Audience Profile

Age
Our thriller is likely to appeal to and audience around 17-35. This is due to the cast being in the age group of 16-18 but the structure of our storyline and background of our film may appeal to the higher age group. The film would be certificate 15 due to the drug references and large amounts of violence.

Gender
Our gender target audience is female due to the lead femme fatal seen in the opening shots of the film. Also when carrying out our survey it was found that males generally prefer a male lead role within a thriller however the violence and action which occurs in our opening sequence of our film would be likely to also appeal to a male audience.

Occupation
Our film is likely to appeal to students in either sixth form, college or university. However it also targets the more superior film viewer due to the suspense within the opening as well as reference to more classic thrillers such as Psycho. Targeting the more superior film viewer is also due to the fact that our film would likely be viewed in cinemas such as cinema city due to its art house production. Therefore viewers watching the film would be interested in the use of location and mise-en-scene.

Aspirations
Aspirations of the target audience of this film is likely to be high with the film mainly appealing to students attending sixth form, college etc therefore could gain insperation from this production and discuss the actions and messages portrayed within the film.

Simliar films to appeal to target audience
Our film is based around the more classic thriller such as Psycho as it doesn't use so many special effects and CGI. Our inspired director was Quentin Tarantino as he often uses the lead femme fatal who is strong and independent. Therefore our audience would likely to be interested in Jackie Brown and Kill Bill which isn't a thriller but follows the similar conventions.

Interests
Our film uses a soundtrack of classical music therefore our audience is likely to be interested in how it is used and contrasts with the violence which is seen. Our audience is likely to be interested in photography and film making and therefore would be interested in the use of cinematography and use of mise-en-scene. The use of costume is also very striking and stylish and therefore would appeal to a modern fashionable audience.