Evaluation Question Four

When we started making decisions about our film we estimated that the target audience would be teenagers because the actors in our film are all young adults adolescents watching this film will be able to relate to the characters in what they're saying and how they react to certain situations. I did a lot of research into horror films and their film certificate and i came to the decision that it would be a 15. After this we decided to ask members of the public their opinions on our film.

We needed to get a basic idea of what age group the people answering the questionnaire were so we asked them and young people's opinions counted more purely because we believe that this is the age group we are interested in appealing to. This pie chart was constructed to show that the largest percentage of people who answered were between 15 and 20 which is what we predicted.

In contrast with this we also asked what age group they think that the film is aimed at:

The people who answered our questionnaire have said that the film is aimed at teens and older which is a good result. The young people who answered it have also agreed that this film is aimed at the older generation which suggests that our film does have some threat to it. After conducting this research we decided that it would be best if our film was toned down. For example, not involving as much 'blood' as we originally decided on involving. I made a final decision about the certificate of our film on blogger.

Obviously people who are interested in horror or psychological films will be willing watch this film because that is the genre of this film. I also think that people who are fans of independent films will want to watch this film because i feel it has an independent vibe to it. There aren't a lot of psychological horror's in the cinema at the moment so that obviously is another reason why audiences maybe interested in this film. 

In our questionnaire we also asked 'what audience do you think our film is aimed at?' and we got basic responses such as 'teens' or 'people who like horror' but then occasionally people were interested in accents and regions. As we are from Barnsley in South Yorkshire this film could appeal to anyone in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Although whilst acting in the film we tended not to use strong northern accents but if it is concentrated on then it is. Obviously anyone from the area where we filmed will like to see it on film in a cinema or on DVD because they'll have been in the same places and that is always an interesting aspect to see on film.