Question 4

-Who would be the audience of your media project

My media project, psycho, is aimed at a specific audience of young adults aged between fifteen and nineteen which is our primary target however our secondary audience is adults who have a key eye for thrillers. To gain key insight and understanding into our thrillers audience type I conducted research where I watched a selection of thrillers aimed more towards a teenage audience. These thrillers included the maze runner and Kingsman the secret service. Kingsman the secret service has a fifteen certificate and is primarily aimed at teenagers due to the young cast as well as this it is also aimed at boys due to the intense action and key parts of violence. In the box office this film had a budget of $81 million and there gross income was $128,248,205. Which is a massive profit.

After studying these films I found that these were very stereotypical alike in the fact that they all had male protagonist and male antagonists however one of the other films I viewed went against this which was gone girl as unlike stereotypically there was a female antagonist. Just like gone girl our film also goes against stereotypical ways as our victim isn't a helpless women it is simply a man instead. These films in particular seemed to feature characters that were a similar age to the audience we will be aiming at, this therefore allows the audience to relate and sympathise to the characters in the film this then engages the audience as if they are there in person, this will build their emotions such a fear and happiness along with sadness.

Our target audience in regards to gender, during my research I found out that most thrillers typically are aimed towards the gender specific male section. However often female characters are implemented to gain larger female audiences. In this instance our thriller is aimed further towards the male gender as we have castes two actors who are both male so that typically teenage boys and men can relate a lot easier to the characters on screen. I suspect that using two male characters it won't only draw in male viewer but based upon their looks alone it could also attract more women too, as sometimes attractive people gain their very own viewership.

Regarding the ethnicity of our film, it would appeal best to white British audience I would say as the two main characters, the antagonist and the victim are both from this same ethnic group this therefore enable the audience to easily relate and to also being able to imagine placing themselves into that position of the characters. Placing themselves into the antagonist they would feel strong and powerful but placing themselves into the victim would make them feel weakness, anxiety and scared.