Research Part 1: Genre, Target Audiences and Production Companies

Research Part 1: Genre, Target Audiences and Production Companies

Outline

(Group task)

Genre of your film- thriller

Film genre

Subgenre(s)- high school thriller                                                                        

Film Themes: Four Themes associated with your genre.                                       Sani’jah Thompson-Wilkin

Theme 1	Theme 2	Theme 3	Theme 4
Deadly games	Sorority house murders	kidnapping	Black mail

 

 

1.     Target Audience

a.      Definition- a particular group at which a film, book, advertising campaign, etc., is aimed.

b.             Who are the persons targeted for this film(research statistics for this film?)- teens who likes thriller  Shalensky Louis

c.       Audience Type- the film we are making will be for a teenage audience who like to watch films in the horror genre Shalensky Louis

d.      Film Posters illustrating film examples-

 

             

e.     Identify the theme for each film and its audience. Example below.

f.                                                       Sani’jah Thompson-Wilkin

Films	Theres someone in your house	Dead kids	Scream 6
Themes	Confronting past drama and secrets	Class disparity, social, and the consequence of bad behavior	Depression and isolation
Target Audiences	teens or young adults	teens or young adults	Older teens or young adults

g.     Analyze the research from your film examples and develop an audience for your film. Use the table below to identify your audience. Shalensky Louis

Market Segmentation Analysis	Characteristics
Demographics
Age group	13-18
Race	Any race
Gender	Male and female
Class	Any class
Psychographics
Interests	Interested in the horror genre
attitudes	The attitudes toward our movie should be disturbed
personality traits	Stereotypical teenagers who like horror and thriller
values/beliefs	People from not too religious backgrounds and people of all beliefs.

 

 

h.     Accessibility to film genre- in most movie theaters

o   Where do they usually watch movies? (cinema, online: which websites, etc.)- Netflix and cinema What socio-economic group do they fit into? -

2.           What type of film openings do they usually prefer? Production Companies

Shalensky Louis

Production Companies	Film Titles	Type of Film company: Conglomerate or Independent.	Budget	Gross
1.  twisted film	The saw movie series	independent	Saw III 10M$	Saw III 33M$
2. Globe Studios Pelikula Red Asmik Ace	Dead kids	conglomerate	Dead kids(1.5M$)	Dead kids(20M$)
3.   Project X Entertainment	Scream franchise	conglomerate	Scream 6 (34M$)	Scream 6(166M$)

 

 

3.         Reflection: (Individual)

Based on my secondary research, I will be researching twisted film studios, and the movie saw III