Graces media studies

Last week Grace and I had the opportunity to show our film opening to a group of people (37) who were 15 and above. The showing was very successful and gave us avaluable response and what to improve on. They also insured us that our film opening was of good quality. We had everyone fill out a survey aftet they had watched our film opening. Here are the questions we asked on our survey:  Do you think the sound is effective? Is there anything you would add? Do you understand what is happening in the film opening? Does it make you want to watch more of the film? Is there any way we can improve it? What would you rate the film out of 10? These were the results and as you can see from the pie charts they were a very mixed set of results:

I wasn't surprised that entertainment and dramas were the most watched genres of tv however I did think that more people would watch sport.   The most watched programmes on E4 was the Big Bang theory and Hollyoaks- both of which I watch. The TV programmes for the previous year, 2015, was almost the same, however in 2016 there were a larger number of viewers.  What I found most interesting was that since 2007-2016 live viewing has gradually decreased while catchup was increasing. Surprisingly, on average, people watched more TV in 2005 than in 2015

I have created a moodboard of my target audiences likes.  Here is a moodboard of my target audiences dislikes.

U rating - u rating is suitable for everyone, meaning there is no bad language, sex or drug references. PG rating - Means general viewing, however few scenes may be unsuitable for young children under 8.  12 rating - This rating means film should not be viewed by children under 12, moderate language may be used and moderate sex refrences. 15 rating - No one younger than 15 can see a 15 rating film in a cinema. Strong language and sexual references can be used and drug use however not promoting or encouraging in anyway.  18 rating - no one younger than 18 can see this rating in a cinema, strong and language and sex references are used often throughout the film.  My film opening Mine and Lauren's film opening will most likely be in the 15 category. My target audience is a 17 year old girl therefore she is more likely to watch a film within the 15 certificate. Due to our film being a crime strong language may be used in particular instants....

I interviewed a couple of people, to get a better idea of what people would expect of my film but also to see who my target audience was. Who ended up being a 17 year old teenage girl, someone who crime but also romance appeals to.

I interviewed someone of my target audience, so I could see who i need to aim my film opening at. Although my target audience was boys aged 14-24, i interviewed a girl aged 17 who I thought would have similar opinions as it is the same age range. Although there will be a lot of action and crime in our film it will also consist of romance which is more directed towards girls.

In our most recent lesson, Lauren and I did a film treatment explaining our film plot, demographics, psychographics and key characters. It also helped us to develop our ideas on our film opening and get a better view on how we would like it to turn out.