Draft 3 Conventions and Target Audience

Conventions you are applying in opening sequence?

Use/Develop or challenge?How?Why?

Similarities/ Difference to real films.

Abuse from the mother. Use. The mother is the person that gave her the bruises.

Precious

Friends ignoring her. Use. When the main character texts her friend, she replies back I’m busy.

Accused at 17

Running away. Develop. Runs away to the park, but when she realises that she is late she goes back home.

Thirteen

Friends trying to help. Use. Friends try to find out about her bruise, but the girl just pushes her away.

Trust

Conventions

Target Audience (A)Audience Elements Explanation

Age 15 and over.

Gender Mainly females. The target audience will be mostly females as females will be more emotionally connected with the story line and the genre

Race/Ethnicity Every ethnicity

Location United Kingdom. Small minority of the United States of America.

Social Class Mainly middle class. As the characters in the film are middle class and middle class audience will be able to relate to the lifestyle of the characters.

Interests/Hobbies Like teenage dramaLike family dramaFascinated by real life drama.Had similar issues in their lives.Wanted to know how their issues was being portrayed in the lime light.

Social Group Youths in emo/goths subcultures

Sexuality Mainly Straight. Seeing as all the characters are straight.

Profession/role Students, mother, fathers,

Target Audience (B)

1. Why would your target audience be interested in your film because of the idea/plot?Because if they can relate to what is happening in film they would want to see how their issue is being portrayed in the media.

2. Why would your target audience be interested in your film because of the form?Since our film would use various camera shots and angles our film could be used as an example to help future media students and it shows how tension is built up.

3. Why would your target audience be interested in your film because of the genre and conventions?They would be familiar with the conventions as automatically ‘real life situations’ would come under the drama genre.