Who Would be the Audience for your Media Product?

Going back to my research, I looked on the BBFC website in order to investigate age ratings. We compared our thrillers to others and did extended research into what makes an age rating what it is, so we specified it more around the age 15 mark. We also constructed a questionnaire for people around the school to fill out in order for us to get an idea of what they expect from thrillers and the popularity of them. It will also help us determine what type of thriller and who to target it to. Putting as a 15 would mean we have a relatively large audience because it means anyone above the age 15 can watch.

This is the questionnaire I gave out to people around the school:

Are you male or female?

-         Male П

-         Female П

How old are you?

-         11-13 П

-         14-17 П

-         18 or over П

What genre of film do you prefer?

-         Thriller П

-         Comedy П

-         Romance П

-         Action П

-         Sci-fi П

-         Detective П

-         Other П

Do you like the thriller genre?

-         Yes П

-         No П

Where about do you watch thrillers?

-         Cinema П

-         Home П

-         Computer П

-         Other П

What type of music do you typically prefer within a thriller?

-         Slow and eerie П

-         Dramatic and tense П

After the amount of research I went through I decided to class our thriller as a 15

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied.

Language

Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail..

Theme No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. 

Our thriller opening does not contain much of this. The information above is taken from the BBFC website and is what passes a film as a 15. Our thriller passes because it only contains mild scenes of blood and hints of violence. I was hoping that it would not be anything higher than a 15 because that restricts who can see it; however being more specifically we think our thriller is targeted between people of ages 15-18, so in other words mature teenagers. However, it is perfectly acceptable for it to be viewed by people 18+.

As a conclusion form the research, our piece is aimed at mature teenagers of any culture/religion who enjoy watching thrillers.