Task 4

1. By Alex Harris

2.  My thriller will be aimed at teenagers aged
around 15 and above.
 This is because this is the age where children
begin to mature and appreciate a more
intense, mature film.
 Some films similar to mine are:
 Elephant – 12+
 Zero Day – 18+
 April Showers – 15+
 We Need To Talk About Kevin - 15+

3.  Elephant - 12+
 As you can see from the following chart the
highest average rating was from 'male under 18'.
This is very encouraging for our film because we
set our film out originally to target under 18's.
Even though their rating was a 12 meaning
anyone over 12 can see it, it is clear they also
wanted to target the teenage audience as most
teenagers enjoy crime/ thriller genre type
movies. You can see that from the age of 18 the
ratings got poorer. I believe this is because
thrillers are a lot more modern genre where as
more mature aged people prefer adult humour or
dramas such as 'The King's speech'.
 We Need To Talk About Kevin - 15+
 From the chart about this film you can see that it
is much more highly rated across the ages. This
could be because it's a lot more current as
Elephant was made 13 years ago. Nowadays, film
has progressed so much and more people enjoy
thrillers. However because the film was rated a
15 it means it could've been slightly more 'adult'
like, with more adult action. This could've also
attracted a wider audience. This on the whole is
a good vote in confidence for my film.

4.  My target audience is teenagers.
 In their spare time most teenagers like to go out with friends,
whether it’s to parties or out for food or going to the cinema. Or
they may just like staying at home watching TV.
 Most teenage boys like sports and video games. However, some
enjoy playing or listening to music as well or even reading about
the daily news.
 Most teenage girls like beauty related activites, i.e fake tanning
and straightening their hair. Some also like sports and video
games as well as music.
 All teenagers like different types of music, the most common
genres are: pop, rock, hip-hop/rap and club/drum and bass.
 Most teenagers of this age will either be study GCSE’s or A-Levels
or college or may have left school and are working somewhere. It
is likely that more of the audience will be still studying. However,
this means that the free time out of revision etc. that they do
get, they are more likely to spend there time at places such as
cinemas.

5.  This is an example of a
person in my target
audience. He is 20 years old
which supports my idea that
teenagers of this age like the
idea of these films.
 Also you can see by some of
the movies he likes that he
will most likely enjoy a high
school massacre film as he
likes The Dark Knight Rises
and Taken which are both
crime-thrillers.
 In his status, you can see he
is calling for someone to
make a high school massacre
thriller. This is good for us
because we know people of
his age will go to see it and
be excited by the idea of it.