This document discusses target audiences for crime films, thriller films, and crime thriller films. It determines that the target audience for crime thrillers should be males and females aged 15-30 years old, as this captures the typical audiences for both crime dramas (males and females aged 15-40) and thrillers (males and females aged 15-21) while combining the interests of both genres. The target audience considers factors like gender interests and content maturity levels.

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2. There is a big age range of people, both
genders that like Crime films,
however as I am creating a Crime
Thriller opening sequence I will
need to take into consideration the
target audience to whom watch
Thriller films not only Crime films. I
will then combine the two together
to create a target audience of my
own. Crime thrillers are usually
targeted to a mature audience due to
the strong language and scenarios
(for example – Murders)

3. Crime Drama Target Audience
 Crime drama target audience are usually aimed at both
females and males.
 The males interest the females as males stereotypically are
involved in the crime and the female actresses attract the
males as they find the females attractive therefore
stereotypically they would watch the film.
 The certificate is usually 15 therefore that is where the
target audience age range begins from. Both females and
males find crime drama’s interesting as well aged around
the age of 40.
So Crime Drama target audiences are females and males
aged 15-40 years old.

4. Thriller Target Audience
 Thriller films interest young adults as they find the plots
interesting, they like feeling the suspense and mystery.
 Thriller films are usually certificated 15 due to the content
of the film being violent and frightening
 Most thrillers appeal to 15-21 year olds.
 Thrillers also appeal to both females and males. Males are
interested in thrillers due to the action as they like to see
something that gets their heart beating, and females are
usually attracted to thriller because they like to watch
something that plays questions in their heads, wondering
what will happen next.

5. Crime Thriller Film Target Audience
After researching into who like to watch crime films, and
thriller films I want to combine the two together.
I have took into consideration what I am going to
include in my opening sequence and the characters I
am using as this could attract people to watch my film.

6. Age Range
I have decide to have 15 – 30 year olds as my target
audience as this age range is quite wide however I have
took into consideration the target audience for Thriller
and Crime films and combined the two. This is
because my audience will need to be interested in both
Crime and Thriller films to enjoy Crime Thrillers.
Stereotypically people who like crime films, also like
thrillers.

7. Gender
I have decided that the audience should be both female
and male. The females could be attracted due to male
characters and the males could be attracted by the
content (i.e. the action).

8. Conclusion
My target audience will be, both female and males aged
between 15 – 30 years old as this is the stereotypical
target audience for crime thriller films.