Certificate rating

Certificate research


For our film I have begun to think about which certificate rating our film should be. This is because whether our film is a 12A, 15 or an 18 either of these will decrease our audience. However as we are looking for a niche audience we have to aim our certificate quite high. In addition to this our film will contain sequences where characters break the law in offenses ways. Also our film will contain discrimination, horror with threats of a menace,  imitable behavior which will contain scenes of dangerous actives.
However in our opening scene the audience will not actually see the bloody gore, or dangerous scenes that may be seen later on in the film.

In conclusion we have decided to put the certificate of our film to a 15 therefore we can gain a higher audience count as well still targeting our niche audience.

Audience Research 3

The table below (http://sy10.ukfilmcouncil.ry.com/14.12.asp?search=14.25) shows we have chosen the right age group to focus on. They definitely watch more media than any other age range, excepting younger viewers.

Table 14.25 Frequency by age of cinema-goers watching DVDs and Blu-ray, going to the cinema and watching television, 2009

Age	7–14 %	15–24 %	25–34 %	35–44 %	45–54 %	55+ %	Total %
Watch DVD or Blu-ray once a month or more	87	83	77	79	71	59	76
Watch DVD or Blu-ray once a week or more	57	50	46	40	29	23	42
Go to cinema once a month or more	54	63	54	36	34	34	47
Go to cinema once a week or more	6	14	12	3	2	3	7
Watch TV 35 hours or more per week	13	23	22	19	16	23	19
Watch TV 15 hours or more per week	69	61	67	70	74	79	69

Wolf Creek

This is a more modern approach to a thriller and crosses into horror/slasher flick territory. The film is about a group of backpackers who go into the Australian outback. Their car breaks down and they are rescued by a local, who later turns out to be a psychopath. He ties them up and then the girls escape. They stumble into a room and see trophies – pictures and backpacks of other backpackers, the implication being that he had killed them all.

Using the audience to imagine is very effective. You don’t have to actually show dead bodies to know, or think you know, that someone has been murdered. We could use this, especially if we want to keep the certificate at 15 or below.

Props

Props

The use of props in our film will consist of items that will give the reader as much possible information about the character to help the audience determine what is going on, why something is happening as well as giving the audience personal and specific information about the characters.

Such items will be the use of a police detectives badge of a unique branch of the police. This will give the audience personal information about the character such as hard working, brave, ambitious, a leader, analytical, perspective of the job at hand therefore seeing no obstacles, and also that he up holds the law which is in contrast to the serial killer.
In addition to this the use of specialist equipment for example high tech computers therefore showing the audience that he is of a high technical caliber as well as being a computer whiz.

Furthermore the serial killer will be seen using items such as knives, hammers and basic tools. This shows the audience that this character is primitive as well as being outside of society as he has to resort to using basic tools by himself showing that he is all alone. Also the audience may see the character as being neurotic making him seem more outside of normality. In addition this character may use more old fashioned equipment, either for writing or movement. He may use a fountain pen not because he is of a high class but because that is what he remembers his parents doing and that is the way he was brought up. This increases the audiences fear and thoughts that he is outside of society.

Location Ideas

Location

I think about different locations to help set our scene as well as back our scenes more creepy, dark and sinister. We therefore thought that we should place our scene inside a basement or a derelict warehouse. However as we no one in our group has a basement or a warehouse area that we could use. We have opted for the use of a garage where we could close the door to make it as dark as possible. Which will therefore create a dramatic atmosphere through the use of darkness creates a sense of mystery and will make the audience imagine and wonder what is present inside the dark room.

In addition to this we are thinking of jumping scenes between this dark garage to an office suite which will be used as a police office where the mysterious garage will be located by the police to try and track down the killer. Also the use of this office suite will help us to establish to the audience that the people present in this office are part of a unique police force where they track down serial killers.

In addition to all this the use of the binary opposite between the deranged doctor in the dark,sinister garage and the city living, smartly dressed police detector.

Locations

It is hard to choose locations, but it must be atmospheric and claustrophobic. Low lighting will also help with the feeling of claustrophobia. Many thrillers are set in wooded areas, like Hannibal Rising, but I think the ones set in dark dingy buildings are better.

Taken

This film is about a spy who has to go to Paris to find his daughter who has been kidnapped and sold to the white slave trade. It received 7.9 stars on the following website http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/ and had 123, 576 votes, so is very popular.
The trailer for this film is amazing:

I like the music overplaying whilst the main character is talking calmly in contrast to the images flashing on the screen, but I don’t think we will use this; I think we will use a more simple approach, as silence is just as, and sometimes even more, effective.