Audience Research: Initial Class Poster

Plot details of your idea

Two teenagers, one male, one female are babysitting two young children, a girl and a boy. The young girl sees the “blank man” in her room so screams which causes the teenage girl to run upstairs. However, the teenagers cannot see this illusive “blank man.” There are strange happenings during the film and the teenage boy dies or disappears paranormally. The “blank man” appears in different situations luring children away. We don’t know his motive and we don’t see how he kills or even if he kills at all. The teenage girl survives, conforming to the genre checklist of being the final girl/heroine. The younger female child also survives, almost as if the “blank man” protects her. The trailer will end with the “blank man” and the young girl standing beside him looking up to him. We will see the parents as the final shot with the “blank man” standing in the woods with snow falling around him just staring into the house at the parents.

Positive responses from other class members

The class liked our tagline of “you can’t stop what you can’t see.” They also thought we had created a good “bad guy” of Slender as this is a well-known folktale so people could relate to it. They liked the idea that only the children can see the “blank man.”

Negative responses from other class members

Our peers suggested we should refine the middle of the plot to make it more interesting and to also add in some action. They also thought that the “blank man” needs a motive so this is something we will definitely consider.

How many voted that they would watch the film? Out of the five groups, where did you finish?

Out of 19 class members, 11 of them said they would watch our film, “Blank.” We finished fourth overall out of the five groups.

Are you happy with the score overall? Why/ why not? Do you think this idea is worth making for your real trailer?

We are fairly happy that 11 out of 19 class members said they would watch our film, however we would like to take on board their comments and see if we could get more people to feel they would like to watch it. We feel this is a good basis for our real film trailer as we mostly got a good response from other class members. Nevertheless, we will definitely look at their suggestions and try and change aspects to fulfil their ideas. Our trailer will hopefully then appeal to more of a wider audience. We will probably keep the idea of the “blank man” but with changes to the plot and include a motive for him.