Evaluation Four - Who would be the audience for your media product? - Rhianna Henson-Smith (Candidate number = 2062)

A typical audience for our film Doctor 6:19 is a middle aged man aged around 35-55.

This is because they have been proven to view psycho-thrillers more than any other category of audience. They are also said to like the tension and fast pace visuals, which are typical of the thriller genre. Of thriller based films as well as depending on the sub-genre are normally thrill seekers that wish to constantly think ahead of the story. People that like to follow the plot and try to guess what will happen are a perfect audience for thrillers as it gives the director new ideas. When this kind of audience are constantly predicting the outcome of the plot it allows the director to go completely against any ideas the audience may have and surprise them in ways they would not have thought of.

Typical characteristics of our audience:

• Males 33-55 years of age
• hobbies include cycling, pub with friends, watching football and fishing.
• Shop in places such as Marks and Spencer, House of Frazer and the Cotsworlds outdoors.
• TV shows include football, Top Gear and Road wars. 

From doing online research I found that the typical age range that thriller films are popular with is 55+ years. I have already evaluated certificate ratings for our film and have decided that it was a 18 rating, this therefore allows only people over 18 to watch our film. As our film features a doctor and is quite a modern and clever spin, I believe our audience would mostly be males aged 30+