Task 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

I don't think that our media product, 'Angel Dust', appeals to just a niche audience (a niche audience is a small group of people interested in a specific media product) but to a commercial audience (Commercial/ mainstream audience is a group of people that are interested in a variety of different media products). This is because there has been a lot of worry and argument over whether social network sites are safe or not. 'Angel Dust' addresses these issues. Even though it does show social network sites as a bad thing because of the death of some people in the film because of the social network sites, I think that older members of the audience may want to see it, so they can see a small representation of what some people live for in the world but know that it is an exaggerated and that there isn't an insane murder staking everyone on the internet. It can also be used as a sort or warning to the younger generation that use these kinds of social network sites all the time that they have to be carefull about who they talk to and that if it sounds like it's too good to be true then it probably is. Although there is a very small chance of something like that every happening it may make people be more aware. Facebook, the biggest social network site, is what our media product is based on and looking a statistics at of what sites are used most by internet users, Facebook came on top by a lot. As you can see here...
In the end i have decided that the type of people most likely to see 'Angel Dust' would be these people...


'Angel Dust' would appeal, mostly, to people in their late teens and twenties. This is because they are more likely to have more of a disposable income and more likely to spend it on a night at the cinema. They are also the type of people who use social network sites like 'Facebook' and so may be of interest to them. These are the statistics for Facebook all over the world of the different ages that use Facebook the most and which country uses it the most. Also most horror films are aimed at teens because they usually have teens in the film itself. To generate interest we used teen actors in our opening sequence. This will appeal to people of her age, our main target audience for the film.
I think 'Angel Dust' appeals to both genders although i think it may appeal slightly more to the male gender because of the gore and the actors. However like i have said before i still think that even the female gender would also enjoy this film.
Amount of money won't affect who comes to see our film. Whether you are rich or poor it is a film for all, it just depends whether you are a horror lover or hater as to whether to see this film or not. This also applies to whether the audience is educated or not. This won't affect the desision to see 'Angel Dust'.
Even though it is mainly a teen audience, it may be of interest to other people too because of the issue that 'Angel Dust' covers.
Also people who are interested in the animation/graphics will also like, and want to see 'Angel Dust' because it is mainly animated. This makes it more visually dynamic and interesting for the audience. This guy below is our idea of our main target audience. He is obviously into media products because of the headphones around his neck meaning that he listens to music, a type of media. He will probably come to see our media product because it is a horror film. Young audiences seem to like the horror genre because of the thrill and gratification they get from it, this means that they go to a horror to be scared but in the safety of the cinema so it gives them the same thrill but in the comfort of the cinema knowing they, themselves can't get hurt. He will also probably come to see 'Angel Dust' because young teen actors are featured in our thriller, so he can relate to them and also to see our pretty female actress featured in the opening sequence. This goes for all teenagers around his age.