Proposal

Proposal

For my documentary, I will be focusing on the concept of the horror genre and the changes that have occurred over the years. This will involve multiple people sharing their views on modern horror, the differences the genre has gone through over the years and my own personal opinions on the matter including why I like many others, struggle to enjoy modern horror films.

The target audience for my documentary will be for long time horror fans but also for people who want to learn more about horror genre as a whole. I do not want to specifically aim my documentary towards a certain age group, as I want to create something that can be watched by anyone who wants to learn more about the genre. I will present my documentary as expository as I will be explaining the history of the genre and the changes that have been made over the years.

For my documentary, I will be talking to several people. I will be discussing with them their own opinions on the horror genre; what they like and dislike; their personal favourite films and whether they believe the classic horror genre is dying out and being replaced with subgenres (slasher, splatter, found footage etc.) The aim for my documentary is inform and educate others on the horror genre and to also express personal views on the matter.

The typical target audience for horror films is the group of 15-24 year olds with the gender being mostly male (http://trends.cmf-fmc.ca/blog/know-thy-audience-marketing-the-horror-film-it-follows). Most horror films are targeted towards young adults, films that are less gory are more popular with female audiences. Women made up 51% of the Annabelle premiere audience, 53% of the opening crowd for ‘The Conjuring’, 56% of ‘The Purge’ and half of the premiere audience for ‘As Above, So Below’ and ‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’ (http://variety.com/2014/film/news/gone-girl-annabelle-female-audiences-1201321880/)