Question 4

The target audience for our thriller opening would be for 12+ male and female audience, this would probably be because with dead body and the blood stained cloth, some younger viewers may feel a little bit uncomfortable or maybe scared by it, I am aiming the film at both male and female because I think that both genders will enjoy it as it hasn’t so far made any suggestions as to whether it would be aimed males or females, if we got to make more of the film we could introduce more characters into it which may give us more of an idea of what gender the film could be aimed at.

The British Board of Film Classification, (BBFC) is a non-Governmental organisation funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films in the United Kingdom. 

·       At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama).

Action sequences and weapons may be present at 12 or 12A, and there may be long fight scenes or similar. Weapons which might be easily accessible to 12 year olds should not be glamorised in 12A and 12 works.

The U symbol stands for universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over, however it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at the lower end of the category range.

 




PG stands for parental guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for younger children, A PG film should not disturb a child around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content might upset younger or more sensitive children.

12A means that anyone aged or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. The A stands for ‘accompanied’ and ‘advisory’. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (e.g. someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.

15 means no-one under the age of 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under the age of 15 years old

Films rated 18 are suitable for adults. No-one under the age of 18 is allowed to see an 18 at the cinema or buy/rent an 18 rated DVD. No rated works are suitable for children.

 
The ‘R18’ category is a special and legally restricted classification primary for explicit works of consisting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops. ‘R18’ videos may not be supplied by mail order.

 

Audience profile

Age: 14+

Gender: female 

Media usage: news papers, television and radio

 Interests: films-thriller genre preferred,

TV shows- soaps, documentaries

Music- no preferred genre normally listen to what’s in the charts

Magazines- don’t really read magazines

To collect this information I asked my younger sister what like dislikes and interests she has (this picture is not of her, as we had to do the conversation over the phone), my sister is at the correct age that we are suggesting our thriller film should be viewed.

We also handed out a questionnaire to a number of people to find out what things we should and shouldn’t include in our film, some of the results we got back were:

 

·       No chase scenes they can look cheesy and have been done to many times before

      ·       Make sure your music fits the kind of thriller you are producing as if it is wrong it can make the whole opening sound strange.