Narrative Range (Zodiac)

Unrestricted

Audience knows more than characters.
for example, in Zodiac we know about killings and the real Zodiac killer.

Restricted

The audience learns information/plot same time as the character.

Why do we watch scary films ?

Why do we watch scary films? 

• Entertainment 
• Sadistic (deriving pleasure from inflicting pain)
• Testing yourself (limit)

Aristotle (Philosopher) 

Catharsis = the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed         emotions.

"We purge our own negative/violent feeling by watching/consuming experiencing violent."

Audience Segmentation

Audience Segmentation 

Dividing into specific group 

- Gender 

- Age 

- Race/Ethnicity 

- Occupation 

- Interests 

- Wealth 

- Class 

Panic Room Credit Structure

Today we look at the conventional structure of title credits, using David Fincher's Panic Room as an example. Below are the exact credits. As you can see it breaks down into a series of distinct categories:
Institutions
Stars
Title
Co-stars
Talent - behind the scenes
Director

Panic Room Credits 

• Columbia Pictures 
• A Hofflund/Polone Produciton 
• An Indelible Picture 
• Jodie Foster 
• Forest Whitaker 
• Dwight Yoakam 
• Jared Le To 
• Panic Room 
• Kristen Stewart 
• Ann Magnusom 
• Ian Buchanaii 
• Partrick Bauchau 
• Paul Schulze 
• Casting by Laray Mayfield 
• Costume designer Michael Kaplan 
• Music by Howard Shore 
• Film editors James Haygood.A.C.E. 
• Angus Wall 
• Production Designer Arthur Max 

• Directed Conrad W. Hall Darius Khondji 
• Produced by Gavin Polone. Judy Hofflund. David Koepp, Cean Chaffin 
• Written by David Koepp 
• Directed by David Fincher 

National Readership Survey (UK)

Heat Camera Work

Zodiac Recreation