PITCH

                                                                                             

For our pitch we presented our film ideas to our peers. We included the plot, characters, setting/location, camera angles, target audience etc...

Catherine and Josh presented the whole pitch whilst Emily was changing the slides on the powerpoint. The reason Emily wasn't too involved in the pitch is because she had a throat infection and had developed laryngitus so she couldn't speak. 

The video above explains it all.

Audience and Certificate Research

We looked at the audiences for the following films and what that told us about the age and gender of pschological horror film audiences.

The Shining –

	Votes	Average
Males	165,376	8.5
Females	29,148	8.4
Aged under 18	3,526	8.8
Males under 18	2,764	8.9
Females under 18	734	8.5
Aged 18-29	115,722	8.6
Males Aged 18-29	96,832	8.6
Females Aged 18-29	18,296	8.5
Aged 30-44	62,304	8.5
Males Aged 30-44	53,884	8.5
Females Aged 30-44	7,771	8.4
Aged 45+	13,082	8.1
Males Aged 45+	10,816	8.2
Females Aged 45+	2,097	7.9
IMDb staff	45	8.7
Top 1000 voters	876	8.4
US users	60,827	8.5
Non-US users	126,919	8.5

The Ring –

Votes	Average
Males	71,589	7.2
Females	15,624	7.2
Aged under 18	1,482	7.2
Males under 18	999	7.1
Females under 18	475	7.4
Aged 18-29	52,841	7.2
Males Aged 18-29	42,131	7.2
Females Aged 18-29	10,428	7.2
Aged 30-44	28,188	7.2
Males Aged 30-44	24,011	7.2
Females Aged 30-44	3,863	7.3
Aged 45+	4,645	7.0
Males Aged 45+	3,881	7.0
Females Aged 45+	695	6.7
IMDb staff	18	7.2
Top 1000 voters	751	6.9
US users	26,867	7.2
Non-US users	57,847	7.2

Rosemary’s Baby –

	Votes	Average
Males	44,592	8.1
Females	10,859	8.0
Aged under 18	538	8.5
Males under 18	386	8.4
Females under 18	150	8.7
Aged 18-29	28,072	8.1
Males Aged 18-29	22,112	8.2
Females Aged 18-29	5,813	8.0
Aged 30-44	20,150	8.0
Males Aged 30-44	16,617	8.0
Females Aged 30-44	3,338	7.9
Aged 45+	6,695	8.1
Males Aged 45+	5,150	8.0
Females Aged 45+	1,468	8.1
IMDb staff	19	8.4
Top 1000 voters	747	8.1
US users	19,203	8.0
Non-US users	34,880	8.1

From looking at these results we found that the largest audience for this subgenre of horror films was Males Aged 18-29. Both The Shining and The Ring were 15 certificate and Rosemary’s Baby was an 18 so that again gives an indication that it will probably appeal the most to young adults i.e. people in their early twenties. I think because girl stereotypically get scared more easily, that could explain why there are a larger number of men going to see these films.

We also looked into the certificates of horror films and how the BBFC classified films...

Through doing this research we knew that our own film would not be classed as an 18, and would either be a 12 or 15 due to their being a low level of violence/blood, but being pshycologically very strong and haunting. We will have to wait until we see our finished film to classify it properly.