Evaluation Question 5

From the outset we decided that we needed to attract an audience and then work on gaining and keeping their attention on what mattered in our project. So we decided that in our first seen we needed a bold image that would stand out to our audience and keep them intrigued.  It's essential that beginning scenes of our film draws in the audiences attention. This is as the film is most likely to be aired on channels such as BBC THREE and  it is key to the success if the film that the viewers stay interested in the film and on the edge and don't just simply change the channel. So to gain there immediate attention of our audience we decided to open the project with the image of a dead body. This was meant to draw in the viewers attention and leave them wanting more, trying to figure out what exactly it is the dead body means or symbolises. Then with the clever use of quick snappy flash-forwards of how the criminals react, it soon becomes clear to the viewer that the body is the scene of a murder, although it is not ever stated in our project so how the audience perceives the scene is key so it had to be made very clear. "Morven Callar" is a film that has a similar opening to ours, with the use of a dead body lying lifeless on the floor. After the flash-forwards, it then cuts back to real time with the fast flowing quick cuts of the two boys running away from the apparent murder scene where the body still lay lifeless. With a bit of thought the audience should be able to see that it is apparent that these two boys are in some way related and linked with the murder. The fact that the main people of the audience that are going to be watching are young and predominantly male, allowing them to relate with the two key characters in our film, the boys who are fleeing from the dead body. Because everyone makes mistakes. The audience should then be intrigued with what is going to happen and be glued to finding out what happens next and how the boys react and what their next move is.