Audience Appeals

Audience Appeals

As Slumdog Millionaire was a hugely successful film drawing in over  £377, 000,000 at the box office, there is no surprise that film appealed to numerous different people, targeted and not, in many different ways. From the narrative structure, to the director Danny Boyle and the marketing and promotion of the film itself. All these factors and more contributing to how this film appeals to an audience.

One of the main attractions to film I believe is the visual styles and the unusual narrative structure which somewhat breaks the stereotypical conventions (from Todorov’s theory) that the audience is usually used to. For instance there are various flashbacks and forwards, and even flashbacks within flashbacks, which may confuse the audience at first as they are trying to figure the film out and how it works, making them intrigued. However when they accomplish this, they will feel rewarded that they have achieved this and this is what appeals to the audience.

When filming Slumdog Millionaire one of Danny Boyle’s best decision was changing the classic cameras to more mobile hitec cameras which I believe appeals to the audience visually especially the scenes where we see the younger characters running through the slums as it makes the audience feel as though they are actually running with them and creates a sense of authenticity which the audience will find appealing.