Evaluation Q1

In our opening sequence to the film ‘Targeted’, we have used media conventions that are typical of most horror films. We have constructed our characters profiles as well as we could to make the murderer appear sinful and realistic. His costume is used to show his youth and also brings a sense of intimidation. The other characters in this film are constructed stereotypically to their age and value. Arjun appears as a young man in a high-end job that is struggling to keep up with everything in his life. The other character in the film is Arjun’s friend. We have constructed him to wear clothes that are typically what a youth would wear. He is well spoken and we use the phone call to show this. Arjun and Adam are both likeable people, which is typical of a horror film to get the audience emotionally involved. The setting we used was convenient and worked with what we were trying to do. We needed a narrow house that had an exit point for the murderer. The sound in our film comes from mainly diegetic sounds form the TV that Arjun is watching in one of the scenes; there is also some dialogue in the sequence that is made up of a phone call. But the main sound that we had a choice about was the theme that we created on GarageBand. This we felt was perfect to bring across the feeling we wanted to give the audience. We have created a slow tempo piece that we use whilst the credits are rolling. This carries through until a shot of a photo showing the close relationship between Adam and Arjun.