Actors interviews- The Strangers

The interviewees in this clip are Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, which were the main characters in the film, 'The Strangers'. 

This video says that the characters in the film did not give the audience much information about themselves and their relationship throughout the film, which created an enigma for the audience even from the opening few seconds of the film. This suggests that the opening scene should not introduce everything about the character as this builds the tension and suspense in the film. This may be perfect for the opening two minutes as this would make the audience intrigued and wanting to watch more. This also suggests that I need actors which would give a good performance, so my scenes will be as realistic as the possibly can.

The actors also say that the having romance element to the film, helped the audience to feel sympathetic and to warm up and relate to the characters more. This is because the relationship problems they were having, may have happened to couples in the audience, which would make them want them to survive in whatever is going to happen throughout the film. Involving a romantic scene in my opening two minutes may be hard as this is only a small amount of time to portray horror elements let alone a romantic scene. I may not include this as I do not want to pack some much in the opening scene, that it would confuse my target audience and may disrupt the story line of my film. 

The actors also say that they were having to experience real fear as they were basically put in this house on their own and had to react to the horror which commenced around them. This would give realistic reactions and actions to the horror parts which occurred, which may be ideal for the opening two minutes of my film, as if the acting is realistic then the audience would feel this too. 

The use of music and the actors playing the antagonists, also were very effective in this film as the actors said. This suggests to me that in the editing stages the music would generally create the whole atmosphere of the scene, which would have to be scary due to me wanting to build tension and suspense throughout the opening scene. The use of the antagonists not be shown to the main actors of the film, made them feel anxious, which made they react more realistically in the film as they didn't have the slightness clue who they were. This could be used for my scenes, as this would give my actors more of a chance to give a realistic reaction.