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ONCE I HAD RESEARCHED INTO THE TRENDS AND HABITS OF MY TARGETED AUDIENCE I DISCOVERED THAT
THERE IS A WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN THE CONSUMPTION OF OTHER THRILLER GENRE MEDIA TEXTS. FOR
EXAMPLE FILMS LIKE THE PURGE AND HANNA WERE VERY POPULAR WITH MY TARGETED AUDIENCE OF 15 25
YEAR OLDS. THIS THEREFORE PROVED THAT THE GENRE OF MY FILM WOULD BE A SUCCESS AMONGST MY
TARGETED AUDIENCE IF I CONFORMED TO CONVENTIONS AND TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THESE EXAMPLES.
CONSEQUENTLY I ENSURED THAT I USED KEY GENERIC SHOTS FROM THE OPENING SEQUENCES OF ALL THREE
ACTION/THRILLER FILMS THAT I ANALYSED. FOR EXAMPLE I USED SHOTS THAT EMPHASIZED THE MOVEMENT
OF MY MAIN CHARACTER LIKE A SHOT USED IN HANNA TAKEN FROM A WIDE PERSPECTIVE IN ORDER TO
EMPHASIZE HER ABNORMAL ABILITY TO DEFEND HERSELF. I USED THIS IN PRODUCTION AS THE CAMERA
PANS AND SARAH MAKES HER WAY UPSTAIRS IN ORDER TO EMPHASIZE THE MECHANIC NATURE OF HER
MOVEMENTS AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE KNIFE.

I FOUND THAT RECURRING THEMES IN THESE TEXTS REVOLVED AROUND, VIOLENCE, CONFLICT AND
MORAL INJUSTICE. THIS MEANT THAT I DECIDED TO TAKE FROM MY RESEARCH AND BASE MY
NARRATIVE AROUND A MIXTURE OF THESE THEMES AFTER LOOKING INTO THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AND
HOW THEY TARGETED THEIR MALE AUDIENCE IN PARTICULAR. MY RESEARCH REVEALED THAT HANNAS
THEME OF VIOLENCE AND MORAL CONFLICTS WAS VERY POPULAR WITH ITS AUDIENCE AS PEOPLE
VOTED THE FILM 4 OUT OF 5 STARS IN EMPIRE. THIS THEREFORE MEANT THAT HANNA EFFECTIVELY
TARGETED ITS AUDIENCE THROUGH ITS USE OF ASPECTS IN MISE EN SCENE. WITHIN ITS OPENING
SEQUENCE HANNA REVEALED ITS MAIN CHARACTER AS ISOLATED AND INDEPENDENT. I THEREFORE
CHOSE TO FOLLOW THESE CONVENTIONS AND START MY FILM WHERE THE NARRATIVE ENDS IN ORDER
TO CREATE A RETROSPECTIVE NARRATIVE THROUGHOUT THE FILM.

I ALSO LOOKED AT REPRESENTING MY AUDIENCE IN THE IMAGE OF MY MAIN CHARACTER. THE FEMALE
AUDIENCE WERE PARTICULARLY TARGETED IN THIS DECISION AS I CHOSE TO CAST A WOMAN
DOMINANT IN APPEARANCE AND POSTURE, THIS DECISION WAS MADE TO REPRESENT THE STRENGTH IN
WOMEN WHO HAVE WORKED IN THE POLICE FORCE AND WOMEN IN GENERAL THAT WORK FOR THEIR
OWN BENEFIT. THIS THEREFORE MEANT THAT TARGETING THE FEMALE SECTOR OF MY MAINSTREAM
AUDIENCE WAS MADE A LOT EASIER AS THEY COULD BE REPRESENTED IN A POSITIVE WAY WITHIN MY
OPENING SEQUENCE. THIS THEREFORE MEANT THAT I HAD TO USE ASPECTS OF MISE EN SCENE AND
CAMERA ANGLES AND MOVEMENTS IN ORDER TO PORTRAY WOMEN IN THIS WAY. THE ONLY PART OF MY
OPENING SEQUENCE THAT CHALLENGES THIS REPRESENTATION WOULD BE THE LAST SHOT AS SARAH IS
TAKEN. ALTHOUGH MY MAIN CHARACTER WOULD BE REPRESENTED AS STRONGER THROUGH THE REST
OF MY FILMS NARRATIVE, THE LAST SHOT OF THE OPENING SEQUENCE IS INTENDED TO LEAVE THE
AUDIENCE ON A CLI8FF HANGER ENDING RATHER THAN UNDERMINE THE REPRESENTATION OF SARAH
WILCOX THAT HAS BEEN BUILT THROUGHOUT.

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