Social side of things

Who would be the audience for your media product?

I believe that my thriller would appeal for people between 15 and 60 years old and the age rating would be 15 according to the BBFC. The age rating would definitely rule out any audience under 15. From this we can tell that my predicted age range fits the information shown above. I could also tell that from my questionnaire that I did for my peers to fill in, there were a few that liked thrillers. This is why the age range is so wide spread.

Who would be the audience for your media product? (extended)Due to the age rating, the lowest age of the consumer would be 15. This is because if I intended to actually make this, the film would have scenes of strong violence and minimal drug use, which is part of what the BBFC states that makes a 15 rating. Only people in the UK would primarily watch my film due to the distribution company. Maybe a few other English speaking countries may have it pop up now and again.

In terms of ethnic groups, there is no particular theme of religion so all could be interested depending on their personal tastes. It wouldn’t particularly a long movie so people would who had a tight schedule might appeal to it as they could watch it quickly before bed or whilst eating dinner. It’s a psychological thriller so it would be for a more mature and heavy thinking audience and would appeal to the adequate thinking. This film is intended (if actually made) to have a plot twist at the end and so this gives it the ability to be re-watchable, as they would be able to watch it to look for clues they missed. People who enjoy things like murder mysteries and other puzzling things will like to give this film a watch. People who are into the gritty, dark, cold coloured sort of movies will also like this movie. The typical grimy “British look” is a very popular convention and the movie stays true to this.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The film opening firstly represent the British as a social group, people who live an urban, graffiti covered environment. The camera angles and types of shots show that this character is a mental but suppressed man who distances himself from others (hence the various long shots) but the shots get closer to make the audience more involved with the character. We could gather that the man has a deep secret that is kept from the secret. We see this in the shot showing him digging. This suggests that murder could be associated with the mentally deranged. The mental instability is shown from when he has a laughing fit after waking up in the morning and we see the sudden change of emotion from him when he looked at the paper and there was the shot of the fist clenching. It could show how easy it is to escape the police as he wakes the next morning unharmed, when just the day before we could faintly hear sirens in the background. This opening already shows that the British police could be quite easy to outsmart.

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