1. Evaluation Q4 Who would be the audience for your media product? Lottie Fowler

2. Target Audience Typical Thriller Audiences Thriller audience's (mainstream) tend to have a wide age range, from later teens to 50’s. This is because it is a very popular genre that attracts a wide mainstream audience. Gender wise, it attracts both men and women. It attracts men, as men enjoy the action and fighting element, whereas women enjoy the idea of a hero saving the helpless villain. My Thriller Audience As our films main characters are teenagers, the most likely niche target audience would be teenagers as they can relate to the way the teenage girls act, think and feel. However, even though it would probably be more attractive to the younger audience, I think it would also attract viewers of all ages, as Thriller in general has a very wide age group target audience. I think our film would have the same appeal to both men and women. Not many men would be able to relate to the psychotic male character, nor would many young girls watching it be able to relate to being lured in by a strange man in such a way. Therefore, it would appeal to both male and female who can escape into the film and its narrative.

3. Our film is similar to One Hour photo; a film about a man who works at a photo developing counter and is obsessed with a particular young girl and her family. They attracted their audience using an official site (http://www.foxsearchlight.com/onehourphoto/) where you can find out the plot, the characters and all about his life. It also includes trailers and reviews, so I think this is successful in attracting an audience because it gives you a lot of information, giving you a sense of real-life; an important trait for a Thriller. Trailers and adverts were also regularly broadcast.http://www.foxsearchlight.com/onehourphoto/

4. Typical Thriller Certification This is an example of Certification given the film ‘Taken’. It is of the sub-genre Action Thriller and was given the certificate 15. Language expected for a certified 15: 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. Language in Taken: swearing is not used frequently throughout the film but is used at times where necessary. Nudity expected for a certified 15: Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context. Nudity in Taken: Nudity is shown briefly at some times as it is set in sex houses. Sex expected for a certified 15: Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable. Sex in Taken: sexual activity is briefly shown with no strong detail. This cannot be avoided as the narrative is largely about prostitution. Violence expected for a certified 15: 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. Violence in Taken: Violence is strong in Taken but once the person has been hurt, the injury is not dwelled on. They are no gory images.

5. ‘Captured’ Rating I’d give our Thriller film the rating of a 15 as there is violence, but no pain or injury is dwelled on. Swearing is not used frequently but is where necessary and no sexual activity will be portrayed.

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7. This is Anna Atkins. She is 16 years and 7 months old and lives in Brighton. Her dress sense is slightly wacky; usually skinny ripped jeans with a bright ‘in-your-face’ top and black high-top Converse. She enjoys sleepovers with her friends, watching scary movies and spends her money on new clothes and new Thriller and Horror films. She shops in HMV for the DVD’s and places like H&M and Dirty Harry for her clothes. She enjoys films like Shutter Island, One Hour Photo, American Beauty, Paranormal Activity and Blow up. She enjoys going to the cinema with her friends and also buying them later on DVD and watching them at sleepovers with her friends. She enjoys watching programme’s such as Ghost Hunters, CSI Miami, Revenge, How I Met Your Mother, Eastenders and Friends. The main channels she views these on are Channel 4, E4, BBC1, BBC3 and Living TV. Although she likes to listen to Radio 1 for the ‘Chart Show’ as she likes to be up to date with the newest media, she prefers ‘house’ music and ’dub-step’. I think our film would appeal to this girl as she is a girl who enjoys watching Thriller films and likes to keep up to date with the newest one. Our film is also similar to the films she likes such as Blow Up and One hour photo, and she also likes going to the cinema, so she is most likely to watch our film in the cinema.