Who would be the audience for our media product?
"Psychopath" appeals to people between 18 and 28 years as it aims to thrill and excite it's audience through the use of horror conventions. Although our product is for any gender, we chose to use a male protagonist and antagonist. This allows male audiences to identify with the character as stereotypically men are more likely to enjoy the gore and violence, which are key elements of our film. However, both men and women will still be able to be entertained by the suspense of the film. Alternatively we could have appealeed more to females this by making the protagonist a female, or introducing an influential female character earlier in the plot. Often
Our media product is for those above the age of 18. According to the BBFC, strong gory images and sadistic violence are unlikey to be accepted for a 15 rated film. Although strong threat can be shown to teenagers in horror films, the storyline our film has sustained focus on saistic threat i.e. the brutal behaviour of the serial killer. Furthermore, considering the risk of potential harm to impressionable teenagers our film has to be targeted at adults of a responsible age. For instance, our film includes scenes that dwell on dangerous behaviour and depict the use of easily accessible weapons. For this reason we're targeting our film at an audience of 18 which allows us to show scenes of strong horror, explicit language, violence, blood and gore helping us to achieve the desired effects of psychological horror. The age range of our film will span between 18 to 28 as statistics show that this demographic are more likely to view films at a cinema.
