QUESTION FOURWho would be the audience for your media product?

Target AudiencesTarget audience is a very important thing to consider when making a film. This is because they will make up most of the people who will actually watch the film, so you need to make it appeal to them.

It is important to research your target audience well, so you know what to include in your film to draw in your audiences.Some research we did is a questionnaire:

Popular answers in our questionnaire

What our research told usFrom our research we came to a few conclusions:People that like thriller films are generally aged 16-25.Suspense is one of the keys to a successful thriller.People expect thrillers to be 15 rated.

Rating of our filmAfter looking at our film and researching the British Board of Film Classification Guidelines we have come to the conclusion that are film should be 15 rated.This is because it includes violence and adult themes of relationships that may not be suitable for younger children.For more information on film rating guidelines, visit the BBFC Website by clicking on the picture below.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

This means that..Our target audience is people aged 15-25 that enjoy thriller films. In order for our film to be successful, it needs to relate to this audience

How

To meet this target audience we decided to use actors of our age so that it could relate to our audiences. I think that we have done quite well in this because our film relates to issues that people of this age deal with all the time, unfaithful relationships.

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