Monday 17 November 2014

Target Audience of Thrillers

Psychological Thrillers: These types of thrillers are normally aimed at the age range 18+ years old. The reason for the age range being in the young adult part is that they normally include quite and lot of violence, as well as the psychological part of it may disturb younger viewers than what has been set.

Crime Thriller: They are usually aimed at both male and females, so therefore there is no stereotype to the film. The certificate that is usually given these types of films are 15 or above. However the typical audience for these types of films is middle age, so around 40, therefore the audience is both sex's from 15-40 years old.

Thriller: Normal thrillers are also aimed at both male and female, specifically not setting it to a certain sex. The age range in which these are normally aimed at are 15-19 years old.

Action Thriller: It can be ranged from adult to teenagers, however 15 being the certificate rating as there is violence as part of the codes and conventions of action thrillers.

Film Noir: This type of thriller is normally aimed at an older audience from 40-80 years old as they would have grown up in or near the era that the film is set in, however it could be set for the audience of 18+ if they were trying to interpret what the era of the film was like (educational purpose).

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