Evaluation Activity 5

How did you attract/ address your audience?

 

 

Old Habits Die Hard is a social realistic thriller that sees a character walk into a drug deal that goes badly wrong. We have rated our film as certificate 15 because it's a gritty film that has several situations that shouldn't be viewed by people younger than this because they may find it distressing. The plot of the film closely relates to Trainspotting but has the thriller element form the Bourne franchise.

 

The conventions of a social realism is where the characters are in relatable situations to the audience, even though some people don't come across drug deals, others may that's why our film is based around a drug deal, this is the unique selling point of trainspotting. But the chase scene that follows later on in our film follow the convention aspects of a thriller film because it adds a great deal of suspense to the film and it plots the character in a tricky situation that keeps the audience hooked, just like in the Bourne films, this franchise shares another convention close to our film, the fact that they both have fast paced editing a quick camera angles. When the big chase scene kicks off in our film the fast paced camera angles and the quick editing help give a thrilling sensation to the audience as they watch, without them you wouldn't feel immersed in the chase.

 

The music comes into it's own in our film because it tells the storyline before the character actually gets driven into the situation, the heavy drum beats and choir sounds add a sense of suspense and mystery to the piece which without would make the film tricky to follow.

 

Finally the unique selling point to our film is the bringing together of two completely different genres to create a hybrid one, a social realistic thriller. The combination of these two genres is compliment each other so well that they create such a good film because you have the unique and relatable storyline of a social realism, whilst having the music, editing, camera work and suspense of a thriller which come together to create a perfect film that's very unique in its own right.