Summarised Audience Theory

There are some important aspects of audience theory that we must take into account when creating our short film.

Income Bracket - Our target audience income bracket is based around the late teenage years so this means they still live at home with their parents and are going through the typical teenage problems. In our short film we will therefore have to make sure that we don't portray a Young character that owns his own house and has a lot of money as this will make it impossible for our target audience to relate to.

Age - We are basing our short film around the ages of 16-18, this is a very small age bracket however there is a lot of room for developing the character. We believe this will be a successful age range to focus on as it is the one we are most familiar with. It will also mean that we will be able to determine to type of general mis-en-scene that would be expected in this age group. For example the types of clothes our character will be wearing must be appropriate.

Gender - We haven't got a main gender focus for our short film as it involves both a boy and girl however i believe that boys will be able to relate to it a lot more as it is the boy that is having all the girl problems. Therefore we will have to make sure that this is portrayed correctly and not so wrong that it takes away any social realism.

Race - Our short film will mostly appeal to British teenagers both characters are white and British and will therefore relate a lot more to their cultures. However although there are no specific elements that means any other race will not enjoy it we also haven't included any particular social realism's to their culture.

Location of Potential Audiences - Due to that fact that we are filming and both are characters are from Bristol this will mean that our potential audience will mainly be based in Bristol. However the only relevance our short Film will have to Bristol itself is the location and characters so we haven't restricted our audience too much.