Q4- Who would be the audience for your media product?
(Refer to G321 Target Audience)
(IMAGE OF HOMELESS GIRL IN THRILLER)
(IMAGE OF THE STALKER)
I think that 'Invisible Lives' targets a more specific/specialist audience. I think because of its gritty opening and unknown actors as well as having unknown directors it already narrows the appeal to certain audiences. Our thriller is more likely to appeal to woman aged 16-25, because they can relate to our homeless girl and her age, also men and woman aged, 35-50 can relate to our Stalker, whom is middle-aged himself and of middle class, not only can they relate to age and class they can also relate to costume.
If the audience were to watch other thriller films that relate to issues in society, they are likely to watch, 'This Is England', I found that from the user demographics, 26,348 females aged 18-29 rated this film and 35,750 males voted- only 11,066 aged 3-44. This shows that film was most popular to men but not of older age, this is likely because the film evolves around young adults. Where as men can relate to the dominance and power of The Stalker in our thriller
Q5- How did you attract/address your audience?
We focused a lot on the mise-en-scene of our thriller to attract and address our audience. Our locations in the thriller are all local and recognizable, which means the audience to relate to regional identity, which means it will attract 'locals' to watch our thriller. As well as location the ages of our actors attract different audience age groups whom can also relate to their class and ethnicity. Our homeless girl is 17 years old meaning that female teenagers can connect with her feelings of being alone.
As well as costume and age the audience can also relate to soundtrack. The soundtrack is fairly menacing and unsettling, however it is not there to address the audience, but there to reflect the thriller genre. Also our thriller highlights issues in society such as, homelessness and the vulnerability of homeless woman.
We used a cliffhanger at the end of our thriller, to keep the audience on edge. The use of a cliffhanger means that the audience will want to watch the rest of the film if they are interested in the issues in society that it addresses in a thriller format.
Your responses to questions 4 & 5 are too brief to be above Level 2. See sample Evaluation sent to us by Chief Examiner, Mr Seal emailed you all with the link. Will discuss in class as well.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 4, you need more evidence of research and to draw up a profile of what specifically in your film would attract your target audience of I presume 16-25 year old young women who enjoy films such as......... This demographic would also possibly be interested in the plight of homeless young women or homelessness in general and be concerned about the high percentage of women who are losing their jobs because of huge cuts in public service jobs. You could also indicate that your film may place the question of homelessness and the plight of young women living rough in the public eye. The TV Wednsday play "Cathy Come Home" (1966 Directed by Ken Loach) about a young couple who become homes gave rise to the founding of Shelter and eventually the beginning of the weekly newspaper The Big Issue.
Thus your audience may be politically active, educationally aspiring and interested in social problems in contemporary Britain.
Question 5 (at present low level 2) is dependent on your evaluating audience feedback and responding to any comments about how to improve your film from your course tutors and other students. You make no mention of specific aspects of your film which you believe have strong appeal to your audience.
ReplyDeleteYou could also mention any recent news stories about young women being attacked, for example the Ipswich prostitues who were murdered by a serial killer thus your film play play into fears about the safety on our streets and the safety of vulnerable you women.
You need to explain how your film taps into the contemporary zeitgeist meaning representing the spirit of the times to include fears and anxieties.
Typo, I mean at the end of 2nd paragraph, "vulnerable young women"
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