Considering Audience

When considering audience in our film opening, since we have chosen to appeal to teenagers, we must make sure the film includes components that would interest the teenage age band to keep them interested in the film.

One important factor we needed to consider was our casting, as we chose actors that were all in the teenage age group (13-18). They all had characteristics that typical teenage groups of friends would include such as the popular girl, the quiet girl and the geeky girl. We also included a younger character to make sure the younger end of the age band could relate to a character also.

The story line at the start consisted of a sleepover which is a very common activity for teenagers to do, as we are teenagers we knew this would be a popular choice, so our age group would be interested in the film straight away by relating to what is happening.

Thinking about the props we used, we considered the fact that at sleepovers, teenagers tend to drink alcohol and eat a lot of junk food, so we placed a range of food and a bottle of alcohol onto the table in the middle of most shots so the audience can see clearly what is on the table and also relate, which links back to the element of verisimilitude.

By Kate Farrell