The document discusses the target audience of the film "The Breakfast Club". It notes that the cover photo shows teenagers wearing fashionable clothes, indicating the audience is young people. Both male and female characters are shown, so the film is aimed at teenagers of both genders. As a coming-of-age story set in a school, it would allow most teenagers to relate to the characters and their experiences. The film was financially successful, due in part to its appeal to teenage audiences.

1. This is the cover photo of the film ‘The Breakfast Club’. From this
picture it is clear that the audience of the film will be young. The
people are teenagers themselves and are wearing the latest
fashion clothes that teenagers would wear. Teenagers would be
able to relate to this and would be attracted to it if they saw it on
the shelf of a shop. The dialogue is very simple and childish which
is what teenagers would like.
By looking at this photo, there is no clear indication of what
gender audience the film is aimed at. There are male and female
characters shown and there is no background colour or features
that might be associated with a particular sex. The colour of the
dialogue is gender neutral and the title is also not suggestive of
gender. This proves that most coming of age films are directed at
teenagers of both genders.

2. The Breakfast Club is a coming of age film and so
the main audience is teenagers. The film is also
set in a school so most teenagers would be able to
relate to that. The storyline would also be
attractive to teenagers as they might want to
know what the life is like of other people in their
own school that are of different social class and
stereotype. As the audience might be going
through similar things in their own life at school,
the story might help them get through it.
The film was a box office success and grossed 51.5
million US dollars worldwide. With a budget of only
1 million dollars the film made a lot of money and
was very well critically received. A lot of this
revenue was due to large numbers of teenagers
watching it in cinemas.
The audience of The Breakfast Club would be
people of any social class. This is because the film
focuses on characters of all social classes and
stereotypes in the class. There are the upper class
that is Molly Ringwald who is from a rich family
all the way down to Judd Nelson who is a criminal
from a poor and troubled household. This would
mean people from all social classes would be able
to relate and enjoy the film. The characters also
wear fairly normal clothing that isn’t either
expensive or scruffy, which would appeal to most
people.

3. This is the cover photo of ‘Ferris Buellar’s Day Off’. The film is a coming of
age film and so the audience is teenagers but this is clear from just this
photo as the man shown looks like he is a teenager which might make
other teenagers attract towards this film because they can relate to it.
The film also looks like it might be aimed at males as opposed to females.
There are no female characters on the cover, only one male character. This
might make females not want to buy this film as it might be seen as too
masculine to them and they might not be able to relate to the film as much.
There are also no female associated colours on the cover so girls might not
look at it if they see it on a shop shelf.

4. The film is about a boy who skips a day of school by pretending that he is ill. It is clear that this storyline was used to target
teenagers as much of this audience would be attending school themselves and they would be able to relate to this storyline
and they would find it intriguing and perhaps funny.
Ferris Buellar’s Day Off was a box office hit and grossed 70.1 million US Dollars worldwide. It had a budget of 5.8 million
dollars.

5. • Overall, coming of age films are targeted at teenagers and general
people ages between 13 and 18. The storylines are often ones that
teenagers can relate to, such as a school setting. The characters are all
young and the film often follows their journey through a struggle or
when they are doing something adventurous.
• The films are usually directed at both genders and all social classes.