Planning: Target Audience Research.

In order to establish the potential success of this film I put six questions to seven people that suit our target audience in order to establish whether our planned idea meets the relevant codes and conventions and audience pleasures they would like to see. The results have helped us understand what works and what doesn't in our film opening and also what needs to be worked on in terms of problems they think might happen with an understanding of the specifications we have.They were given a brief detailed outline of our opening two minutes and the responses were as follows.

Question.	Response.	Extra Notes.
Do you think that the name given to our film is appropriate?	Yes: 5 No: 2	·         Could be more specifically relevant to story line. ·         Could chose a name to have darker connotations.
Does the synopsis given suit the Supernatural-Thriller genre?	Yes: 4 No: 3	·         More accurate to an action genre. ·         Comes across as more Fantasy based.
Does the opening synopsis suit the age rating of 15 – 18?	Yes: 6 No: 1
Do you think the pitch heard is an accessible idea for the time frame and budget we have?	Yes: 3 No: 4	·         If representation is simply but adequately done it will look effective. ·         Seems like a lot of content to fit into two minutes.
Would you be interested in this film?	Yes: 5 No: 2	·         Not their sort of genre. ·         If they were interested in this genre of film then they would have agreed.
When should the main plot line be introduced in a Supernatural-Thriller?	Immediately: 4 Beginning: 2 Middle: 1