who would be the audience for your product?
When planning the making of our OTS, as a group we decided to aim our final product at a target audience of 15-25 year olds. From our previous research , we discovered that the majority of highly credited horror films were issued with a 15 rating, due to them being enjoyed by younger generations. We also linked our target audience to the chosen actors in the film, as this then meant that they would be able to connect and relate to the characters on screen.
We chose to aim our OTS at teenagers between the ages of 15-25, for the reasoning that some of the scenes contain violence, and therefore would be widely considered as inappropriate for anyone under the age of 15, we previously referenced the BBFC website to see what was acceptable to use in our OTS.
We interviewed our target audience in order to get feedback on both our OTS, and to find out their opinions of horror in general.
We asked:
What do you think about horror films?
What were your initial thoughts after watching our OTS?
What did you like about it?
What would you improve on?
We asked:
What do you think about horror films?
What were your initial thoughts after watching our OTS?
What did you like about it?
What would you improve on?
After speaking to those in our target audience, we found that we set it well, as most of our feedback was positive when it came to the scences involving gore and violence, and in some cases, they wanted more! Overall I feel this process was worth it as we found that our feedback was positive and many of the viewers enjoyed what they saw, and it proved to us that our rating was appropriate.
One of the points in our OTS which gained the most praise was the shot of the nail being ripped off
One of the points in our OTS which gained the most praise was the shot of the nail being ripped off