RESEARCH
As part of my research, I have watched a video presented by Frank Ash - a creative consultant for the BBC. In this video, Ash explains the importance of a Top Line, Big Question and understanding what the audience want. When making your production you need to question what your audience want to receive from the plot. The best way to achieve these answers is to put yourself 'into the shoes' of your target audience and think about what would appeal most to them, considering social trends. By doing this when discussing what main universal themes and ideas you plan to convey, you will be able to come up with a main message and plot that is relatable and personal to the target audience, resulting in a more popular and successful production.
Frank Ash's Video:
Our story revolves around the life of Sarah and her journey as she deals with a stalker following her every moves, capturing her everyday life on camera. Sarah is a prominent player in her lacrosse team and spends a lot of her time free-time doing sport whilst balancing her job as an assistant at a photography company. However, she is unaware that someone is watching her every move, documenting her day-to-day activities through a camera lens. She begins to realise an unnerving presence in her life and becomes warier of her surroundings but remains deceived of the true threat and oblivious to the danger she is in. The insidious threat begins to surreptitiously invade Sarah's inner thoughts to the extent that she feels unsafe in her own home. Her anxious thoughts are proven rational when she is at her bedroom window and catches sight of a camera flash aimed up at her from across the street.
Our Top Line: Insidious danger lurks as a young woman becomes aware that her every move is being stalked and documented through a camera lens.
Our Big Question: Will she discover the face behind the camera?
You have learned from the advice on a FutureLearn course by Frank Ash, creative consultant to the BBC, about how to devise a film opening that will engage audiences. You give a clear account of this research. Your film treatment offers satisfying thriller audience pleasures of peril and suspense, and promises to function as an engaging opening, ensuring continued viewing. Your narrative includes activities such as playing lacrosse and singing, based on the abilities of your talent, which will ensure credibility.
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