This is a poster from the film Sin City in this poster is the sexy symbol Jessica Alba who generates media attention from her looks. It is a film noir based on Miller's graphic novel series of the same name. She is portrayed in a femiminine but yet yery seductive manner in the way in which her sexual aspects are emphasised using a yellow in contrast to the black and white mis-en-scene. She The fact that the female is portrayed in a feminine and provoactive way, her chest is out and there is a lot of flesh showing; this suggests that in order to conform to the way that conventional productions have done, then I may have to follow the male or female gaze. It is also important to note that the background is plan, which makes the female character the centre of the mise en scene. Audience Research and Feedback In order for our short film to be successful it needs to be appealing to our target audience as they are who we are aiming at and in return make the film a success by its responses. Therefore, we need to conduct some research into our audience. This will enable us to distinguish who we are aiming our product at and what we need to include for it to be an effective film. As a result, with this in mind we have decided to conduct a survey which will tell us which film genre to pick when addressing a target audience of 16-18 years (older teens) 
With this infomation we then found that action, thriller and horror were most popular amoungst our target audience. We have now decided to look at two different film types they we feel may be an inspiration to our film. Those being: and
