Question 4

A particular group of people who we have identified as the recipients for our thriller film. The purpose of having a target audience is mainly because it keeps younger viewers protected. Identifying your target audience means you can make the content of the film suitable for your target audience’s age group. Our target audience was teenagers aged 15 upwards. This is mainly because our narrative was quite sinister it would be too scary for young children to follow yet not scary enough to make it an 18. Another reason why we made the target audience 15 was because the characters in our film were of a similar age which means the audience ae able to relate to them and the situations that are taking place. There is little gory in our film yet there is a jump scene at the end of the film, this could frighten younger viewers as they may not understand that this is fake so in order to protect them we found it suitable that the age group selected was for children that would understand that this is all made up. The mise en scene is also relatable for our target audience as the girl is evidently wearing her school clothes and is walking home from school which is a typical scenario that our target audience finds their self in almost every day. This will make them emphasize with the victim as they can easily put themselves in her position.