Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for our thriller are both for men and women who would be within the ages of 15-25. We all dis a survey with 10 questions on each to gather information from our peers and potential audience is that we could see what kinds of age groups are we looking to ai for and what kinds of aspects do they look for in a thriller. The majority of people who answered the questionnaires were of the 15-25 age group and we mainly female, as group we wanted to make our thriller intriguing to both genders as we would then get a larger audience which would continue to make the film more popular and successful. When asking what typed of thrillers people answered with mainly psychological thrillers or suspenseful thrillers that always leave you on the edge of your seat.
Although a lot of people said their favourite type of thriller was psychological we decided against it as is seen a lot and also because with the limited time and materials we have it would be very difficult to pull off to a good standard.
I found the target research extremely useful as it showed me what my target audience expectations are and what are the standards i would have to meet to successfully make a thriller film that people find entertaining.

Now we are finished with our final product i think it does meet the targets that we set for it using the information we received from the surveys. It is set in the modern era as straight away there is a mobile present whilst April is sat in quite a modern day bedroom. The plot also works well with the surveys feedback as it shows that a lot of people like the films with mysteries and suspense and throughout our opening there are quite a few twists and aspects that make you wonder who would have taken her and would intrigue our audience to continue watching if we were to make the whole film.

You could compare our film to quite a few thrillers like Nerve as they include a very modern setting with the internet sonf social media being one of the main topics in the film and the large variety of technology we use as props in our film also shows a stingy link to electrical.

I think as a group we chose the right target group to aim for and the audience isn't too young to watch this type of movie but is not too old to not enjoy the film. We've used conventions that you would see in real media products and we aimed for what our audience had given su back through the information we received. Using technology is such a big part of society today that in a film it makes it more relatable to everyday life rather than being set in an era with out which would generally be aimed at an older audience.