Who would be the audience for your media product?
From our audience feedback both females and males enjoyed our thriller opening. The males liked it because of the fast paced action scene (the alley way scene), and the females enjoyed it because it had a female lead, which is not typical of most thrillers. The audience ranged from ages 16-18, which is the type of audience our thriller would likely attract.
The main age group for a thriller is 17-40, and the most common demographic is males. The reason may men prefer thrillers to women are the fast paced action scenes, car chases and possibly a sex symbol. This links to Laura Mulvey's theory of male gaze, this is the theory that the audience is put into the perspective of a male, and the camera may focus on female body parts considered sexual. I do not think that this theory can be applied to our thriller opening because Barbara is shown to be in a powerful position, compared to some other thrillers where the female is shown to be in the passive position.
From our audience feedback both females and males enjoyed our thriller opening. The males liked it because of the fast paced action scene (the alley way scene), and the females enjoyed it because it had a female lead, which is not typical of most thrillers. The audience ranged from ages 16-18, which is the type of audience our thriller would likely attract.
An important part of attracting an audience is making sure they are interested in the film from the beginning. At the beginning of our thriller we wanted to make sure the audience was interested by using tense music, and leaving the audience confused as to why i was being tortured, which would leave them wanting to watch more to know why. There was also an enigma in our thriller opening, which was, why was Michael killed?
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