Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Research - Representation, Audience and Institution

Audience
My title sequence has one main protagonist: a 17 year old male. His role will be teen leading a life of crime and drug abuse. My key demographic will be males in the age range of 15-25. I have chosen this becuase I believe the age of the protagonist, and the entirity of the cast, will mostly appeal to this demographic. I feel as if this audience will be able to sympathize with the protagonist and relate to him. Through my research I have discovered that this is generally the audience age range in 'Coming-of-age British crime flicks'. My protagonist will be represented as a rebellious youth going down a path of crime, as this is seen often in british crime films such as, 'This is England'.
I believe my film would primarily appeal to a British audience as they would be most able to relate to the story/setting. In addittion to this, the terminology/dialect used would appeal mostly to a niche audience because of their understanding of the dialogue, I think this would create a sense of social solidarity with the audience. I feel as if my opening sequence would be accessible to all ethnicities, but primarily White caucasian.

Institution
After doing research on websites such as IMDB and Wikipedia, I have decided my film will be produced by Film4 Productions, who have produced many youth-oriented films such as 'Trainspotting', 'Attack on the Block', 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and 'Gangstar No.1' and are well-known for producing UK-based films. I would like my film to be distributed by Miramax as they are closely linked to many crime films such as, 'Pulp Fiction', 'Reservoir Dogs', 'Gangstars of New York' and 'Trainspotting'. I feel as if these film institutions fit well with the opening sequence I want to create.

Age Certificate
My film would have a 15 certificate as this fits the demographic I'd be aiming for. It would contain drugs and strong language, not suitable for anybody younger.

1 comment:

  1. It's really important that you make sure that all of your planning is uploaded as soon as possible - ideally, no later than the end of next week. Otherwise, you are going to leave yourself with a hell of a lot to do...

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