Research and Planning - Horror Genre Standards

1. Horror films often exhibit the theory that if left alone, adolescents will form into cliques of psychopaths and lemming victims. In these horror films, adults are seen as dangerously skeptical fools, jaded by their own several experiences with psychotic peers.
2. Horror films often exploit the dangerously slippery path into damnation modern youth exhibits; Having intercourse, preparing to have intercourse, kissing, experimenting with herbs, taking part in interracial activities (such as dancing), being mean to others, etc...
3. Horror movies effectively signify that the overpopulation of police are really useless and the underpopulation of virgins are the most useful.
4. The typical killer in horror is an expression of the dangers of a bad childhood, including spending too much time with relatives, being pushed around by even bigger psychopaths, or having a conservative Christian upbringing.
5. Often, horror movie villains will live in a totally secluded environment. This is not necessarily to provide a cheap way to explain away absence of authorities, but to heighten the fear of the killer, who doesn't even need food to survive all on his own.
6. Fear of the unknown and forbidden is employed in horror films. When characters stay on the ground floor of a place, things are usually all right. However when going upstairs or downstairs, danger is ever present. Bad things also occur in forbidden rooms such as the bedroom, bathroom, or kitchen.
7. Horror uses a sense of hypochondria to toy with the viewer. Knowing a pencil in the side can instantly kill, being whacked into a tree will split your skull open, or that tripping and falling can cause a broken leg, brings a sense of sheer terror to the viewer that more realistic wounds cannot.
8. Horror films exemplify the real dangers of those ugly, filthy people who live alone. Hillbillies are never good, taken to rape and incest because they can't get any chicks to fuck like normal civilized beings, taken to cannibalism because hunting is a lost art, and taken to witchcraft for revenge because they are all stupid and cannot understand forgiveness or the right to a fair trial.
9. Horror films show that all technology is evil; cars never start the first time, and weapons are useless. Not to mention the fact that even more evil technologies such as computers, televisions, and washing machines are all instruments of the devil. Inversely, in some cases the killer is seen as a sort of messiah, delivering humanity from the evils of technology; The killer never uses wicked things such as guns, except for impalement, and can always catch up with evil cars!
10. The villain of a horror movie never really dies. This is not truly to exploit the fear of an "invincible killer", but to exploit the fear of more scary movies!
11. A sense of foreshadowing may be used with characterization.

Research and Planning - Own Film Treatment

Here is the rough plot line of our teaser trailer 'Love Hurts'.

• two characters who bump into eachother at the station, straight away there is tension between them both however, the guy has something quite mysterious about him. They both get chatting and before you know it the young vulnerable girl has given him her number..
• The guy (stalker) then decides to follow her home without her knowing and so he then knows where she lives. Once shes home she gets a text from the guy saying 'get home ok?'.

• In a few days time after they meet, the guy decides to turn up to the girls house, at this point the audience will be able to sense that something weird is wrong with this guy and as you can assume the girl is a bit confused as to how he knows where she lives. Being the vulnerable girl she is, she invites him inside her house.. she starts to fall for him..!!
• We then see the girl leaving for work and walking through an alley way near her house, she is walking to work and chatting to a friend on the phone about the new guy she has met. Until she gets a stranger (the guy) kidnapping her from behind dressed in all black. We will next see the girls body being dragged through the alley way and the phone on the floor still being connected to her friend on the phone.
• The final shot will be of another young vulnerable girl walking through the opposite end of the alley way and the guy walking up to her and starts being 'friendly'. It is obvious to the audience, that this guy is a bit mental and he is not quite right, he seems to be a serial killer.

This is just a rough plotline of the trailer and it could change whilst filming, however we will try to stick to this plotline as much as we can, to make it look realistic as possible.

Research and Planning - Title Choices

Here I have gathered the titles of our film that Sarah, Kate and I have brain stormed together, and have picked out some of our favourites which are highlighted below:

• Love Hurts
• Trust
• Good vs Evil
• Let the Right One In
• Betrayed
• I think I Like You

After spending some time on thinking about what would be the right title for our teaser trailer we have come to the conclusion that our trailer is going to be called 'Love Hurts'. We have chosen this title as we feel this represents and pretty much sums up what our film is going to be about. This title does not give the immediate effect or suggestion of a horror film, but after the images of the trailer, the audience will soon be able to notice the genre of this film, and a romance horror never starts off with uneasy tension, usually with happy feelings, and our film isn't going to be a stereotypical horror film, as you can tell.

Research and Planning - Shot List

In class today my group and I decided to plan  out the shot list. Below I have written out the shots and angles that we have decided on (it may be easier to refer back to the story board when talking about each shot):

• Approval Screen

• Production Company

• Shot 1: Establishing shot, with the camera on the tripod. This will be at Oxshott train station taken from the alley way opposite the station.

• Shot 2: This is going to be a long shot of the two characters standing at the platform at the train station, both of the characters keep looking at eachother when the other is not looking.

• Intertitle

• Shot 3: Carrying on from the second scene, this is going to be a medium shot of the two characters walking towards eachother and then sitting down on the seat. We have taken into consideration that as the location for this scene is at a public train station there will be other people around they may be in the background.

• Shot 4: We have decided to make this a medium shot and a zoom. However we may change the medium shot to a long shot depending which shot looks better out of the two. This shot will show the female vulnerable character walking through the woods and the guy character following her.
• Shot 5: This shot will be an over the shoulder shot, where the camera will show the vulnerable girl character recieving a text from the guy she has just met at the train station, and zooming in showing the text, bearing in mind she has know idea that this guy has just followed her home.

• Shot 6: This shot will be a medium shot of the girl character sitting on the sofa and looking out the window seeing that the guy character is outside, but thinks she is just seeing things, the door bel will then ring.

• Intertitle

• Shot 7: This is going to be an over the shoulder shot/medium shot from different angles moving with the action, showing the girl open the door and finding the guy at the door.

• Shot 8: The 8th shot will be a medium shot, over the shoulder shot and a high angle shot of the guy character looking t photos of the vulnerable girl character.

• Intertitle

• Shot 9: This shot will be a medium shot of the girl character walking down an alley way near her house on the phone to a friend.

• Shot 10: This shot will be of a close up and a medium shot of the killer coming right up behind the girl and putting his hand over her mouth and face.

• Shot 11: The 11th shot will be of a medium shot showing the killer dragging the girl character through the alley way.

• Intertitle

• Shot 12: The 12th shot will be the most disturbing shot in my opinion our of the whole trailer, of a close up showing the girls hand moving throwing the mud and leaves.

• Shot 13: This shot will be a close up shot/zoom of the phone still being connected to the friend on the phone and them shouting down the phone.

• Shot 14: This is the final shot and it will be a long shot of the killer walking towards his new victim.

• Title of the film 'Love Hurts'

• Credits

• 'Coming Soon'

Research and Planning - Checklist #2

Research

• Soundtrack research (non copyright music)
• Costume and location research
• Actors and props photos
• Audience Research (typical audience member and similar films)
• Uploaded YouTube videos of teaser trailers and titles analysed in detail
• Upload YouTube videos of similar genre films analysed in detail
• Institution research (Paramount etc)
• Certificate research
• Font research for magazine/poster etc
• Film Magazines researched and analysed
• Teaser posters researched and analysed

Planning

• Own film idea brainstorm
• Own film treatment
• Shot lists
• Questionnaire (and feedback)
• Photos etc of filming
• Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs
• Mood board
• Storyboard - prezi
• Script
• Practice titles created and uploaded

Research and Planning - Typical Vulnerable Young Teen Characters In A Horror Film

As I have done similarly with the villian character on the post below I thought it would be a good idea to do research into the typical, vulnerable teen character that you would find in a horror film, to get to know what kind of character we are going to need to include in our teaser trailer.

• The typical vulnerable young teen in a horror film usually plays one of the main parts in this type of genre, as usually the film is based around a vulnerable girl and a villain etc. This main character in some horror films could be an attractive young girl who is the queen bee, being all centre of attention it's all about 'me me me', has the typical joc boyfriend, and will normally have two best friends however, she picks on the 'nerd', 'geek's at school and they get nasty revenge which goes too far.  

• However, in some horror films this maybe different and the typical vulnerable young teen isn't the most popular girl in school, she is just a sweet innocent young girl living her day to day life. This character will usually be, pretty, slim, popular with the boys, vulnerable, trustworthy towards others.

• This character usually goes through a lot during the film, and it is always 50/50 whether they will die or not but most of the time they manage to survive and defend themselves, it is usually very unlikely that they die in this genre, it would usually be their friends or family that get hurt and die.

Below are some typical protagonists in horror films;

Research and Planning - Typical Villian Characters In A Horror Film

I thought it would be a good idea to do research into the typical, villian characters that you would find in a horror film, to get to know what kind of character we are going to need to include in our teaser trailer.

• A horror film can't be a horror film without a 'killer' of some sort. The typical killer in horror is an expression of the dangers of a bad childhood, including spending too much time with relatives, being pushed around by even bigger psychopaths, or having a conservations Christian upbringing and finally simply acting paranoid due to an overprotective serial killer boyfriend. 

• Often, horror movie villains will live in a totally secluded environment. This is not necessarily to provide a cheap way to explain away absence of authorities, but to heighten the fear of the killer, who doesn't even need food to survive all on his own.
   
• Often in horror movies the villain will try to disquise himself from everyone, some films it maybe that we think someone is the killer throughout the film until we find out at the end that it is someone completely different. Villians tend to stick to themselves and not really get involved with other crowds of people as they see themselves and different from everybody else 'loner'.

• The protagonist maybe smart, dumb, thick, possibly pretty and usually a nerd. They can easily drift from popular to unpopular, this makes them more realistic and more relateable to the audience.

 

Below are some typical protagonists in horror movies:

Research and Planning Grade

There is basic research into costumes, props, locations and actors with limited explanation as to why they are appropriate.
There is proficient evidence of storyboarding and shotlists.
There is proficient research into similar products and basic research into a potential target audience.
There is proficient use of ICT and a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.

13/20 = C

Targets:
More research on target audience
Develop explanations as to why you have chosen your actors/locations/props and costumes
Analysis of trailers - be specific about which elements you want to use and why they are effective.

Research and Planning - Costume ideas (Guy)

Below I have added costume ideas that we are thinking of using for the guy/killer character;

 

Black coat/jacket, represents the killer look and to cover up as much flesh to not give away who the killer may be. Also we have beared in mind that we don't want the guy to look like too much of a killer as we don't want to give it away, although it will be fairly obvious, as the guy who we see at the start of the trailer will also be the killer.

Checkered shirt, represents the guy having good fashion. My group and I have thought a lot about not having a stereotypical killer by the representation on how the killer dresses.

Black jeans, blends into the rest of the outfit. represents disquise later on in the trailer.

Black boots, represents disquise and matches in with the rest of the outfit.

Black gloves, to show that the killer is hiding their trace marks and to keep the killer dressed up in as much black as possible to not show any flesh and is a stereotypical feature of what a killer would wear.

 

All of the above costume ideas will be used however, they may not be the exact same but we will try and get them to look very similar. 

Research and Planning - Costume ideas (Girl)

Below I have added costume ideas that we are thinking of using for the vulnerable female character;

Jacket/coat, to go with the rest of the outfit and to keep warm as she will be walking through woods/alley ways, showing good fashion and a vulnerable look to the character.

Cardigan, represents vulnerability to the character and wants to dress up warm 

Black leggins, blends in with the rest of the outfit.

Boots, represents comfy walking shoes when walking through woods and alleyways.

Over the shoulder bag, represents the character being able to put her valuables in a bag, instead of putting them in pockets or carrying them.

Research and Planning - Props

• My group and I are starting to plan further into our research and planning, I have added some images of the types of props that we will need to prepare and bring onto different scenes. By including these props it will make our film look believable and realistic.



Flowers, represents that the guy character 'likes' the girl character and is giving them to her as a nice gesture to get her under his spell

Mobile Phone, will be used for when the girl character is on the phone to a friend before she is kidnapped and when the character recieves a text from the killer 'hope you got home ok?!!'. We have chosen to use a mobile phone as it is a stereotypical prop that is used in most horror films, usually it is used to ring for 'help'!

 
Picture frame, will be used for when the male character is stalking over the female character's photos around her house

•  The props that will be used in the house (living room, dining room, outside) will already be found in the house, this is because the setting is set in the house. For example, the types of props that will be used in the house, sofa, tv, cd stereo system, cars parked outside the house, computer etc.
  

 

 

Research and Planning - Location Photos

•  The setting location of the film is going to be based in Oxshott. This is where I live and my group and I feel that this is the best location for the film to be shot.

• The reasons as to why we have chosen to set the film in this location, is because it has allocated alley ways, woods, train station and railway all nearby to one another and also my house is right by which will be easy to get to from the different locations. This is a great location for the genre that we have chosen 'romance horror'. I feel that this location choice will be affective, and it will create a tense, eerie vibe to the audience which we will try to portray.

• The house itself where the scenes will be filmed inside, is set out perefectly as to how we need it however, we will need to move a few things around that we may feel are not needed to be shown in the film.

• The filming will be taken when the day is light as this will be effective for our teaser trailer, as last year we had trouble shooting in the dark because you were unable to see anything on the camera due to there not being a flash light, which made us have to change our location.

Research and Planning - Slide Share Storyboard

I have had difficulty on trying to upload my storyboard onto slide share due to photos not being able to upload. I am going to keep on trying to put my storyboard onto slideshare however, I have uploaded my storyboard below whereby it is set out clearly and easy to understand.

Research and Planning - Story Board

1. The 1st shot is an establishing shot to show the audience the setting of where the first few shots will be taken. The sound will be non-diegetic music that will represent the genre of the film, the type of sounds will be intro music and there will be a voiceover over the top.

2. The 2nd scene is a long shot of the two characters standing at the platform at the train station. There will no non-diegetic music and a voiceover.

3. The 3rd shot will be a medium shot of the two characters walking towards eachother and then sitting down on the seat and there will be diegetic sound. The two characters will start talking to eachother and exchange numbers.

4. In the 4th shot it will be a medium shot to show the female character walking through the woods and a zoom to show the guy character following her through the woods. The sound will be diegetic with a voiceover over the top.

 

5. In the 5th shot it will be an over the shoulder shot showing the vulnerable girl character getting a text from the guy she has just met at the train station. The sound will be a voiceover and non diegetic sound.

 

6. The 6th shot will be a medium shot of the girl character sitting on the sofa and looking out the window seeing that the guy character is outside, the door bell then rings. The sound will be non - diegetic and diegetic sound from the door bell that will ring.

7. The 7th shot is an over the shoulder shot/medium shot from different angles show the girl character open the door and finding the guy at the door, she is very confused as to how he knows where she lives but at the same time she is happy. The sound will be diegetic of the characters talking.

8. The 8th shot will be a medium shot, over the shoulder shot and a high angle shot of the guy character looking at photos of the vulnerable girl character. The sound will be a voiceover and non - diegetic music. I reckon at this scene in the movie we should have tense/dramatic music.

9. The 9th shot will be a medium shot of the girl character walking down an alley way on the phone to a friend. The sound will be digetic sound.

10. The 10th shot will be of a close up and a medium shot of the killer coming up right behind the girl and putting his hand over her mouth and face. The sound will be diegetic because of the screaming and non - diegetic for the background music.

11. The 11th shot will be of a medium shot showing the killer dragging the girl character through the alley way. The sound will be diegetic.

12. The 12th shot will be of a close up showing the girls hand moving throwing the mud, leaves. The sound will be diegetic from the movement of the hand moving/non - digeteic sound.

13. The 13th shot will be a close up shot/zoom of the phone still being connected to the friend on the phone and them shouting down the phone. The sound will be diegetic not non - diegetic.

14. The 14th shot will be a long shot of the killer walking towards his new victim. The sound will be non - diegetic from the talking of the two characters and non - diegetic music in the background.

Above i have posted pictures of our storyboard, we will reflect on this whilst filming.

Research and Planning - Ideas For Our Film

Below I have produced a slide show of our final ideas for our teaser trailer, I have produced this on a software called 'Prezie' because it is a useful and handy new software and helps broaden my skills on using different programmes to produce my work on. My group and I have not included any intertitles as we are yet to decide on what they are going to be.

Ideas For Coursework on Prezi

Research and Planning - Ideas For Our Film

This is an idea of how how we would like our teaser trailer to be in order;

• Approval Screen
• Production Company
• Establishing shot of the train station (voiceover)
• Long shot of the two characters bumping into eachother (voiceover)
• An intertitle (voiceover)
• Zoom/Medium shot of the two characters sitting down next to eachother, some dialogue
• Long shot/Zoom of the girl walking home and the guy following her
• Over the shoulder shot  of the girl recieving a mysterious text (voiceover)
• Medium shot of the girl sitting on a sofa and seeing the guy at the window
• An intertitle
• Over the shoulder shot of the girl opening the front door
• Medium shot/over the shoulder shot/ high angle shot of the guy looking at photos of the girl
• An Intertitle
• Medium shot of the girl walking through the alley way on her phone
• Close up/medium shot of the girl getting kidnapped from behind
• medium shot of the girl being dragged through the alley way
• An Intertitle
• Close up shot/zoom of the girls hand moving through the dirt/mud
• Close up shot of the girls phone still connected to a caller
• Long shot of the guy meeting another vulnerable girl walking through the opposite end of the alley way
• Title of the film 'Love Hurts'
• Credits
• 'Coming Soon'

Research and Planning - Final Idea For Coursework

My group and I have discussed many ideas for our teaser trailer and have come up with our final idea;

• At the beginning of our thoughts on what we were going to do, we decided to do a romance however, we thought that it would be hard to make it realistic throughout the whole trailer so have decided on a 'romance horror'.

• Our final idea includes two characters who both bump into eachother at the station, straight away there is tension between them both however, the guy has something quite mysterious about him. They both get chatting and before you know it the young vulnerable girl has given him her number..

• The guy (stalker) then decides to follow her home without her knowing and so he then knows where she lives. Once shes home she gets a text from the guy saying 'get home ok?'.

• In a few days time after they meet, the guy decides to turn up to the girls house, at this point the audience will be able to sense that something weird is wrong with this guy and as you can assume the girl is a bit confused as to how he knows where she lives. Being the vulnerable girl she is, she invites him inside her house..  she starts to fall for him..!!

• We then see the girl leaving for work and walking through an alley way near her house, she is walking to work and chatting to a friend on the phone about the new guy she has met.  Until she gets a stranger (the guy) kidnapping her from behind dressed in all black. We will next see the girls body being dragged through the alley way and the phone on the floor still being connected to her friend on the phone.

• The final shot will be of another young vulnerable girl walking through the opposite end of the alley way and the guy walking up to her and starts being 'friendly'. It is obvious to the audience, that this guy is a bit mental and he is not quite right, he seems to be a serial killer.

We came up with this idea through watching many 'romance horror's' and thought 'Valentine' had the best plot line out of them all and gave us inspiration on our own ideas.

Research and Planning - Mood Board Analysis

• Below I have created a horror mood board on a software that I have found very useful and different called 'Prezie'. I created this mood board to see the broad spectrum of images and genres of horror. As well as the recurring images and themes present for example the use of colours, red and black. Red defining blood and danger and black defining secret identity. The certain images that I have included represent the theme and narrative that we are going to portray, a romance horror.

The films that I have included are:

• Vampire Diaries
• Twilight
• Valentine
• Prom Night

Research and Planning - Mood Board

Horror Mood Board on Prezi

Research and Planning - Institution Company

• I have looked into the different film institution Companys, and my group and I have decided on using Warner Bros. Pictures. We think that by using this production company it will work well with what we are wanting to produce and many similar films that we have researched into use Warner Bros. including, 'Valentine'. In researching into the different institution companys, it looks like many successful films include Warner Bros. Pictures, so we feel that this company will work best in our teaser trailer by making it look effective and realistic.

• Warner Bros. Pictures is an American producer of film and television entertainment. Ir was founded in 1918 as Warner Bros. Studios and then founded in 1923 as Warner Bros. Pictures.

 Examples of films produced by Warner Bros. Pictures;

• All of the Harry Potter Films

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

• Valentine

Research and Planning - Certificate Research

This is the criteria I am allowed to follow.

Discrimination

Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.

Drugs

Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give instructional detail.

Horror

Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied, or appear pain or harm free. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent.

Nudity

Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context must be brief and discreet.

Sex

Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. Frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.

Violence

Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification

Research and Planning - Certificate Research

• After doing research into audience profile, the certificates U, PG and 12 would be irrelevant for the type of film my group and I are aiming to produce. Horror films have a higher certificate, that is used to target their target audience of a higher age, this is down to the fear and terror it may produce for certain people.

• Therefore the certificates 15 and 18 are more relevant for the type of film we will be producing, because it will be scary and suspenceful, so therefore it will be less suitable for younger viewers.

• Overall, it is fairly obvious that we will be having the certificate of our teaser trailer as a 15. This is because it is most relevant to the type of trailer we will be producing and we want to widen the target audience as much as possible and if this was an 18 it would be a lot harder to produce, by having to make it twice as scary and having to keep the footage to a minimum, without giving away too much to the audience and I feel that due to the explicitt violence and scenes that are usually taken place in an 18, that age 15 will be too young and could potentially upset younger viewers. Finally because this is a 15, this means a lot more people will be wanting to see the film.

Research and Planning - Audience Profiling - Conclusion

•  Overall from looking at 'Breaking Dawn' and 'Halloween' audience profiles, my group and I have decided on putting the two together and creating a 'romance, horror'. We have come to the conclusion as to which type of audience would be the targeting audience for our teaser trailer, after looking at both film genres (romance and horror) and both films having a different audience to one another. 'Breaking Dawn' having a higher female percentage of 66% and 'Halloween' having a higher male percentage of 59%.
  

Age

• It is clear that the age range my group and I will be targeting is 15-24, as out of all of the films we have researched into, this was always the highest age range for this specific genre.

Gender

• The target audience that my group and I have chosen, bearing in mind gender does not have one in particular, as for each film, the percentages for gender were close to one another however, having a higher percentage from the male audience on the film 'Halloween' and a higher percentage from the female audience on the film 'Breaking Dawn' . However as we have chosen to do 'romance horror', the narrative will be around romance and this is usually targeted towards the more female audience however, this means that anyone will watch this type of film and will therefore be targeted to both the male and female audience.

Research and Planning - Audience Profiling - Breaking Dawn

• This is the audience profile found for the film 'Breaking Dawn'. I have chosen to analyse this films audience profile because I thought it is a similar genre 'romance, drame' and target audience as to what my group and I are wanting to produce. I found the audience profile on the same website 'Pearl and Dean' as I have done for the other audience profiles that  I have analysed such as 'Halloween'.

• From looking at this audience profile, I can see, that the main age group of the highest percent, that viewed this film was 15-24 (the film itself was rated 12A). I can also see that the percentage of men and women who came to see the film, was more popular with a female audience, I can assume this is because the film is a 'romance' inwhich relates to more a female audience as opposed to a male audience. Women like to have an attachment to one strong, male architype of a rescuer, that will wisk the lady away from all the bad in the world and will protect her forever. Many of the Disney classics for example, 'Snow White', 'Cinderella' are based around evil over good and many 'romance horros' these days follow a similar structure.

•  This audience profile shows that the Romance genre (or this film inparticular) was popular with adolescent teens through to young adults. I think this is because romance films give a fantasy sense of love and relationships to a young female audience, this will appeal to a mixed female audience.

• The narrative of the film itself, may also appeal to this female audience as the characters in the film 'Breaking Dawn' are infact young of the older end of this age group. This may give a relatable side to the film and therefore make this female age group more attracted to the film. However, this may appeal more to the younger end of this age group as they will be able to relate to the characters.

• This particular age group would be attracted to the film 'Breaking Dawn', to see for themselves if they found the film to be romantic, as it was said to have been and see if it deserves it's popularity. The fact that the majority of audience members are female, maybe also show a feminine view of this genre. It is fairly obvious that females find the romance/fantasy of this genre more appealing than men do.

• I will need to consider this target audience when creating my teaser trailer. By considering this I will make sure that my trailer will appeal to a similar target audience, also taking into consideration the horror genre, as my group and I have chosen to do a 'romance, horror' and I have now analysed a 'romance' audience profile and a 'horror' audience profile. To make sure that are film is targeted to the right audience, we will make sure we add references throughout to topics or phrases. My group and I are popular within this audience group, and we are especially knowledgeable in this area. 

Below I have attached the Breaking Dawn trailer;