There are several things to consider when making a movie regarding your audience. You need to know which audience you play to, either men or women; ages, young children; teenagers and young adults, 25+, 35+, 45+, etc. Then, after learning this information, you need to accommodate the other gender since discriminating is not an option and make it appealing to them as well. Dr. Cliftlands had mentioned that was the reason why thrillers, which are mostly viewed by men have a romance intertwined to attract women to watching them.
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Examples
Iron Man-In short, main character, Tony Stark creates [Robert Downey Jnr.] a 'super suit' that makes a ruckus amongst the other characters specifically Obadiah, a business partner of his late father's-the main conflict in the film.
This movie grossed about $318.5 million domestically on a budget of $140 million. For a comic book adaptation, it was ranked 7th overall, nominated for 2 Oscars, and 45.6% of its income was on foreign income.
I'd say it did pretty well.
Avatar-This movie is about a man who is sent to another world in order to gain the trust of the inhabitants and help the human race take over but is conflicted when he starts to fall in love and connect with the people. This movie was the fastest film to ever make
1 billion dollars replacing director James Cameron's
Titanic.
Inception-This film is about a thief in the future who is given a chance to redeem himself by entering the human mind through people's dreams. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio while being directed by Christopher Nolan. It won
4 Oscars, 83 other awards, and was nominated 103 times. Its overall domestic sales were about $292.5 million
X-Men: First Class-This movie is the prologue to the rest of the films in the X-Men saga. It explains how Magneto and Professor Xavier came to be enemies, how Professor X started a school and eventually got disabled, and generally introducing the characters and scenarios seen in later films. It was directed and partly written by
Matthew Vaughn. Total worldwide sales for this movie were
353.6 million dollars. It was released on June 3, 2011.
Battleship-This film is about a U.S Navy fleet that encounters and battles unknown extraterrestrials in Hawaii while having a training exercise there. It was based loosely on the popular board game. This film did not do very well domestically making only $65 million but was fortunate enough to have done much better internationally making $237.6 million allowing to surpass its
$209 million budget. It was directed by Peter Berg and written by brothers Erich and Jon Hoeber.
Captain America: The First Avenger-This film is
theoretically the first film that makes up the
Avengers Assemble even though it is one of the more recently made movies. It stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America with Joe Johnston as director and
Christopher Markus and
Stephen McFeely. This movie was produced by
Paramount and grossed $368.6 million worldwide.
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Interviews
Scott H.
Why do you like Thrillers?
-They are exciting, mentally stimulating, cool.
What kind of thrillers do you watch?
-action thrillers, horror thrillers
What do you like to see in your thrillers?
-action, explosions, fighting, mystery, suspense, bad-ass characters [Samuel L. Jackson for example]
Do you like Thrillers?
Yes.
What kind of thrillers do you watch? {Action, Horror, Mystery, etc.}
All three combined.
Do you have certain expectations of thriller films?
To be thrilled.
Do you have certain actors you like to see?
Liam Neeson and Jude Law.
What feelings do you get when the film is over?
Satisfaction and disappointment that it is over.
How can you tell if the film was good or not?
If the acting was good, the film was good, if there's a good screen play. If it has a predictable story line (a negative thing).
Do you like Thrillers?
Yes.
What kind of thrillers do you watch? {Action, Horror, Mystery, etc.}
Action.
Do you have certain expectations of thriller films?
Got to have suspense and keep you wanting to watch it.
Do you have certain actors you like to see?
No, I don't care really.
What feelings do you get when the film is over?
I might want to watch it again, or watch other thrillers, others in the same genre or watch sequels.
How can you tell if the film was good or not?
If I like it or don't like it. Not knowing what's going to happen next--the suspense of the film.
Do you like Thrillers?
Some of them, yes.
What kind of thrillers do you watch? {Action, Horror, Mystery, etc.}
More mystery.
Do you have certain expectations of thriller films?
Not really because it's a mystery, the ending could be anything.
Do you have certain actors you like to see?
I don't really mind the actors in general.
What feelings do you get when the film is over?
Ususally, I'll be a bit surprised but nothing special.
How can you tell if the film was good or not?
If you can tell that there was a lot of effort put into special effects, if they get really good actors, if the set was well prepared. Generally if there was good money put towards the movie, you can tell.
