Friday 28 October 2011

History of Demographics - Thrillers

Using IMDB I have analysed some of the demographics for previous films that suit the genre of my teaser trailer. I chose a film from the 1920s, 40s, 60, 80s and 00s so I could see if their was any dramatic changes in the gender of audience throughout the years and as you can see this is not the case and the male audience has consistently been the primary sex to have watched thrillers.

The Lodger [1927]


Stranger on the Third Floor [1940]

Bunny Lake is Missing [1965]


The Firestarter [1984]


The Eye [2008]


My initial ideas were that a teaser for a thriller film with a female protagonist as well as themes of reality TV, would attract a predominantly female audience. However looking at previous thrillers, such as these, has shown me that in terms of IMDB stats thrillers have been mostly popular with males. Looking at the popularity of these films with the age group 18-29 year olds has determined my target audience age group but as well as taking these factors into account I will also do a market research questionnaire with a sample of 50 males and 50 females from this age bracket to learn more about what they want from a teaser but also how popular the genre Thriller really is with each gender.
Posted by AS Media Studies Kieron Marchese at 04:27

2 comments:

  1. CREATIVE MEDIA & PHOTOGRAPHY9 November 2011 at 13:12

    excellent evidence of reflective planning and research influencing your choices

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  2. Mr Darlow16 November 2011 at 13:56

    This is good research evidence, but remember to consider how reliable the data is whenever you research; are these numbers indicative of the entire audience, or just the audience who also use imdb? How could you improve the reliability and accuracy of your audience research?

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