Evaluation Q5

5) How did you attract/address your particular audience?

I attracted the target audience by the use of a normal Muslim female who turns psycho. By showing a normal female, this brings the audience to reality, that even a normal successful female can experience a number of phenomena’s. The audience begin to side with the female character who is seen as the protagonist and are expected to sympathise with them and make the audience put themselves in the position of the character and also witness what the characters going through, however there is a sense of enigma because the audience isn’t shown why she is receiving mysterious phone calls and messages such as ‘I know what you did’. This leaves the audience wondering whether the character is really a protagonist or an antagonist.

I used particular editing styles to make the audience feel part of the character. I wanted them to feel as if they are part of the dream, and also a part of the reality. In addition, I made sure that as part of my production, I used one essential ingredient of the creation of the thriller genre which is suspense.
Suspense in our thriller is used throughout. The audience are expected to be at the edge of their seats waiting for what will happen next and trying to put together why this is all happening in their heads. As they are waiting to see what happens next, they are left with the title of the film ‘Deranged’ and then a loud scream which brings them back to reality and they begin to realise that it was all a dream.

When the production was completed, I introduced a group of 15+ to the sequence and asked each of them 5 specific questions. These questions were:

- Does the sequence fit into the psychological thriller sub-genre?
- Would you go to the cinemas to watch the movie?
- What did you like/did not like?
- How did it make you feel?
- Rate the sequence out of 10

Overall, the feedback was positive and everyone said they would definitely watch the movie in cinemas. The highest result was 10/10 and the lowest was 8/10 which shows it was a success. The majority of people said they liked the idea that it was a dream and reality put together.

'i know what you did'

Lulu Business Woman getting on the bus

Part of mise-en-scene. Main characters outfit..

Tasha filming

Tasha setting up the camera to begin filming

Before filming..

Setting up the scene and writing text on the wall - 'your next' in red nail polish.

Evaluation Q4

4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

As a group, we decided the target audience would be ‘15’ and over since most psychological thrillers are rated a 15. For all social groups and ethnicities. Those who are part of the Islamic religion and wear the hijab may feel they need to watch the thriller to see if they are represented positively or negatively.

The representation of the Muslim Women social group was positively represented; this was because it challenged the stereotype of women staying at home and being a ‘house-wife’ whilst the man earns the money. It also represents gender and woman in general by showing that women can also be successful and independent.

During our initial research, we found that most people liked the idea of the character being in a dream state and are brought between the two; a dream and reality. However, there was an issue as some felt there needed to be more scenes of the character being in a hospital to emphasise the idea that the character is in a mental hospital dreaming and caught up between what lives was before she went in there and how it’s affecting her now.

I think our thriller would appeal to people who like Shutter Island and Final Destination 2. Final Destination 2 has a scene of a female character that is in a mental hospital because she has experienced a weird phenomenon, because some of our ideas came from this scene such as the mise-en-scene and lighting.

Evaluation Q3

3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product, and why?
I think our thriller could be a successful Hollywood movie as many of our ideas have been inspired by popular Hollywood movies which have been released in cinemas such as ‘Se7en’ and ‘Final Destination’.