CCR #2 Research/Planning

Hey there Cambridge!

It is time to research and plan out my script for CCR #2!

Question: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

Answer: My audience is 15-50 year old males and females who love suspense, excitement, being scared, and who love films with plot twists and surprises. Usually, the target audience for thriller films is known to be a mature adult, but more young adults nowadays are exposed to violence and thrillers. For that reason, and since my film has no violence, the age range is much lowered to 15 years old and continues up to around 50 years old as that is a common age group interested in the thriller genre. Of course, my audience watches thrillers because they want to watch a nail-biting, suspenseful film. My film does not target any certain gender as it does not do anything super girly or boyish; I wanted to attract both boy and girl viewers to have a more diverse audience.

The beginning of my film, where the conflict is not explicitly shown, makes the audience work harder to figure out the issue. Since the setting is in a regular place, an auto repair shop, I purposefully chose suspenseful music so that the audience gets the feeling that something bad is about to happen. This is meant to give the audience the suspense and mystery they are looking for in a thriller.

My film will be posted on YouTube, and clips of it on Instagram to target teenagers and FaceBook to target adults. As an amateur filmmaker, I can premier my film at my school's lightning film festival or even submit my movie to Filmhub to potentially have my film distributed by them, in order to promote reach.

Idea: From my CCR #1 blog post, this will be a part of the first date video. This question will be the second one the guy asks. I will be playing the girl, and my boyfriend will act as the guy.

Script: Check below for the FULL, COMPLETED script for CCR #1 + #2

Citation: 

• Thye, L. L. (2017, June 22). Crime thrillers are like the Pied Piper to the young and the impressionable of the society. Encyclopedia of Opinions. https://encyclopedia-of-opinion.org/a/young-audience
  
• Piolo. (2025b, March 17). The target audience for thriller films: Who enjoys thrillers? | AMPLIFY XL. AMPLIFY XL. https://amplifyxl.com/target-audience-for-thriller-films/
  
• Walla indoors restaurant kitchenware Dutch Zuilen 2017.wav. (2019, March 17). [Video]. Freesound. https://freesound.org/people/hz37/
  
• Romantic Love Jazz. (2025, July 29). [Video]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/music/smooth-jazz-romantic-love-jazz-348895/

This document linked here...

• Outlines the context of my first Creative Critical Reflection video
• Describes its mise-en-scene
• Links the sounds to be playing in the background
• Includes my full script for my first Creative Critical Reflection video

Using a Fake Tinder Profile Generator, I created this Tinder profile card. The guy will use it to bring up Focus on the Past, as it is mentioned in the description of 'my' profile.

Yours Truly, 

Macie 💗