say that male/female students aged 16-18 who enjoy Thrillers and who are inquisitive about Columbine and the other high school shootings are the main demographics for our audience. However anyone who has an interest in these events and why they happened would find the film interesting. Therefore because of the content of the sequence and the issues raised, we thought that it may to appeal to older audiences, around 25 and upwards as everyone experiences the fear of terrorist attacks etc. The main target audience is 16-25 year olds as they would be able to relate best to the plot; however there is no reason to suggest that people older than 25 would not enjoy it and relate to it. This due to that our secondary audience are people who are interested in 'indie' or 'arthouse' styles of film as it deals with serious issues. The secondary audience are therefore educated with an interest in current affairs as well as art and music therefore giving them an independant taste in film. The film plays on the natural human instinct to give things a reason and make sense of things that are apparently senseless and is designed to encourage uncomfortable audience voyeurism. The film asks deep questions about life perhaps questions that everyone asks the
mselves but would never speak aloud. The film would also show how easy it is for a young person to be influenced to commit a sick and twisted crime, the difference between right and wrong and perhaps the flaws in society today. This shows that everyone over the age of 16 would be able to relate somehow to the film.When reviewing Elephant (which is a similiar style of film to ours) a critic said ‘Van Sant adapted the script from a young-adult novel by Blake Nelson. Though not necessarily the target audience, teenagers will doubtless find a great deal of truth in how these characters talk, interact and lead their thorny lives.’ This is indication for the appropriate audience for my film.
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