Audience
My film proposal will appeal to the major cinema audience of 15-25 year olds. This is because my film is based on a mundane family’s life being changed for the worst after the youngest daughter has been kidnapped.
My target audience would be teenagers, who can relate to the eldest daughter who was put in charge of her younger sister but doesn’t do the job that is required to keep her safe. However, I hope that my film also appeals to the elder generation, who have kids and whose worst nightmare is to lose a child. But, my film is not specifically aimed at one group because of the mundane situation that the film begins with, everyone can relate to. It will also raise their awareness of how suddenly a person’s life can be turned on its head.
Audiences who have enjoyed films such as ‘Taken’, ‘Payback’ and ‘Edge of Darkness’ will enjoy my film because of the idea of a father’s strong bond with his daughter prevailing over evil. Therefore, the niche audience that my film will mainly appeal to are parents who can relate to the anxiety of the father after losing his daughter. This niche audience will also be interested in my film because of its ‘normal day life’ feel which makes the film very realistic and believable.
The classification I would give my film would be a 15. This is because later on in the film there will be violent scenes between the kidnapper and the father. Especially in one scene, where strong language and graphic violence, i.e. blood, will be used. This scene in itself may be too disturbing for younger viewers and will therefore fall into the classification of a 15. As the past of the father is revealed, showing his bad relationship with his wife and his history as a spy, mature scenes with sexual activity and violence will be used, this reinstates that my film contains scenes which younger viewers shouldn’t watch.
Recently, we looked at the description of a classified 15 film on the British Board of Film Classification and then tried to apply this to our film. For example, later on in our film, to heighten tension and verisimilitude, we hoped for our main character to use strong language, which would bring emotion and power to this character. BBFC's guidelines on language for a 15 film : 'There may be frequent use of strong language. The strongest terms may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.' Looking at the same website, we would have to take into consideration the level of violence we would aim to have in our film to make it exciting and graphic at time. When it comes to violence this is what they have to say: 'Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.' In conclusion then, we would have to be careful with the levels of gory violence (i.e blood) and strong language for our film to be classified as a 15 and therefore able to be addressed to our target audience.
JK
Recently, we looked at the description of a classified 15 film on the British Board of Film Classification and then tried to apply this to our film. For example, later on in our film, to heighten tension and verisimilitude, we hoped for our main character to use strong language, which would bring emotion and power to this character. BBFC's guidelines on language for a 15 film : 'There may be frequent use of strong language. The strongest terms may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.' Looking at the same website, we would have to take into consideration the level of violence we would aim to have in our film to make it exciting and graphic at time. When it comes to violence this is what they have to say: 'Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.' In conclusion then, we would have to be careful with the levels of gory violence (i.e blood) and strong language for our film to be classified as a 15 and therefore able to be addressed to our target audience.
JK
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