Q5: How did you attract/address your audience?

5. After my film was finished I was given feedback by teacher and some of my friends and classmates. When I asked them which bit of the film was best portrayed, unanimously the ending where the flickering of the fade to white and back to the car advancing in the shot to the point where it cuts off. People commented on it saying it was gripping and made them want more and to see what happened to her because it ended so abruptly they were left speechless. My teacher said she liked how there was a shot of Sofia walking with the overlay of the car approaching and it gave her a sense of what was coming and made her want to see what was going to happen.

At the start of the film where there is a sound bridge from the begging of the film to where there is an arch and Sofia starts to walk through the cemetery, the audience are given the first real sight into who the film is about and the music links with her walking. This give the audience a chance to quickly get up to speed with what is happening and wonder how this girl is. The audience don’t get any chance to find out who she is or what she is doing here and makes them wonder and speculate about what the film will be about. When the title of the film appears and the stone angel is standing there those quicker in the audience will notice it and sense that it has something to do with the story. The overlay of the car speeding and her walking gives the audience a chance to see what might be to come. By cutting off at the end of the opening with the flashing and thee sudden drop to black creates a mystery and grips the audience into wanting more and making sure they do not lose interest when watching it. The music build to a tensioned ending and suits the film perfectly and it grabs the audience and makes them stay rooted to the spot s that they want to find out more. The film is appealing because not many crimes happen in or near a cemetery and it would make the audience wonder why this has happened here and make them want to stay to find out what would be revealed if there was more to the film. The concept of having a girl get hit whilst walking home on her own is a great tool for creating fear because then people realise it could happen to one of them.