Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

Attract: Cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage.
In the film industry, the distribution processes is a way of attracting an audience. By releasing teasers, trailers, posters, clips, etc.. 
Address: How does a film 'speak' to its target audience. 
By using certain forms of media conventions and elements help 'speak' to audience/ the audience to understand about what's going on in the film. E.g costumes, props, narration, mise-en-scene, sounds...

Distribution process; trailers, posters, other marketing tools 

in teasers and clips. I would used the most entriging scenes which create tension and suspense as it will hook the audience’s imagination and attention, leaving them with a snippet of fear and thrill. 

As well as teasers, I would use the power of social media to help attract an audience. By creating social media pages, I can release information, posters, pictures, etc.. for anyone to see, creating a wider and diverse audience. In addition people can have online discussions about the film and build a fan base. Furthermore people who have had similar experiences that are shown in Obsession, can help share awareness and get help for anyone who needs it. 

When addressing my characters I have used certain shots, music, costumes, dialogue to highlight either a positive or negative perspective on the protagonist and antagonist. In Obsession, I portray Millie to be innocent, bubble, fun teenage girl and when falling for Brett’s plan she becomes broken physcally and mentality as Brett has changed and oruppeted her. I feel that the audience will feel sympathic towards Millie as her fun, youthful life is slowly dying, becoming this weak girl. 

Arguably you could say that Brett is the antagonist based upon his insane intention, aggressive towards others, sometimes to Millie and his psychotic persona. However there are elements of sympathy towards Brett about his past with his parents and how he’s mentally ill. Brett has problems and struggles throughout his life, leading him to do things that are wrong  because he thinks there are right. 

Even though Obsession is the story about Millie slowly becoming a broken teen as she falls for a psychotic man. Also its about revealing the destroyed, sad, broken boy deep down within a ill young man. Therefore the audience will slowly uncover this about Brett and equally still give him some sympathy. 

Within my opening, I used narrative enigma leaving the audience puzzled as questions pop up in their minds but those questions give them a buzz as they're getting introduced to character and all they capture a figure and some facial features. No name, age, background knowledge, anything about Brett whereas the audience already know bits about Millie, i.e. name, age, personality. 

When showing my final cut to family and friends (who were more brutal than I thought) they did react as I wanted to achieve as they felt "on edge" and were "intrigued to learn more". However some did like the dark suspense track felt it was overpowering at times and they couldn't take in every detail because of it. Therefore if I could go back and improve the final cut I would lower the volume of the track