G321 - Evaluation - Question 5

The elements of text that attract my target audience
Our film is very minimalistic to create a theme of emptiness which relates to the genre of psychological horror.

I think the main attraction to my media text is the mysteriousness involved in the storyline and opening two minutes. This gets the audience to get involved and start thinking along with the movie and will get them deciding who's the victim and who is the criminal in this movie. Finally, it will get them trying to figure out the explanation to everything that happens in the movie. This help my text fit into the psychological horror genre.

The storyline carries much information that can be linked with real life issues happening on the news and in the media today which our target audience will have access to. These issues can be couples killing one another due to psychological problems, suicides and murders, stressful relationships and finally abusive relationships. These issues are linked with the hospital and officials like police which are both involved in my film opening and bring in an improved realism factor.  My audience know that these factors are very much real and could potentially happen to anyone and everyone no matter how safe you think you are, building up the fear and throwing the audience into the depths of fear.

My main character Quinn Wakely is a very important factor when it comes to attracting my audience. She is young, attractive and has a great potential to do amazing things in life, which are all features of my target audience.

Another factor is that she is rich and comes from a stable background family, she is educated and respected. The lower audience (C1, C2, D) may feel envious towards the snobby and high profile Quinn Wakely, but are soon satisfied when they see her life falling apart. Seeing nurses and inspectors (C1 and C2 class) talk down to her satisfies the audience classed C1 and C2.

Another factor would be that she has just left University and has been thrown into a life of constant work and stress which has triggered her to become emotionally unstable, paranoid and for her bi-polar side to become more prominant. My target audience will be around the age of most university students so they themselves can relate to the fear of leaving education and going into a busy and hardworking job.

During the ending scene in our two minute film opening I dress Quinn up as quite adult, with expensive leather jackets and skinny jeans which would appeal to the older generation. However these clothes give off a hint of sexyness, such as the rocker style with the boots and jacket which appeal to the younger target audience. These clothes would appeal to my target audience and you would most likely seeing them buy clothes similar to Quinn's after seeing them on a young attractive movie star.

Although my main setting isn't included in the two minute opening it still has a big part to play in our overall film. It is indicated in the synopsis and tells us that she shares it with her fiance. It is located on the edge of town which would give it a quiet peaceful feeling however it is still very close to modern society. This is a perfect place to live and many of our target audience will be envious of this

The editing speed and pace of my film will appeal to both my primary and secondary target audience. This is because we build up the speed and keep it fast paced and quick which will appeal to our younger target audience. It also appeals to my older target audience as it gives them an adrenoline rush which gives them an excitement they may not usually get.