A form of research I did was look at the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) from doing this research I was able to educate myself in how to classify a film and what classification my media product should be stamped with. It also determined what was allowed to be included in our thriller and therefore lead on to deciding what age group it would be most suitable for. I also took a look at other thrillers to gather an idea of what target audience they had. All of the thriller openings i had looked at were rated 15 and therefore we found out that none of them and drug use or were violent openings however each of them used conventions very differently to portray the thriller genre. For example in no country for old men the silence of each of the stills added suspense and tension and keeps the audience gripped on whats to come next. I think it was very effective that there was no music used in old country for old men because it would take away the tranquility and frightening silence there is at the beginning. Differently in Seven the quickness of each clip and the dark surroundings also add tension and suspense but in a very different way because it keeps the audience of edge with the jumpiness of the flicking between each clip.
I also sent out questionnaires with questions relating to different features of a thriller, it was significant that we enquire the age of the person so it would help us decide our target audience. I also asked what type of thrillers people most prefer to watch as it would expand our ideas into deciding what kind of thriller our opening would be i.e mystery, religious, psychological etc.
After doing our research we managed to get a good amount of information to start planning our thriller opening. We found out what is classified as a 15 rated film, and 18 rated film and a 12 rated film. We realised we didn't want a thriller that was too over the top however we still wanted to add as much as possible to make it have enough tension and dramatic suspense with in it so it good be classed as a good thriller opening that would be a popular choice from the audience.
Taking everything into consideration we decided to classify our opening as 15 years or over, because it seemed most popular and most suitable for the opening, by it being this particular classification it means that no one younger than 15 may see the film opening, it also mustn’t contain a few things for example:
Discrimination-The whole piece may not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.
Drugs-Drug taking may be shown as long as it does not promote or encourage drug misuse.
Horror-Strong threat and menace are allowed however it must not be sadistic or sexualised
Imitable Behaviour- Dangerous behaviour for example suicide, hanging, or self harming is not permitted
Language- There may be strong language used, however aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unacceptable.
Our opening will not involve the majority of this, by using this film classification it lets us be very flexible with shooting and creating the video.
We also asked a rnage of people to complete a questionnaire so we had a good idea of what age range we aiming for and what people liked and disliked in a thriller.
Questionaire
1. Are you male or female?
- Male
- Female
2. What age range are you?
- 12-14
- 15-17
- 18+
3. Do you enjoy watching thriller films?
- yes
- no
4. What type of thriller do you prefer?
- Crime Thriller
- Action Thriller
- Psychological thriller
- religious thriller
- mystery thriller
- other
5. Who do you like watching films with?
- Friends
- Family
- Other
6. Do you like Cliffhangers?
- Yes
- No
7. Do you prefer colour or black and white for a thriller?
- Colour
- Black and white
8. What certificate films do you tend to watch the most?
- 12
- 15
- 18
- how do you expect a thriller film to start?
- Flashback
- Chase
- Murder
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