Genre And Audience

Genre and Audience

Obviously When making a film you have to decide on a audience which you are going to target your film too.  This could include their Age, Gender, Location and also the types of films certain people enjoy.A typical Age range for a thriller Film would be 15-35, Depending on the Age rating of your film. If your film is rated a 18, then you are shortening your audience, but you can include more thriller aspects. Sometimes Film makers will cut certain scenes out so that the rating can be moved from a 18 -> 15, so that there is a bigger audience for the film to make a profit from.

A Typical Thriller Audience would be, "Somebody who is intrigued into mystery, and likes a twist. Somebody who likes to try and work things out for themselves and who likes to be on the edge of their seat They also would love the elements of shock surprise and suspense."

After Looking at the BBFC guidelines for our Thriller Opening. We decided that our thriller would be a 15. This would enable us to have a Audience of 15+, which would include a lot of teenagers who are looking for a thrilling film to go and see with their friends. If it were to be a 12, then we would be able to include a much bigger audience enabling the film to make a lot more money. However after watching the start of the film against the BBFC guidelines, we decided that a 15 is more appropriate for our film given the rest of the story line.


There would be no Specific gender for our Thriller, it is not targeted at a specific gender. so anybody who enjoys watching thrillers could go and see it. No matter if they are Male of female.