Overview of evaluation

How did we attract our target audience

• The Summit production company- People who are fans of the Summit production company will be inclined to find out what the movie is about, the media conventions (thriller), this will also entice a certain audience who take interest in thriller movies. Having the Summit production behind our film would create security and would almost certainly ensure that it would be successful. The reputable producers and actors shown in summit movies would excite the audience and intrigue them to want to know more about our film.
• Female actors- Having female actors will subsequently attract a large female audience as the characters are likely to be relatable to the female audience, the characters in the movie are very different and therefore it offers a range of females various complex characters.
• Age range- We tried to make our characters age from 17 to 20, therefore it would appeal to the 15 year old age bar we would have put on the film.

 Music/style of music you have used

• Rock-pop, would appeal to a mass audience of teenagers, due to its garish and boisterous style it would portray the characteristics of many teenagers, also having their favourite band's song on the opening scene would excite the audience and deepen their interest in the movie.
• its a cover song of a famous band therefore the main fans and people who hear Paramore's mainstream music would have deemed the song as suitable
• It works as it highlights the personality of the character who dies (she is punky and Gothic therefore the song perfectly suits her characteristics)
• It adds mystery and the tone of rock adds to the thrilling events that are foreshadowed to happen

 Costumes

• the dresses could appeal to girls as they're all dressing up and getting ready for a party- a lot of girls enjoy dressing up and feeling girly which gives the female audience something to relate to it creates enjoyment and enables them to connect with the characters. This then creates an emotional connection which increases the audiences interest in the movie.
• could appeal to boys as they are girls who are all dressy 
• Scarlet is wearing a vest which could show she's 'not ready' therefore when the killer gets her she is unaware- unlike the other girls
• costumes are effective as they portray each of the different characters personality and style
• if the lighting was improved the audience could have seen the detailing of the garments more.

  Props 

• Fake blood
• White bed sheets
• Fake knife
• 4 mobiles
• 3 mirrors
• 2 mascaras
• Background prop wine and glass

Our props helped to create the mise-en-scene which in turn helped create the perfect atmosphere throughout the movie. The scenes were specially catered for by showing of the different personalties, this included the props or background items(the wine), bedroom colours(Scarlet's green walls- foreshadowing the representation of the killer's envy towards her) and of course the props (the make- up showing the importance of looking your best- able to create a connection with the audience if they share the same concern). The props were used well however the fake knife could have been replaced by a real knife to create a more convincing killing scene. Also the blood could have been used more to create a pool of blood which would give information as to how long she had been dead and the intensity of her wounds. 

 Identifiable characters

• Our film

•  Mean girls

We felt that this scene from Mean girls was similar to our scene and therefore audience members who like Mean girls might also like our film, although this film genre is different the audience type is the same e.g. young adult, ages 16- 20 interested in girly things. The phone call was also used as device used to show our skill using final cut pro as we were able to cut and edit the video so that the two girls were talking at the same time. This adds dimension and shows our progress over the process of the task.