Research - Certificate information.

"15: Suitable only for 15 years
and over No one younger than 15 may
see a ‘15’ film in a cinema.
No one younger than 15 may
rent or buy a ‘15’ rated
video work. "

The discrimination in the film must not include discriminatory language or behaviour. 


Any Drug taking may be shown in the film but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable. The horror within the film may include strong threat and menace unless it's seen as sadistic or sexualised. Dangerous behaving for example hanging, suicide and self-harming shouldn't dwell in a great detail which is easily copied by the audience. Weapons which are easily accessible should not be glamorised. The language expected in a film with a certificate 15 can be frequently strong however the strongest terms are only acceptable if justified by the context. Agressive and repeated use of really strong language is unlikey to be acceptable. Nudity may be allowed within a sexual context however this should not be in strong detail. There aren't any constriants on nudity in a non-sexual or education context.  Sexual activity can be portrayed as long as there is not strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour however the strongest references are unlikely to acceptable unless they are being jusitifed within the context of the film. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal is very unlikely to be acceptable. No Themes are prohibited as long as the other parts of the film fit in with the appropirateness for 15 years old. The violdence within the film may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest images are unlikely to be acceptable for the film; Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also prohibeted. There may be detalied verbal ferences to sexual violence but any portrayal of this kind of violence must be dicreet and have a strong justification.


"Suitable only for adults
No-one younger than 18 may
see an ‘18’ film in a cinema.
No-one younger than 18 may
rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video."The certificate regulations for an 18  follow the principle that adults should be free to choose their
own entertainment. However there are expections where the material is in breach of criminal law. Where material or treament apperars to risk harm to individuals or to the gernal society through their behaviour.
This can presented though the use of dangerous acts, illegal drug use which may cause harm to the public health and morals. This can also include the portrayl of sexual violencet. The use of explicit images of sexual activity which cannot be jusitifed by context is an expection that is expected to be met. Such images should be rated as 'R18' works instead of an 18. 

The differences between the two certificates are that 18s allow much visual images of things such as gore and sexual references. Certificate 18 allows stronger language to be used unlike 15's which need the work to be justified to a much greater level, however both so still need to be justified in order to be acceptable to be viewed by the public. 

Research - Breaking down audience into categories.

The audience can be broken down into several categories.

1. Age; the age can break down an audience for example 15-18 is one way a audience can be broken down into a specific group. This idea of age can be used for any age group. Another way in which audience can be broken down into age categorise is by putting them under the brackets of particular ages for example 'child' 'student' 'adult' 'pensioner'  
2. Gender; the audience can be broken down into male of female categorise to decide the popularity of a film with a certain gender for example. 
3. Class; social class can be used to break down an audience to understand how a majority of a certain social class prefer a certain genre of film over another. These are the main way in which an audience can be broken down into categories.
   

Research - Is the opening important?

The opening of a film is important to the rest of the film as it allows the audience to get an understanding of the film and what is to come and often it clarifies to the audience the type of film they are about to watch as the opening of the film usual follow a set rules; The codes and conventions for that particular genre of film.

The opening can often unravel or give a slight glimpse into the plot and storyline of the film which also allows the audience to either understand or not understand the film from the out set.
The opening of the film can be classed as one of the most important parts of the film and this is due to the fact it is the first few images that the audience are able to see of the film and the directors intentions of the opening are too allow the audience to make expectations of the film and what they expect to see; this links back in with all of  the codes and conventions.

As the opening of a film often contains names of directors, actors and actresses the audience can also gain knowledge of what to expect from a certain director or a certain actor who is often seen doing such films.If the opening of a film is poor it leads the expectations of the rest of the film to follow in the same way and can influence and audiences opinion before the film even starts. The opening can also be important in order to create a certain atmosphere and also in order to create tension at the start of the film. This links back to the idea that the opening of the film in used in order to allow the audience to gain an expectation of the film itself as well as being able able to understand the plot before the film gets into it. 


It is also a chance for the soundtrack to begin and the sound track is also an important factor of the film as it helps the film gain pace or slow down and also by adding a sound track it is easier to edit the footage as there is a pace in which you are wanting to keep up throughout the film from the moment the opening begins. 
For these reasons I believe the opening of a film is very important and benefits the rest of the film massively as well as being beneficial for the audience to make first impressions of the film.

Research - What music do people prefer in thrillers?

From the research that we carried out we were able to find that different people expected different types of music from thrillers and preferred different types of music.
For example some people said they would prefer there to be music in the background of a scene to have no words and be a simple instrumental peace which is just being used to add pace and to dramatize the scene and allows you to focus on what's happening instead of listening to the words of the song.
Other people said that they prefer to hear music which starts slow and increases in pace throughout the peace of music, they also said that if the music was instrumental or had lyrics it didn't matter to them as long as the music itself did what they expected it to do in a thriller and that was to make the sense seem more intense.
Some answers simply stated they preferred to hear fast music as they expected to see scenes of chasing for the music to accompany.
Nearly all said they prefer the volume of the music to be loud or increase in volume but very rarely to never to be slow.


What is their favourite thriller and why? When people were asked what there favourite films where they named some classic examples of thrillers which are widely recognised. Some of the answers where: 
 Presumed Innocent this was named as a favourite thriller, one of the reasons this was named as a favourite thriller was because of the twists and turns in the story line, the audience liked the unpredictable plot. Sixth Scenes was another film which was named as favourite, it followed the same reasons for being picked as a favourite as the other film other film, however the questioned added that the film as it was a very 'clever' and it was not understood until the very end. Psycho was picked for being a 'classic' thriller film, fitting all you expect and want from a thriller film. Do they have memorable openings? There were varied responses when people where answering if there favourite film had a memorable opening and the different answers show the importance of an opening as two out of three answers which we have chosen to speak about claimed there favourite film did a memorable opening. Presumed Innocent was the only film that out of the three where the opening wasn't particularly memorable or remembered at all, despite the fact the opening was not easily recalled the film was still chosen as a favourite. Sixth Scenes when asked if this films opening was memorable the answers was yes, the responce included how the main character gets stabbed right at the begging and how it sticks in your mind through out the rest of the film and how this particular opening has an impact on the film. Psycho was said to have a memorable title sequence, and the music, colours - black and white - , pace of the writing and images (the lines) on the screen where all well remembered.