Audience for The Descent - 2: Fans of extreme sports

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Caving, known as spelunking in North America or potholing in the United Kingdom, is the main extreme sport used in The Descent’s story line. White water rafting is also used in the beginning of the movie, and BASE jumping is also mentioned. The reason I think people who do extreme sports may watch The Descent is because the movie makes sufficient use of such sports throughout the entire movie. The movie starts with the girls whitewater rafting and most of the movie is based on caving, also known as spelunking or potholing. People who do extreme sports may find the use of their favourite sports in a horror movie appealing and interesting to them. One may say that they find amusement in pointing out the flaws of The Descent’s use of extreme sports, for instance the movie may use the wrong equipment or demonstrate incorrect demonstration of the equipment. The lifestyle of these people can be obvious: they are periodically out and about, taking part in extreme sports of their choice or trying a new sport. They may be rarely staying still at day, but they might stay at home at night, as a break from their sport. Their gender is unspecified, however like horror fans, males may be a dominant gender for this group of audience. The common age for extreme sport fans tend to be 2039 year olds, as they are the most common ages for professional and extreme sporting activities. They may have a larger spending power than horror fans as they may spend bulks of their finances on places to book and do their activities at. Audience for The Descent People Who Do Extreme Sports Jarad Tansley

Transcript of Audience for The Descent - 2: Fans of extreme sports

 Caving,  known  as  spelunking  in  North  America  or  potholing  in  the  

United  Kingdom,  is  the  main  extreme  sport  used  in  The  Descent’s  story  line.  White  water  rafting  is  also  used  in  the  beginning  of  the  movie,  and  BASE-­‐jumping  is  also  mentioned.  

The  reason  I  think  people  who  do  extreme  sports  may  watch  The  Descent  is  because  the  movie  makes  sufficient  use  of  such  sports  throughout  the  entire  movie.  The  movie  starts  with  the  girls  white-­‐water  rafting  and  most  of  the  movie  is  based  on  caving,  also  known  as  spelunking  or  potholing.  People  who  do  extreme  sports  may  find  the  use  of  their  favourite  sports  in  a  horror  movie  appealing  and  interesting  to  them.  One  may  say  that  they  find  amusement  in  pointing  out  the  flaws  of  The  Descent’s  use  of  extreme  sports,  for  instance  the  movie  may  use  the  wrong  equipment  or  demonstrate  incorrect  demonstration  of  the  equipment.    The  lifestyle  of  these  people  can  be  obvious:  they  are  periodically  out  and  about,  taking  part  in  extreme  sports  of  their  choice  or  trying  a  new  sport.  They  may  be  rarely  staying  still  at  day,  but  they  might  stay  at  home  at  night,  as  a  break  from  their  sport.  Their  gender  is  unspecified,  however  like  horror  fans,  males  may  be  a  dominant  gender  for  this  group  of  audience.  The  common  age  for  extreme  sport  fans  tend  to  be  20-­‐39  year  olds,  as  they  are  the  most  common  ages  for  professional  and  extreme  sporting  activities.  They  may  have  a  larger  spending  power  than  horror  fans  as  they  may  spend  bulks  of  their  finances  on  places  to  book  and  do  their  activities  at.    

Audience for The Descent People Who Do Extreme Sports

Jarad  Tansley