Thriller Audience Research

I looked at several different Thriller films whilst researching about the audience of a thriller film. The film 'What Lies Beneath' when voted on showed that more women  between the ages of 18-29 enjoyed this film. I looked at the themes, conventions, setting, actors, and the storyline of the film to try to work out why this was. The first thing i noticed was that the main character was a woman. i thought that maybe women felt that they could relate more to the main character more than what they could if there was a male lead. The story is about a woman who was in a car crash and has just sent her daughter away to college, again these things may be related to more so than what men would as men and women deal with things very differently.
i decided to look at other films that had a female lead to see if women do relate to and enjoy the film more with a female lead.
Case 39, Black Swan, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose is some of the films that i looked at, when investigating again the results showed that women do enjoy thriller films that have a female lead, or female influences.
this is compared to films such as shutter island, inception and the town, all of which have male leads and males seemed to enjoy these more so than women did.

BBFC

What rating would our thriller 'movie' have?

After reviewing the BBFC website, i believe that our film would be considered as a '15', meaning only people 15 and over may watch this film. 
the reason that i believe that it would be a '15' is because there would be strong language used in the film. also because of the violence involved.

The Birds

In the opening scene of 'The Birds' all the credits are shown before the actual film begins. whilst the credits are appearing, in the back ground there is flying birds which creates a link with the title of the film.
in our thriller opening coursework task we will probably incoperate the credits within the film as we dont get a long time filming.

Mise En Scene
It is quite obvious that the film is set in America. Firstly one of the first things we see is a tram which is associated with cities in America. also there is a panning shot of the first character we see, the woman, and it passes a poster which says 'San Fransico'. it is also obvious that the movie was filmed a long time ago because of the costume and hair style of the main woman.

the imdb ratings show that 'The Birds' is most popular amongst males between 18-29.

The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect is about a boy who blocks out harmful memories of his life. As he grows up he finds a supernatural way to remember the lost memories and to alter his life.
This film would be classed as either a Mystery Thriller or a Supernatural Thriller.
The main characters are played by well known young actors, Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart.

According to the IMDB website, this thriller movie has a higher interest of men rather than women at any age. The chart on the website also suggests that the films biggest audience is people from the age of 18-29.