RESEARCH - Target Audience - 10

Audience

 What is an audience?

An audience is the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting. An Audience doesn't have to be only one group e.g. age, gender or marital status.

What is a target audience?

A target audience is a particular group at which a product such as a film is aimed at. Industries use target audiences to focus their merchandise on a specific audience so that it attract ore buyers. A specific audience can be formed of different groups to find a certain type of audience for example a female, aged 25 and is currently single. Different target audiences apply to different events so finding a specific audience requires research in whom the event will be targeted to.

Why is it useful for a film to have a target audience?

It is useful for a film to have a target audience because the film you are making you would know what to include in the film and what appeals to them to attract them into watching your film more.

Which audiences do you think teen dramas appeal to?

I believe that Teen Dramas can have many different types of target audiences. One of them would be Adults. Teen Dramas may appeal to adults because it may cause the adults to reflect on their teenage years. Another audience teen dramas might appeal to is teenagers themselves. Teen dramas may appeal to teenagers because they might want to be able to see what other teenagers like themselves get up to and relate to their problems. Finally, another audience that may appeal to teen dramas is younger children, teen dramas may appeal to them because it could aspire them to become like the teenagers they see on the drama or it could give them an insight as to what the teenagers years are like.