Media evaluation q4
- 1. Q4 -Who Would Be the Audience for Your Media Product? Our target audience for our film is going to be 15 – 35 year olds, possibly stretching further to 40 years old and possibly above. While the film would be categorised a “15” certificate in cinemas, there may be many avid psychological thriller fans who grew up with this type of film and would be keen to see a film of this genre. This age group is also often one that is not short of money, most people having jobs by this point or receiving regular income. As well as this, our film was made and produced by teenagers above the 15 year mark, all the actors within the film aged at roughly 17 years old, possibly encouraging other teenagers to go and see the film, whilst still being appealing to the older audiences as the characters do not play the roles of children, but of adults. Those above 40 years old would be less likely to watch our film as it is very different to how films used to be made and such a story line may not appeal to an older audience. The film contains violence and strong language, making it inappropriate for any persons under the age of 15, hence our decision to make this a “15” film. It is very unlikely that people above the age of 60 will come to watch our film as the majority of older people do not have an interest in horror or thriller films, or things that are more dramatic and violent. I believe that when it comes to gender, our film will be more likely to attract males than females as males typically seem to have more interest in violent or action-filled films as opposed to girls, who stereotypically are more likely to watch comedy or romance type films.
- 2. In a poll taken on Facebook, I discovered that when asked the question “Which genre of films do you enjoy?” 70% of the votes for Thriller were cast by males, whilst 80% of votes for RomCom were cast by females.