The intended audience for my film is mainly young women aged 18-24. This is because 57% of females prefer to watch thriller movies whereas only 43% of males do. Along with that, a younger audience is more inclined to watch movies involving twists, suspense and possible graphic content than the members of older generations. To further this, the majority of Americans only go to the movies a few times per year. To ensure my movie has the best shot at the box office, I will make sure to do research as to when huge blockbuster films are to be distributed to the theaters. Considering my movie does not have a large budget or famous actors, I will have my movie play at the theaters when there are no blockbusters playing, or a low amount of them, so my film has a greater chance at being watched. Also, considering that most people aged 18-24 are big social media enthusiasts, I will make sure my marketing consists of advertisements on popular social media accounts such as releasing videos on YouTube, and possibly advertising on sites such as YouTube or Snapchat to gain a young audiences' attention. Lastly, since most people aged 18-24 also have jobs, I would get the theaters to play my film at nighttime to ensure most of my audience could attend considering most people work day shifts. This way I would have a more successful box office profit.
Within my genre (thriller) there are many common forms of representation as well. One of the most dominant factors that can easily be picked out is the representation between gender. Females tend to be portrayed as pretty beings who are subject to bad fate, and are sought to be "easy bait" in thriller films. With the assistance of mise-en-scene (costuming, hair style, etc.) women usually dress in a seductive fashion or wear lots of makeup to make themselves victim to male gaze and to increase their sex appeal. Along with that, women are usually seen as weak, and are either caught in a bad situation (kidnapping, murder, etc.) or are saved by a man before anything too extreme happens. This leads into the representation of men in thrillers. Males are usually seen as quite the opposite; they are leaders, they are strong, and they don't need any saving. Usually a male is portrayed as 1) the strength-fueled protagonist who saves the day or 2) the notorious antagonist who cannot seem to be stopped due to his power. A strong example of this would be the iconic low-budget film Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock. Within it, there is a very well known murder scene which can be viewed here. We notice as viewers that the female protagonist was portrayed as someone who is beautiful and weak rather than strong or a leader. Moments after getting in the shower, we watch as antagonist Norman Bates (male) enters the bathroom and slashes the female to death with ease, all while the female struggled for the entire duration of the slashing.
Another representation that should be noted is the representation of race. African Americans are usually portrayed as strong beings in a physical state (large muscles, athletic, etc.), but they can also be portrayed as a less superior race and as inadequate. This is especially true when African-Americans are playing in films with a strong white-race center, as the white people tend to be represented as the "leaders" and as powerful socially. A very strong example of this is the very popular 2017 thriller film Get Out scene "Chris gets his revenge on the Armitage family" which can be viewed here. Within the scene we see both a representation of whites appearing superior to African Americans but also we see the representation of African-Americans being a very strong race. In the beginning it is evident that the film made black people less superior to whites as the black man Chris was tied up in a chair and had to fight white people mercilessly to get free. However, Chris was able to successfully defeat every white person who came in his path, showing African-Americans being represented as very strong beings physically.
Sources:
https://www.filmsite.org/psyc.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Lx4Yb8cNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY
Within my genre (thriller) there are many common forms of representation as well. One of the most dominant factors that can easily be picked out is the representation between gender. Females tend to be portrayed as pretty beings who are subject to bad fate, and are sought to be "easy bait" in thriller films. With the assistance of mise-en-scene (costuming, hair style, etc.) women usually dress in a seductive fashion or wear lots of makeup to make themselves victim to male gaze and to increase their sex appeal. Along with that, women are usually seen as weak, and are either caught in a bad situation (kidnapping, murder, etc.) or are saved by a man before anything too extreme happens. This leads into the representation of men in thrillers. Males are usually seen as quite the opposite; they are leaders, they are strong, and they don't need any saving. Usually a male is portrayed as 1) the strength-fueled protagonist who saves the day or 2) the notorious antagonist who cannot seem to be stopped due to his power. A strong example of this would be the iconic low-budget film Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock. Within it, there is a very well known murder scene which can be viewed here. We notice as viewers that the female protagonist was portrayed as someone who is beautiful and weak rather than strong or a leader. Moments after getting in the shower, we watch as antagonist Norman Bates (male) enters the bathroom and slashes the female to death with ease, all while the female struggled for the entire duration of the slashing.
Another representation that should be noted is the representation of race. African Americans are usually portrayed as strong beings in a physical state (large muscles, athletic, etc.), but they can also be portrayed as a less superior race and as inadequate. This is especially true when African-Americans are playing in films with a strong white-race center, as the white people tend to be represented as the "leaders" and as powerful socially. A very strong example of this is the very popular 2017 thriller film Get Out scene "Chris gets his revenge on the Armitage family" which can be viewed here. Within the scene we see both a representation of whites appearing superior to African Americans but also we see the representation of African-Americans being a very strong race. In the beginning it is evident that the film made black people less superior to whites as the black man Chris was tied up in a chair and had to fight white people mercilessly to get free. However, Chris was able to successfully defeat every white person who came in his path, showing African-Americans being represented as very strong beings physically.
Sources:
https://www.filmsite.org/psyc.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Lx4Yb8cNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY
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