Creative Critical Reflection #2:

Question 2?

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

(Gender, Age, Range, Hobbies, Commonalities)

From the beginning, we knew as a group we wanted to make this film for ages between 18–35, making this film rated R (18+). We never really focused on gender, but our goal, you could say, was to prioritize both genders, making this film gender‑neutral. We didn't want to exclude anyone, obviously, despite the age restriction we believe might be necessary.

We want our film to engage with our product not just with the overlying message, which is "how can a person commit these crimes," but with the underlying message about "how was someone able to get to this state of mind and who pushed him this far."

As a creator, I've always wanted to tackle something that has a quite simple plot but goes deeper into themes of loss, grief, fear, tragedy, and exclusion.

We want people to connect with this piece by taking away that most people don't have the necessary help and guidance that others have, and it's most necessary to find the people who need help and guide them toward it.

Disturbing‑wise, we believe the best way to grab the attention of an audience with our film, knowing it's not a blockbuster in any way, is by starting and premiering it through film festivals. I think that's a great way to find an audience for a film and a good place where word of mouth could make more and more people want to see our film.

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