Fish Tank
Film Classification: 15
Target Audience: I would say that the target audience for Fish Tank would be primarily teenagers to young adults. I feel they would appreciate and understand the underlying themes in Fish Tank. Teenagers may also relate to Mia as she herself is just a teenager and they also may also empathize with her troubles and situation. Fish Tank had a restricted release meaning that it was only available in a few cinemas, this caused Fish Tank to only appeal to specialist audiences as it was not widely promoted.
Girl, Interrupted
Film Classification: 15
Target Audience: I feel that the target audience for this production is primarily teenagers. The film narrative is based around nineteen year old Susanna and many audiences comment that one of the films strengths is that ''everybody whose been 19 years old can relate to Susanna'' this means audiences, particularly teenagers, will be influenced to watch this film as the diegesis revolves around an average 19 year old going through issues which many teenagers can relate to.
Black Swan
Film Classification: 15
Target Audience: The audience for Black Swan would be young adults. I feel that this is the target audience due to the complex themes which run throughout the production. Black Swan is a dark and complex film and initially only appealed to a niche audience before it received critical acclaim, now Black Swan has gained greater appeal from audiences who once would never have even considered watching the production.
Sweet Sixteen
Target Audience: The target audience for Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen is young adults and above, this is confirmed by the film classification of 18. Sweet Sixteen covers issues such as broken family life and crime. These issues may be upsetting for younger views hence why this film is targeted at a more mature audience.
As you can see from my research above the majority of drama films have a classification of 15 or higher. This is because children under the age of fifteen may not understand and may not be able to grasp the themes which run through the majority of drama productions. Our film will also fall under the 15 category due to the mild use of drugs featured at the end. I also feel that children under fifteen would not be mature enough to understand the concepts we are trying to show within our production. I feel that the films above mostly target teenagers and young adults because they cover situations which are most relevant to that age group, they can empathize with the character and may be familiar with the situations in the narrative. The target audience for our film Flight would be 16 - 24 year olds. Like the films above we also will try to target an audience of teenagers and young adults who may empathize with the main character and the issues she goes through.
