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Post 7: Audience research

 

 Audience research

In my eyes there should be a target audience, with an approachable yet very specific main character and he should fit the part of a normal British teenager, so he can be related to, most people I have spoken to about this have said it’s a good idea to try and relate my protagonist to the audience that its targeted at and I want to achieve it through micro elements. Using the way they dress or perhaps their character expressions, movements and speech etc. this will really help my audience see the main character as someone they could know, someone this could happen to. However making the main character a ‘typical’ teenager from 17 – 19 could come across as non relatable depending what the audiences view on the norm of what a teenager looks like, and it could come across with the wrong idea and then it becomes almost like the comedic idea of what a British teen looks like, and that is not relatable and is not the intent behind the character.

I want my character to display signs of distress to get the point of the path that he’s going down is a dangerous one and that it’s a mistake. After discussing with some of my peers they’ve said it would be a good idea to use the inner monologue to maybe create a flash back sequence towards who he would be effecting in different age ranges or perhaps who he is going to hurt around him, for example his mother, younger sibling, father his friends in his community. This could be really effective because it would portray the bigger picture whilst also displaying editing techniques,  almost like showing a butterfly effect  through the single action of a drug deal. 

Overall i asked about 10 - 15 people what they thought of the idea, took their feedback and built a more solid, well rounded plan on how to film, edit and present the final film.





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