TARGET AUDIENCE OF THRILLER FILMSRyan Quinn

Age

• As our film is a Thriller (specific type of film genre), we intend for the target audience to be a large age range, between 15-50 years old as it can relate to a range of ages due to the content e.g. violence, relationships. Because of this, the film will be of a more serious nature, rather than being light-hearted. As our film is targeting a more older age range, we will have to take onto consideration the style of acting, the camera angles and props we use to make the film look as professional and appealing as possible.

Gender

• Many thriller movies have enticed both genders, for the action, or the suspense, or wanting to know what will happen next. However, stereotypically, the thriller genre itself is more aimed at a male audience due to the action involved. If there is a relationship in the movie however, women would stereotypically be enticed to watch. Because of this, we will try to make our movie so it to appeal to both genders.

Class

• Films that are mainly viewed for the action/conflict content e.g. Die Hard are aimed at men of a working to middle-class range. This means that people with occupations that relate to construction or plumbing are one of the main sources of audience this particular genre of film. This may be because men are stereotypically shown to be drawn of attracted to films of a violent nature, which could be noted as a code and convention. Because of this, in order to gain a more stereotypically male orientated audience, we would have to include as much violence as possible.

Race/Ethnicity

• The action-thriller based genre could have a specific target audience depending on the cast (actors/actresses in the film). People of different races may appeal to the film, if the cast includes people of different races.

Codes and conventions

Typical codes and conventions (things you would usually expect from a certain genre). • Action• Suspense• Iconography• Costumes• Tension in certain scenes

Conclusion

• In general we will apply our film, so it applies to both genders as well as aiming at a variety of classes and races. In order to do this, we will have to take into consideration the content of the film ( action, suspense), as well as the codes and conventions of our film.