Here i have have researched who would be the audience to our media product as it is important to know, such as their age and gender, so that we can make our film interesting to them, so they will want to watch it and like it.
28 days later is an 18, we want ours to be an 18 to like this, as our target audience is 18 - 29 year olds as most viewers of vampire films from our imdb rating are 18 - 29 years olds, so we are aiming it at them.
Dracula is an 18, like we have decided ours to be as we want ours scary like this and to be violent with lots of blood.
Twilight is a 12a and hows will be a lot more gory and violent so ours will be not suitable for a 12A, and will be a lot scaryer so we are going to have our at 18.
This is also a 12A, and ours will have more strong language and violent and too gory for anyone under the age of 18, as in van helsing, it doesn't have that much strong language and ors will be way goryer.
We will be aiming ours at 18 as will have a lot of violence and guryness and such which isn't suitable for anyone under that ages, also our target is 18 - 29 year olds, and they will be more appealed if it is 18 as if it was a 12 or 15, they may think it won't interest them as much, and other films that are 15 that i have researched won't be as gory and as violent and scary as ours.
One horrorfilm i have watched is van helsing, this film represents issues such as age/gender/race and such. In it all off the threats you can see are mainly males such as Dracula, the werewolves, and frankinstein, these follow sterotypes, as it is normally males seen as the threats, however it does challenge it as there are 3 woman vampires, however you could see it as it doesn't as they aren't the main vampire, as the main vampire is male (Dracula). Van Helsing who is male also follow the stereotype as he is the one that kills them and hunts them as a strong man, and men are normally seen as the ones that kill the threat, however he does have help who is a women and she kills a vampire which challenges the stereotype as she is strong and such. They are all adults, which are normally used in a vampire film. Also The cast is pretty much all white, so that doesn't challenge the stereotype of having the main characters as white.
No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema or buy or rent and 18 rated film.
Sex education at ‘18’
Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.
Sex works at ‘18’
Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the ‘R18’ category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at ‘R18’ is also unacceptable in a sex work at ‘18’
We will be aiming ours at 18 as will have a lot of violence and guryness and such which isn't suitable for anyone under that ages, also our target is 18 - 29 year olds, and they will be more appealed if it is 18 as if it was a 12 or 15, they may think it won;t interest them as much.
Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema or rent or buy a film that is a 15.
Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, this would be ok so out film as we follow this..
Drugs
Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable. There aren't any drugs in our film so is ok.
Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised, in our horror its going to be really scare, so could be ok for 15 but is that suitable enough, so will have it as an 18.
Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable. In our, we will have it as an 18 as we will not have suitable strong language for anyone under 18.
Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification. Ours has to be an 18 as will have a lot of violence that isn't suitable for 15 as will dwell on the infliction of pain and will be extremely gory.
Suitable for 12 years and over
Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. The ‘12’ category exists only for dvd works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work..
Horror
Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained. Ours will be very scary so not suitable.
Language
Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent. We will be having strong language used throughout the film which isn't suitable for people 12 and under.
Violence
Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification. We can't have our film at a 12 as we will have a lot of unsuitable violence for this age.
how did you attract/address your audience?
We planed to make it gory and and scary so older people above the 18 would want to watch it. Since we were targeting it at males, they would probably be more interested in seeing a film with more females in that males and with a lot of blood and violence as there older, as if they were younger it wouldn't be suitabe to be to gory and violent, so we added blood and we had all female characters. We chose to shoot it at a graveyard as it will engage the audience as its spooky and creepy and the atmosphere where you know something bad it going to happen so it will build suspense. We didn't think many props were needed as there wasn't a murder weapon or anything like that as she was bitten. It follows most conventions as most vampire films are set in a graveyard and with a bite scene however we have female vampires which you don't see often as the main vampires which challenge existing conventions. I think our casting of the threat engages the audience, as it is first seen when they walk past the camera when it is on the victim, which shows something is there as it passes but the audience doesn't know what, but they know it will be scary and probably kill the victim which builds suspence and fear for the audience, and which will make them fear for the victim more, so our casting of the victim of being unaware engages the audience as they will be scared for them.
The title sequence will engage the audience as we thought we would jump straight in with the bite seen in the titles, so it is interesting a scary and is in the graveyard, which will engage the audience as it isn't boring at the begining with just boring titles.
how did you attract/address your audience?
We planed to make it gory and and scary so older people above the 18 would want to watch it. Since we were targeting it at males, they would probably be more interested in seeing a film with more females in that males and with a lot of blood and violence as there older, as if they were younger it wouldn't be suitabe to be to gory and violent, so we added blood and we had all female characters. We chose to shoot it at a graveyard as it will engage the audience as its spooky and creepy and the atmosphere where you know something bad it going to happen so it will build suspense. We didn't think many props were needed as there wasn't a murder weapon or anything like that as she was bitten. It follows most conventions as most vampire films are set in a graveyard and with a bite scene however we have female vampires which you don't see often as the main vampires which challenge existing conventions. I think our casting of the threat engages the audience, as it is first seen when they walk past the camera when it is on the victim, which shows something is there as it passes but the audience doesn't know what, but they know it will be scary and probably kill the victim which builds suspence and fear for the audience, and which will make them fear for the victim more, so our casting of the victim of being unaware engages the audience as they will be scared for them.
The title sequence will engage the audience as we thought we would jump straight in with the bite seen in the titles, so it is interesting a scary and is in the graveyard, which will engage the audience as it isn't boring at the begining with just boring titles.
The music will engage the audience, as it works really well with the background noise from when filming, to create a spooky, scary atmosphere, and builds suspense well, and fits in really well with the film.
I think we feedback we got was really good, as they said how they would like to continue watching the film so it must have had engaged the audience as they want to continue watching it. We listened to what they said and what they said that wasn't so good but most of it was just the end which we hadn't finished editing, also they said it need sound which we had but the mac we were on sounds wasn't working properly.
Here is a wordle from the audience feed back:
This image below is specifically designed to reach your target audience as it is gory so more for 18's and around that ages, so especially not children should be able to see this image:
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