Task 6- Audience Research

Audiences for coming of age films.

Generally the target audience for coming of age films are teenagers between the ages of 12-18 years. This is because this audience can relate to what was going on in the film as they are in a similar or the same stage of  life. The protagonists are often the same age as the target audience. This makes it more appealing to the target audience if the protagonist is the same or a similar age.

Even though it is mainly aimed at teenagers the sub-audience is female teenagers, as these films often have sub-genres in them like romance which appeals mostly to female teenagers. 

The directors use iconography really well as it helps to establish the genre, by including things that we associate with teenagers, like make up. The audience immediately know that it is about a teenager and their life. 

This is the link to a prezi which shows the main audiences for five coming of age films.

This is a screenshot from the prezi which I made.

Learning comment

From doing this task I have learnt that there are certain aspects of film I could use. A lot of coming of age films use comedy so I will try and implement some comedy in to my sequence. I will need to make sure that my sequence engages my target audience, so I will need to be careful as to how I do this.

Interviews with peers

We interviewed peers about what they wanted to see from an opening sequence and what engaged them and made them want to watch the opening sequence. We also asked them questions about what elements of genre and narrative being portrayed and the videos show how they responded.

Learning comment

From doing this task I have learnt about what people want to see in an opening sequence and what makes them engaged and makes them want to see the rest of the film. From gaining this knowledge I will try and incorporate some of this into my sequence as well as hints at the narrative and the genre of the film as people said that they look for this sort of thing.