Title sequence of Dexter

In the opening title of Dexter the TV series about a man who is a killer and murderer, on the outside he the innocent day to day American man but on the inside he is thinking about his next victim. The opening sequence we see Dexter waking up and making himself breakfast, but they use clever camera shots to change something which is everyday and innocent into something that is evil and malicious. For instance when he cuts the orange it is done in slow motion to resemble flesh instead of an orange, another example is he is making a coffee and he crushes the beans, by having the blades cut the beans it resembles another murderous event which Dexter will have in his mind. Through the starting sequence we can also see its target audience, with blood being spilt in the sink and having the main character male we can start to find their target audience is adult males due to the gruesome way in which Dexter cut the meat and makes his breakfast.

In the order of credits the actors are credited first because they are the main attraction to the TV episode and they also play the characters in the episode. Then the developers are credited, and then the author of the book that the episode is based on and the books title, it then credits the title theme designers, and then the producers and co executive-producers. The reason these specific people are mentioned is because they play an influential part in the creation of Dexter and they also have the most important jobs.

The music too is very foreign and inncocent but with the actions on screen and the camera shots it changes this music into a sinister violent music, this transition in music makes the audience discover the character and start to draw conclusions into the character's personality.

How our Storyboard Changed on the Day

On the day of our shoot we were not best prepared for shooting one reason was because one of the actors was unable for shooting because he was injured and therefore unable to be the character we wanted him to be, we were also unprepared for how many shots we actually needed, we had an idea of around 24 shots minimum for the thriller but what we didnt realise was that we needed double the amount of shots so that we had enough options so that the editing can be effective and we will then aslso have back up shots incase we didnt like the final edit of one shot. this knocked us back for time on the shoot day but we adapted well and found many oppotunities to make more shots and therefore giving us a variety of shots to edit with. With each shot we decided that we would use the same shot but at a differant angles to give a variety and diversify the shots so we can make the best thriller possible.

Vertigo film companies and Warner Bros.

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Schedule of shoot day

9:00-9:30
Run through of locations with the actors and discussed what we needed them to do.

9:31-10:00
Disscussed with the group what we needed to change before we started shooting.

10:01-12:00
Went to each location and picked each shot and where they would be.

1:30-2:30
Start filming outside shots

2:31-4:00
Start filming inside shots

4:30-5:30
Film the shots in the drawing room

Change of Actor

On the day of the shoot we found out that one of our actors had broke his arm, he was to play the big greedy bad guy but we knew that having him play the character it would be half as effective because it shows that he has a weakness and we didnt want to portray the character like this, so we decided as a group that we would look for another actor who could fill in his place, near the end of the day we found our actor who filled in for the actor better than we could of imagined.

Why is our film a Thriller

In a typical thriller there are twists in the plot, violence, action, blood, murder, romance, fast action scenes, a hero, a villain and a damsel in distress. In our thriller there are a number of this traits in our video such as violence, twists, murder and blood. Our video is also very fast which makes the fight scenes much more effective and powerful creating a bigger effect and making a bigger impact on the audience watching the sequence.
With a number of guns and fight scenes our thriller contains on the egde of the seat action and this is what makes our video a thriller.Our target audience is towards the young adult ages of 16 to 25 year olds, and the reason is because thrillers such as ours are most watched by that age group and our film contains material which will make our target audience want to watch the film because it includes many characteristics of a successful thriller.

What my target audience will be?

My target audience will be between 16 year old to around 24 year old males because the film involves action, violence, blood and murder. We would also have a secondary target market of 25 year olds to 30 year olds. The market audience will be attracted to the film because of the film’s genre as it is action and a thriller movie. The reason that my film would attract the target audience is because the people around my age play video games and read books which involve violence and blood much like the film another factor why our target audience would be the younger males is because they have more free time than a middle aged man. Also another interest in my market audience are social websites where we could promote the film such as a Facebook page promoting the film, another for of social media is Youtube where there could be a trailer which will promote the film to the global market. The film is aimed more towards a male dominant market since the film includes violence and blood, as females may be more attracted to romance and comedy. Since our film is a thriller it is more likely to attract a male market than a female market. Another reason it would attract more males is because there are no females in the video, but females may want to watch our film is because they may be attracted to the actors.