1. Who would be the audience for your media product? Ruby
Millard
2. Rating I think that our film would be rated a fifteen
because of the violent nature of the story line. One of the
characters in the scene is drinking whiskey which may not be
appropriate for a younger audience. The main character is also
smoking and because of the fashion and nature of the film it almost
glamorises these two properties. The basic story line is to do with
gangs and assassins which is also a negative and quite aggressive
story line which may not be appropriate for younger audiences. With
gangs becomes crime such as drug taking and selling, prostitution
and theft. The shooting in the OTS is not very aggressive but the
thing that comes after it on our story board, dragging a body into
a river, is slightly twisted and may be distressing for a younger
audience. There is no dialogue in our OTS because it is dominated
by a strong piece of music. With the lower class cast there would
be a lot of swearing in the film with maybe degrading comments to
certain groups of people because of the time in which it is
set.
3. Gender I think that our film would a attract mainly who is
being represented in the story, men. The same audience would be
attracted to action and adventure films. People who like crime and
spy movies. Stereotypically this is mainly men. The young male
actors in the OTS could almost be someone for teenagers to look up
to, for young men it could be a relatable age to be and for older
men it could be looking back at the past. For all they may tend to
put themselves in the shoes of the main character or the people
around the main character. It gives an audience a sense of escapism
and sometimes when your life is the usual rat race seeing a film
which is quite adventurous make you forget about that. Women may be
attracted to the film because of the same reasons that men are. Its
just the stereotypical film which is made for film based on the
story line. I think the aspect of our film which will be attractive
to both genders is the stylised aspect of it. The setting is basic
but quite fashionable. The clothing is simple, smart and of an era
which people like to be consumed in whilst watching films. The
soundtrack is modern which contrasts against everything. This gives
people a neo noir experience.
4. Age Our film will attract anyone from fifteen upwards
because of the rating. I think that if we did not have the modern
and testosterone filled sound track it may have struggled to
attract a younger audience. I think it may have seemed quite
depressing because of the grey setting. Its defiantly a sound which
would make you look up from your mobile phone or newspaper if you
heard it on the tv because of its boldness. In my feedback from the
OTS we asked a range of age what they thought of the opening title
sequence, all of them gave similar positive feedback and said that
they would be interested in watching the film even if it was not
usually there sort of thing. Achieving a new audience is something
that I think we were definitely aiming for. We tried to attract all
ages with stylising which has been really positive. Reaching a
larger audience is what we wanted, we wanted a lot of people to
enjoy the same thing in the same way which would create discussion
around our film.
5. Location I think our film is made for regular cinema goers
who enjoy going to the cinema to watch films. They may like to
dress up in the same time period as the film which is on to make an
event of the whole thing. Organisations allow fans of films to
dress up and watch films in a location which suit the film. I hope
that this would be the same reaction to our film. Alternatively to
this I can picture it being shown in an art house cinema to keep it
small and isolated.
6. Location I think our film is made for regular cinema goers
who enjoy going to the cinema to watch films. They may like to
dress up in the same time period as the film which is on to make an
event of the whole thing. Organisations allow fans of films to
dress up and watch films in a location which suit the film. I hope
that this would be the same reaction to our film. Alternatively to
this I can picture it being shown in an art house cinema to keep it
small and isolated.