Evaluation Question 5

Question 5:

How did you attract/address your audience?

During our planning process we interviewed one of our target audiences, Mr Healy, we interviewed him because he fitted within the estimated range of our target audience, which is class A/B, 35+ and male.  

The results we gathered from the end of the interview was a range of different opinions and interests on particular films.

This is a video of the interview that took place with Mr Healy.














The Questions we asked:

• What do you like seeing in a Noir film?

Mr Healy likes to see very well acted out characters, he stresses that this is the most important thing, he also likes to see characters that you can relate to empathize with.

• Which character stereotypes would you prefer?

Mr Healy believes that a Film Noir needs heroes, villains and love, he also thinks that a reluctant hero is very good for a Film Noir.

• Which Noir films would you consider your favourite and why?

The Big Sleep because it is very well acted, you can relate to the characters. Sin City because it is a more modern Film Noir and appeals to a more wider audience

• Are there certain types of sub-genres that you would prefer?

Mr Healy likes the original gangster film Noirs, he also believes terrorism is a more popular topic for film Noir e.g. like in Sin City, if you can bring in some sort of crime, make it modern like today, you can make the film Noir successful.

• Are there any types of favourite actors that you have from watching Film Noir?

Humphrey Bogart is Mr Healy's favourite actor, he described him as a legend.

• What are you bored of seeing in a Film Noir?

If you try to overdo the film, make it too popular or add too many special effects, it takes away from the film.

• What sort of signs would you associate with the Film Noir genre?

The black and white is a typical sign, it doesn't have to be done in black and white, the mood of the film such as it being sincere, the film shouldn't always be a happy ending, the ending needs to leave you thinking about the film.

• What would you prefer to see more of in a Noir Film, the action side or the romance side?

The film needs to have both sides, the main character has to be involved in the action, but at the same time has to get or not to get the girl.

The results we gathered gave us a new perspective on the genre as we talked about his likes and dislikes of the genre Film Noir we learnt not to put certain aspects of editing into our film opening, for example special effects are to not be put into the film, as it makes it too unrealistic or fake.
The results we obtained from this interview and previous other includes:
We have been given a few ideas to do with music, movies and TV. These ideas include keeping the music of Film Noir relatively traditional and original although there is the idea of mixing a modern techno style of music with the classic jazz to create a sub genre of music as they create a tense atmosphere.
We have also found from our results that Action movies are also favoured e.g. Indiana Jones and Bladerunner, and the least favoured movie genre to Noir watchers are horrors such as Insidious.
The main type of TV genre that we have found appeals most to Noir watchers is deduction or detective stories such as CSI or Sherlock Holmes, the least favoured are programs such as soaps.

This means that we tried to keep our film opening as original as possible and not using many aspects such as editing effects to make it look too modern.

The features we used within our film opening to excite or intrigue our audience includes regular conventions such as enigma, to interest the audience and win them over through curiosity, there are also those who love some form of graphic scenes such as bloody wounds, aspects such as these are used to draw in the audience in order to get them to watch more.

We would promote our film inside independent theatres, on posters, on the Internet e.g. Facebook page or running a blog and using YouTube, we would also use certain features of the opening to create a trailer to create more awareness and to also alert the mainstream audiences of this film in order to try to get some to watch it and see if it within their taste. 

The characters in our film opening were very traditional to the Film Noir genre, being relatively reluctant to being the good character.
The location of our film opening is widely based in a city area, or suburbs type area, but some is out in the open countryside, we did this to give the audience a sort of fresh view on Film Noir, as most typical films noirs take place in the inner city.
We used a closed narrative to create enigma and mystery, we did this using short sentences e.g. the first thing our main character says in narration is "I've had enough", this brings questions to mind such as What is he so fed up about?

We were planning to appeal to our targeted audience through enigma and graphic scenes shown to the left. This movie is meant for over 15's so we strive to add some bloody violence to the film opening to excite the audience, and create mystery around who the murderer is to pull in the audience and make them want to watch more.