Who would be the audience for your media product?

We have rated our film according to the BBFC film rating. We have given it a 15 certificate. The BBFC say that for a film to become a 15 it will contain: “at 15 violence may be strong. it should not dwell on the infliction on pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images may be unacceptable." We originally wanted it to come under the 12/12A category however the use of the knife made this un-acceptable.

Despite this setback we believe that this is a 15+ film and is appealing to most people over the age of 15. As a storyline like ours has not been done for a horror film before I believe it will make people who are interested in the horror genre and interested in a gore element would be the main audience.

I think, depending on the distributor, our film could be shown in a magazine for the uniqueness and also for the controversial storyline of a friend being the murder, this deals with the issues currently facing society as it mentions Facebook and cyber bulling. This could make it more appealing for teenager as they could feel a personal connection. The main audience will probably be girls as these are the main characters giving them a sense of identity as they could relate to the characters.

In our survey we asked 4 people of varying ages if they would watch our film. Out of the 4 we had 2 ‘yes’ answers, one from a girl aged 16 and one from boy aged 17. This confirms the age range for our film and who it appeals to. One of the other people was a girl aged 16 as well however she answered the questions differently and said she was not usually attracted to horror films, further proving our theory.