Planning: Target Audience and Potential Openings

Inferno Massacre Synopsis

A circle of teenage friends celebrate the end of a school year with a weekend getaway at a bakehouse. Things take a tenebrous turn as a member of the group discovers a journal, supposedly belonging to the horror engrossed friend, filled with intricate murder plots for every single person present. Alerting the others, the group comes up with a plan to lock the suspected murderer away in the basement until they can get help in the morning. But as the night progresses, the group gets smaller and smaller even though the killer seems to be locked away. And it poses the question, is the right person locked away?


Questions to ask target audience

1. Do you like the idea? and Why
2. What would you anticipate in the first 2 minutes of the film?
3. Would this film appeal to you? and Why
4. Where would you expect the location to be?
5. What editing would you expect in the first 2 minutes? e.g. jump cuts, 
6. What camera movements would you expect in the opening? e.g. Panning, point of view etc
7. What would you expect the characters to look like? e.g. clothing, makeup, props etc
8. What sorts of sounds would you expect to hear? e.g. screaming, audio etc