Target audience for a Crime Thriller

For my AS Media coursework.

1. Target Audience For A Crime Thriller By Dana Summerfield 2267

2. There is a big age range of people, both genders that like Crime films, however as I am creating a Crime Thriller opening sequence I will need to take into consideration the target audience to whom watch Thriller films not only Crime films. I will then combine the two together to create a target audience of my own. Crime thrillers are usually targeted to a mature audience due to the strong language and scenarios (for example – Murders)

3. Crime Drama Target Audience Crime drama target audience are usually aimed at both females and males. The males interest the females as males stereotypically are involved in the crime and the female actresses attract the males as they find the females attractive therefore stereotypically they would watch the film. The certificate is usually 15 therefore that is where the target audience age range begins from. Both females and males find crime drama’s interesting as well aged around the age of 40. So Crime Drama target audiences are females and males aged 15-40 years old.

4. Thriller Target Audience Thriller films interest young adults as they find the plots interesting, they like feeling the suspense and mystery. Thriller films are usually certificated 15 due to the content of the film being violent and frightening Most thrillers appeal to 15-21 year olds. Thrillers also appeal to both females and males. Males are interested in thrillers due to the action as they like to see something that gets their heart beating, and females are usually attracted to thriller because they like to watch something that plays questions in their heads, wondering what will happen next.

5. Crime Thriller Film Target Audience After researching into who like to watch crime films, and thriller films I want to combine the two together. I have took into consideration what I am going to include in my opening sequence and the characters I am using as this could attract people to watch my film.

6. Age Range I have decide to have 15 – 30 year olds as my target audience as this age range is quite wide however I have took into consideration the target audience for Thriller and Crim e films and combined the two. This is because my audience will need to be interested in both Crime and Thriller films to enjoy Crime Thrillers. Stereotypically people who like crime films, also like thrillers.

7. Gender I have decided that the audience should be both female and male. The females could be attracted due to male characters and the males coul d be attracted by the content (i.e. the action).

8. Conclusion My target audience will be, both female and males aged between 15 – 30 years old as this is the stereotypical target audience for crime thriller films.