Who is the audience of our media
product and how did we address the
audience?
Our target audience is teenagers to young adults
This is because our protagonist is a teenage girl meaning
the audience will be able to relate to her.
To ensure this is the appropriate age for our audience we
went to the British Board of Film Classification website and
looked at the guidelines for a 15 certificate.
15 was the right certification for our film as it may contain
behaviour that younger children may copy and there may also
be horror in our film but will not be focused on.
To address our audience, the characters were young
teens so that the audience could empathise with them
So that our audience stay engaged we used tense
background music to fit our genre which is a thriller
We also used a china doll as a prop which appeared
through out the beginning of our media product to imply
that there was something sinister about it.
We used a short take when 'Simon' appeared in the
opening scene to build pace and so that we did not give to
much of the plot away. This meant that the audience was
addressed.
We created a dramatic effect through the
use of mise en scene bfor example at the end
of the scene we spilt 'blood' (tomatoes sauce)
onto the table where the doll was sitting to
imply that something had happened to it.
The close up shots whilst the girl was making a tea
for the doll emphasised the slow pace of the music.
The over voice explains the background so the
audience are able to get an understanding of the
character.
It is set in what looks like an ordinary house which
juxtaposes with the events that happen throughout the scene
We edited the beginning of our product to
look like a CCTV camera was filming the
events which gave the audience an idea of
the narrative. This engaged the audience
from the very beginning of the scene.