who would be the audience for your media product?

The 15 certificate-above

Me and my group has decided the age range for our film is 15-22 year olds. This age range is young and the audience will be suitable to watch our film. Our film will also be a 15 rated film. This is because although the film is a slasher not too much violence and weapons will be used especially in the opening two minutes as the audience should not expect too much action and we want to create suspense. There are many reasons why we want the target audience to be aged between 15- 22. Young people enjoy watching films and going to the cinema in their free time. 40% of 15-24 year olds go to the cinema at least once a month. This suggests that people will keep up to date about movies that are released and young people will spend money in the cinema to watch films for their own enjoyment.

I have chosen to make my film a "15" because in 2009 223 films were  released rated a 15 however only 49 films rated 18 were released. This shows a huge gap between the film certificate. Therefore making my film a 15 will give a better chance of more audiences being able to view it. The  most common BBFC certificate issued in 2009 was a 15. This is surely going to attract more audiences.