Evaluation Activity 4
Who would be the audience for
your media product?
I think the audience for our film opening is teenagers and early adults, in the 15-23
age range. In the grid above, the gender variation for thriller films is pretty much
equal, therefore I believe both males and females would be interested in our opening.
Because our cast consists of all females, I believe the film may be more appealing to
females as the content of our film may be something they can relate to. Also, due to
the fact we dont conform to the gender stereotypes where the male is stalking the
female, our thriller may widen our target audience as more people may want to see
our film because it is something that is unusual because it is different from societies
norms on gender.
I believe the rating for our film would most likely be a
15.
This is because our film would not be particularly
appealing to younger viewers due to
The villain character who they may be afraid of
The disturbing plot
They may not understand the film
The jumpy scenes
Our film opening is probably not appealing to an older
audience either due to
The fast pace of the film
The loud and jumpy noises that create tension
Plot twists and climaxs throughout the film
I think the rating would be 15 because there is nothing bad enough in it to
make it an 18, however the content may be slightly disturbing and
inappropriate for children under the age of 15. As seen on the grid on the
previous slide, the youngest viewer of a thriller film recorded on that was
aged 16.
Films similar to our own opening:
All 3 of these films appeal to me as I myself am a big fan of
thriller movies. The trailers and posters are the first things
that draw my attention to them, then I will look into the films
in more detail. I think they appeal to a similar audience of our
film opening.
Favourite film
genre:
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Action
Favourite music
genre:
Indie
Rock
Rap
R&B
Target Audience
Young male, aged 15-19
Qualities:
Funny
Caring
Charming
Cheeky
Kind
Hobbies:
Favourite
foods:
Watching films
Drawing
Sport
Musical
Instruments
Photography
Burgers
Pizza
Chicken fries
Pineapple
Favourite film
genre:
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Chick flick
Comedy
Favourite music
genre:
Indie
Pop
Rap
R&B
Hobbies:
Watching films
Watching make up
tutorials
Modeling
Target Audience
Young female, aged 15-19
Qualities:
Funny
Caring
Quirky
Loud
Kind
Favourite
foods:
Burgers
Pancakes
Chicken fries
Pineapple
Mozzarella
dips
Favourite film
genre:
Rom Com
Thriller
Animation
Chick flick
Comedy
Favourite music
genre:
Indie
Pop
Country
Easy listening
Hobbies:
Watching films
Horse riding
Gardening
Painting
Target Audience
Young adult, aged 20+
Qualities:
Funny
Caring
Considerate
Shy
Kind
Favourite
foods:
Sausages
Pineapple
Mozzarella
dips
Apple pie
Pasta
The opening to our thriller has targeted our audience by ensuring there
are thriller conventions involved, like tension and uneasy-ness. Our
thriller opening conforms to real film openings through our camera angles
and the use of the establishing shot. Our location of our film was the
protagonists house (shot A). This could possibly make the audience
watching feel slightly 'creeped out' as this shot may be implying that was
is going on inside this particular house could happen in any house, and if
this was a real movie and people went to view it in the cinema, it could
possibly result in them feeling a slight discomfort in their own home
because they may be thinking about what could [Link] filming,
we got Natalia to hold the [Link] is slightly shaking to portray the fact
she is walking. The point of view shot make the audience feel like they
are in the protagonists shoes. This may make them feel slightly uneasy
and tense, as previously in the opening we have made it clear there is
someone in the [Link] shot of the house can also make the audience
feel tense because from the outside it looks completely normal and
ordinary whereas inside they are aware there is a villain, and because the
protagonist is so blissfully unaware of what is inside, tension is
[Link] scene we used for our own opening could be compared with
a scene from the film 'The Woman in Black (shot B) where an
establishing shot of the house could result in the audience feeling tense.
