Evaluation 4

Who would be the audience for your film?

In the initial stages of the planning for our film I decided that a certificate of 15 would be appropriate for my film. I decided this was because I didn't want to certify it as a 12A as I didn't want to risk children who are under the age of 12 to see the film and possibly be scared by it as there is a possibility that could happen and we could get into trouble with laws. Looking at the films that people my age watch I think that my film is fairly similar to the ones they watch and enjoy and so for this reason and for certification I have decided that an audience of 15-21 would be most appropriate for my film. I've chosen a young audience. One reason i've done this is because the actors in my film are a similar age to that of 15-21 and also similar to the type of actors that they like. The genre of the film is also the type of genre that most of the people in the 15-21 age group enjoy watching. The gender of my audience doesn't matter as I think it appeals to both girls and boys however maybe leans slightly more towards the male side as guns and violence are shown throughout the opening. I've learnt all this from the planning stages of my film in which I conducted a survey and found this information out.

I conducted a questionnaire after a viewing of my film. From this I found that there were 4 males and 11 females, which isn't really representative of my actual audience as I think that there was an unnatural ratio of male to female at that point. I think that my audience would still be half male and half female. I also found that 11 of the 15 people where in the age group 15-21 confirming my suspicions of the fact that most of my audience will be in the 15-21 group. There were 2 people in the 21-45 age group and 2 more people in the 0-15 age group however these groups would not make up much of my audience. Once a fortnight was the most chosen option for how often they watch films. This shows that my audience aren't hardcore cinema goers but do go fairly regularly or watch a film at home. They also picked that they watch films on TV or on the internet rather than going to the cinema showing my audience is of a younger audience as they use technology rather than going and sitting in a cinema.