Evaluation Activity 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our potential audience is those who are within the age range of the rating of our film, which is 15 so within the age range of 15-20 is the audience we're looking towards to view our media product, Deceit.

Name: Stacey Phillips
Age: 19

She is interested in the more physoclogical side of thrillers and television shows, enjoying films like Saw and Se7en which could be considered as sub-genres making phycological thrillers, which in some ways is very simular to our film itself, as it makes the reader think what could happen next. She is a student with a part time job so has the social grades of "lowest level of substance" and so could perhaps relate to some of the characters within our film Deciet, this in-turn could also intrest some of her friends to come and see the film, as well has herself. Stacey is into the music in the charts and very much enjoys keeping up to date with her music so she can socialise with friends about it. Stacey shops at the usual shops a teenage girl would go to like Topshop and Primark.

However, we believe that our film would be enjoyed more by males, due to its brutal nature, so we decided to research a boy as well as a girl to get a clear picture of who our audience will be for the film Deceit.

Name: James Smith

Age: 17

James similar to Stacey is also a student with a part time job so has the social grades of "lowest level of substance", so once more we hope he may have some relation to the characters in this way, and not just gender. James often enjoys going out with his friends to the cinema to watch his films, as he feels they have a much greater effect on him, but will buy the occasional film he is interesting in, in his case, thrillers, as these are his favourite genre of film. James enjoys the more brutal side to thrillers, with a lot of violence and action that will keep him on the edge of his seat throughout. He enjoys music of a more rock/grunge nature with bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pearl Jam being his favourite. James likes to shop at shops like Topman, similar to most boys in his age range, but he also likes wearing shirts with his favorite bands on.

The main reason I have chosen these two people is because of the simple fact that they are both in the targeted age range of our audience, 15-20 and also due to their differences in genre we could help establish who is more likely to both see and enjoy our thriller film Deceit.

By Anthony Wilson