This document discusses the target audience for psychological thrillers. It notes that while many psychological thrillers are rated 18+ due to disturbing violence and psychological themes, the authors' thriller aims for a 15+ rating by avoiding explicit violence or sexual content. It lists several films like "Vacancy," "Memento," and "Fatal Attraction" that targeted a similar 15+ audience with their thriller content and ratings.

1. AUDIENCE
PROFILE
Blake Garner & Ben Higgins

2. Typical
Audience
for a
Thriller
For psychological thriller, they include
a lot of violence and some
psychological issues that can be
disturbing for many younger viewers,
this is why the target audience of
many psychological thrillers are 18+.
This is also why there is usually
warning's on the back the of DVD
cover which states why it is rated as it
is e.g. contains extreme violence or
sexual scenes.

3. Our Target
Audience
For our thriller we are going to be
aiming it at people aged 15+ males
and females that enjoy thriller films.
We have choose our opening
sequence to have a rating of 15+
because there is no detailed aspects
of violence and no psychological
problems.We did not rate it an 18+
like typical thrillers because the
content is not overly explicit and
there is no sexual themes.

4. Films With a
Similar Target
Audience
• ‘Vacancy’ directed by
Nimrod Antal
• ‘Memento’ directed by
Christopher Nolan
• ‘Fatal Attraction’ directed
by Adrian Lyne