From this interview we found that what our audience finds most frightening about the Horror/Psychological genre is when the storyline is close to real life, because it makes the audience believe that it could happen in everyday life. This is scary for them because it means it could happen to them personally; which puts them closer to the story and has them thinking about how they'd react and deal with what's happening in the film. The scare factor also comes from the audience seeing how their normal environment is utilized by the film-makers to become a torment where a murderer could be lurking in their attic, etc.
This interview was helpful in identifying what our audience doesn't like: anti-climaxes and nonsensical storylines. However we found that chase scenes are effective in putting the audience on the edge of their seat. Appropriate diegetic sounds and a tense soundtrack is effective in building anticipation, suspense and bringing the story together. Comments are closed.
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