Improved version of Question 4

1. Question 4
Who would be the audience
for your media product?

2. Reason For My Audience
There would be several different audiences for my
media product.
One of the main reasons for this is because of the fact
that my media product does not contain any graphic
scenes; it’s more psychological, therefore giving it
a lower age rating; allowing more people watch it.

3. Those Interested In
Film/Thrillers
The biggest audience would be those who are
interested in films; especially those with an
interest in the thriller genre.
As my product is of the thriller genre those who
especially liked thriller films would be my main
target audience as they would know people and
have friends with similar interests to themselves
who they could recommend the film to; therefore
gaining myself a bigger audience.

4. Teenagers
I would also target a teenage audience as I have used
a teenage girl as my main character who a lot of
people would be able to relate with as she is just as
average person. I’d also be able to target them as
my product doesn’t contain any graphic scenes or
contain any gore that would potentially put them
off the product; they’d also be targeted due to the
low age rating.

5. Sub Genre
The fact that my product is set more around the
psychological thriller base of the genre it would
appeal to those who prefer content that is more
stimulating and helps to challenge them as apposed
to films that are simply just there to be watched. It
would help them to get a more enjoyable outcome as
a result of it and would be seen more highly by them
than other sub genres of thrillers.

6. Creative/Technical Aspects
I may also target those who prefer the more technical
and creative side of the film, such as the; way the
different sections of footage has been edited
together, the sound and audio created and where
it’s placed. It would be a good thing for them to see
so that they could compare it to other films of a
similar nature and would allow them to get their
own ideas from it to either use or to just enjoy and
take notes from.

7. User Ratings – ‘You’re Next’
‘Y
ou’re Next’ is a thriller that had a lot of
influence on the idea for the media
product.
The media product was based around a family
being trapped within their own house with
the ‘bad guy’ of the film doing anything they
could in order to cause them harm; which
is quite like the film ‘Y
ou’re Next’ .
From the User R
atings found on IMDB we
were able to get a good idea of what our
target audience would be as it would be
along the same sort of plot line and be
along the same sort of theme as ‘Y
ou’re
Next’ which was ultimately more suited to
people ‘Aged under 18 ’ ; specifically suited
more to males.
‘Y
ou’re Next’ user ratings

8. User Ratings – ‘Secret Window’
‘Secret Window’ is another thriller that had a
lot of influence on the locations for the
media product.
The media product was based around a house
that was very close to a nearby lake; which
is where the main character would come
into contact with the ‘bad guy’. ‘Secret
Window’ is based around a house that is
next to a lake.
From the User R
atings found on IMDB we
were able to get a rough idea of what our
target audience would be if we had it set
location-wise like ‘Secret Window’ which
was ultimately more suited to people ‘Aged
under 18 ’ ; especially with females.
‘Secret Window’ user ratings

9. User Ratings – ‘Insidious’
‘Insidious’ is a thriller that also had a lot of
influence when it came to the media
product.
When thinking of music for the media product,
‘Insidious’ was suggested as it had a creepy
sort of nursery rhyme song in it. We went
for this sort of idea as well as it fit in well
with out product and made it more creepy as
the nursery rhyme was distorted to fit into
the thriller genre even more.
From the User R
atings found on IMDB we were
able to get a good idea of what our target
audience would be if we has the same sort of
music as ‘Insidious’ which was ultimately
more suited to people ‘Aged under 18 ’ ; being
favourable by both genders.
‘Insidious’ user ratings

10. Conclusion
In conclusion I feel that my media product is going to be targeted mainly
at a teenage audience. From looking at the IMDB User R
atings I’ve
seen that all of the films that my media product was inspired by were
most popular with people aged under 18 and so this has helped me to
decide that this will be the main target audience for my thriller as it’s
of a similar plotline to these other thriller films that have been
successful with those under the age of 18 . In terms of the music used
it is similar to that of ‘Insidious’ which was very popular with people
of both genders under 18 . In terms of plotline it is similar to that of
‘Y
ou’re Next’ which was very popular with under 18 males. In terms of
location it is very similar to that of ‘Secret Window’ which was
popular with females under 18 . With the different aspects of my
thriller being popular of both genders under 18 and more specific to
the different genders it makes sense that both genders under 18
should be my target audience.