Conventions

• Darkness
• Low key
• Screams
• Strings
• Weapons
• Blood