1. WHO WOULD BE THE
AUDIENCE FOR YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT?

2. • THE SUB-GENRE FOR OUR PRODUCT IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL
THRILLER WHICH MEANS OUR AUDIENCE IS NOT GOING TO BE
YOUNG CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE THEMES (REVENGE FOR
EXAMPLE) OUR PLOT INCLUDES AS IT WILL NOT BE SUITABLE.
OUR OPENING SEQUENCE ALSO FEATURES OUR
PROTAGONIST AS A HOSTAGE WHICH MAY BE DISTURBING
FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS. THEREFORE WE HAVE DECIDED TO
MAKE OUR FILM CERTIFICATION 15 AS IT IS THE MINIMUM AGE
FOR OUR AUDIENCE WHICH IS TEENAGERS AND YOUNG
ADULTS AND WE CAN’T MAKE OUR FILM AN 18 BECAUSE
NOBODY IN MY GROUP IS 18.

3. • MAKING OUR FILM A 15 ALLOWS US TO INCLUDE STRONG
VIOLENCE, DRUG TAKING AND DISCRIMINATORY
LANGUAGE OR BEHAVIOR WHICH WOULD FEATURE IN OUR
PLOT IF WE WERE GOING TO CREATE THE REST OF THE
FILM, BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE THESE FEATURES MAKES
OUR PRODUCT LOOK MORE AUTHENTIC AND THEY ALSO
HELP ADD TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ELEMENT OF OUR
STORYLINE.

4. • ANOTHER THRILLER FILM THAT IS ALSO CATEGORISED AS
HAVING A PSYCHOLOGICAL SUB-GENRE AND HAS A FILM
CERTIFICATE OF 15 IS SHUTTER ISLAND WHICH IS A 2010
FILM FEATURING LEONARDO DICAPRO, AFTER WATCHING
THIS FILM I THINK OUR FULL PLOT FOR OUR PRODUCT
FEATURES SIMILAR ELEMENTS, LIKE A FOCUS ON THE
MENTALLY ILL AND CRIMINALS WHICH MAKE THEM BOTH
SUITABLE TO BE 15’S. WATCHING OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL
THRILLER FILMS HELPED US WHEN DECIDING WHAT AGE
LIMITATION TO GIVE OUR FILM.

5. • I THINK THE AUDIENCE FOR MOST THRILLER FILMS IS
YOUNG ADULTS AND OLDER BECAUSE A COMMON
CONVENTION OF THE GENRE IS VIOLENCE WHICH IS NOT
APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN AND EVEN THOUGH THE
DEGREE OF SEVERITY CAN FLUCTUATE THE THEMES ARE
VERY COMPLEX AND MATURE FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS. FOR
OUR CHOSEN SUB-GENRE WHICH IS PSYCHOLOGICAL
THRILLER AGAIN I THINK THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS YOUNG
ADULTS AND OLDER BECAUSE OF THE COMPLICATED
ISSUES AND THEMES THEY PROVOKE AND THE WAY THEY
DO WITH VIOLENCE YET AGAIN.

6. • IF YOU LOOK AT MOST THRILLER FILMS, IN PARTICULAR
PSYCHOLOGICAL ONES, THE CERTIFICATION IS 18 HOWEVER
DUE TO OUR AGE WE COULDN’T MAKE AN FILM WHICH
INCLUDES ALL THE CATEGORISTS OF AN 18 THRILLER FILM
SO IN ORDER TO LOWER OUR TARGET AUDIENCE OUR
VIOLENCE IS MORE SUITABLE AND MORE HINTED AT AND WE
HAVE INCLUDED RELATABLE YOUNGER ACTORS.

7. • IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CREATING OUR OPENING
SEQUENCE I CREATED A SURVEY ONLINE USING SURVEY
MONKEY TO HELP THE GROUP DECIDE OUR TARGET
AUDIENCE THIS AS HELPFUL BECAUSE IT TOLD US DIRECTLY
WHAT PEOPLE LOOKED FOR IN A THRILLER FILM WHICH
MEANT WE COULD CREATE A PRODUCT OUR TARGET
AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE.