Evaluation Question 4

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my media product seems very limited but there are aspects in my media product that I believe are in most Thrillers and this could possibly widen my audience and viewers. The ages I have used are teenagers. I would have liked it to be more general and consist of more ages but in my product the only age that is present is teenagers. This consequently limits my audience, as the elderly are unlikely to watch a Thriller about teenagers. The gender and class are both quite broad. I have not specifically targeted a gender because in the Thrillers I have watched it doesn’t really seem to be very male or very female. However, in regards to class, I do not think the upper class would be entertained by a Thriller made by young students, so I believe it is aimed at middle class and perhaps lower class. I believe that teenagers would watch my media product as it is very modern and enticing. I think the appeal comes from the young characters; it is rare to see a scene of a girl being attacked by boys in a Thriller. It is usually men and women. Before proceeding with my media product, I conducted research with a focus group to attempt to identify what people like in Thrillers and also to see if my idea would be suitable to proceed with. However at the time we did our focus group, we were set to go with an idea that was in a graveyard. Due to miscommunication and the idea looking nearly impossible to film, I came up with a new idea and that is the one we used. I still took into consideration the feedback I was given from my focus group. For example, I decided to start with a night scene which was mentioned in my focus group and also, I tried to emulate an action thriller. From the feedback I was given after the film, it was apparent that the younger age category found it “fast paced” and also they commented on the good use of the cliff-hanger at the end which would make them want to continue to watch the Thriller.



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From the results obtained, it shows me that 78% of people believe the film is aimed at a young audience which is the audience I aimed it at.