Initial Idea for Film & Target Audience Research

Idea for my film

My original idea for my film was to have a secret agent fall in love with a girl who bumped into him somewhere very public, he would then get talking to her and he would ask her to go out, a few months down the line, his boss comes into his office and shows him files with the girl he’s dating picture with a different name showing she is a secret agent from elsewhere, so he discovered he’s been played and lied to for her to get information to report back to her end, so he has to go and sort out the mess that has been caused by playing her at her own game. However this idea would need the right kind of age and look of actors for it to be taken seriously and unfortunately I could not find willing adults to do this for me.

However it didn’t take me long to come up with a new idea that would be more appropriate to the kind of people I could find. I decided instead of divulging straight into action I would play the title sequence out a bit like in one of the title sequences I deconstructed; Vantage Point. I like the way you could tell the genre so easily and get an indication of what was going on without it giving away too much but intriguing us to find out more at the same time. I also liked cargo, the way in which the girl was shown to look so helpless and lonely. I think my film is going to be based around stalking and kidnap and throughout the title sequence you will see this without too much being given away. I also like the idea of it being in an orangey sepia colour or black and white so I can have certain added colour at certain parts to initiate importance.

Target Audience Research

To help myself understand even more so of the genre I was looking into, I did a questionnaire which would hopefully help me see from other peoples perspectives what they think about the genre I am doing and what they expect from it (this is shown in the “Questionnaire Analysis” Above).

I then did more target audience research into the possible title ideas I had come up with. I initially came up with 10 different names; I then decided I would narrow them down by deciding which ones made most sense with the genre and the story line. I chose Trip Wire, Deception and Time Bomb as I felt these titles fit in best with the overall idea of my film but was also intriguing and without a doubt suited the genre of my film. Again, just above you will be able to see how I did this.