Target audience and narrative.

Target audience and narrative;

In our group we will be creating an opening two minuets to a thriller film for a target audience of 16-25 as 75% of a survey shows that teenagers watch thrillers. Our thriller will not be a psychological thriller that will contain violence therefore the certificate will be a 12 as violence will not be shown.

In our group we have decided we will be following Todorov’s theory of narative as our film will start off as an equilibrium. Two detectives that play antagonistic roles will be carrying on with their daily  lifestyles, this represents normality and therefore makes the narrative much easier to understand and follow for the audience. The two detectives will be dressed in smart office attire to portray them as "heroes" thus allowing there character roles to instantly be recognisable to the target audience. 

     The film continues as everything is normal (equilibrium) until the detectives receive a phone call about an unusual mysterious terrorist organisation, the Illuminati. This throws a problem (disequilibrium) that our antagonists must overcome and portrays a battle to the audience as the antagonists and protagonists have been introduced.

The phone call notifies the detectives that the terrorist has handed himself in and is locked in an interview room. This subverts conventions as this is not what is expected as a chase seem will conform to the conventions of a thriller however, as the interview progresses, the villain becomes uncomfortable. we will make an uneasy and tense atmosphere using diegetic sounds much as a clock ticking. this will allow the audience to feel tension and uncertainty and this conforms to the conventions of a thriller. As the villain becomes more uneasy due to the questions he is asked he suddenly halts as he clicks his fingers, the power is cut off and he escapes. A chase seen (journey) featuring panning shots and point of view shots will portray the chase at a fast pace thus engaging the audience and driving narrative creating thrill. The film ends as it seems the villain escapes however he walks into a trap and is captured.This further more creates thrill as the audience believe the villain has escaped however he does not and we end on a disequilibrium.