When creating a film there are different kinds of audiences that the film will be distributed to. Tent pole audience is the largest, usually Hollywood conglomerates distribute to audiences of this size therefore increasing the profit that the film will take. Often smaller production companies or independent film companies will distribute at a lower level. The audiences that they will distribute to are niche, local or a national audience. This means that the film may be popular in their own reign but may struggle to become popular over seas.
We are a independent film company and we also do not have a large budget which means that we may struggle to distribute at a larger scale. Therefore we would distribute to a local, niche or national audience. I don't think that our film would reach a tent pole audience as the film does not include any well known actors, therefore I don't think a larger distributor would take a risk on an independent film with an unknown cast. If a film included a well known cast and a production company this will mean that fans of them will recognise them and their work. This means that it will encourage the audience to see the film. The stars of the film may have a good reputation and have won awards therefore this film will appeal to a larger tent pole audience.
In our film the actors are British. This may mean that our film will only appeal to a British audience as there may include terminology and humour that the British audience would only understand. The British audience may also find the actors more relatable as they are from the same country as them.
Slasher films tend to have a smaller target audience therefore it may be hard to distribute this film at a larger scale to a tent pole audience therefore this opening would be more suited to a niche audience.
When we were creating this opening we needed to find out how to classify our film. We did this by researching the BBFC. The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body which has classified cinema films since setting up in 1912 and DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.
An example of how the BBFC classify their films is a PG. For a PG film the BBFC state what PG means and who it is suitable for and they may also give an example of a film which would be ok for viewing. The BBFC inform you what themes may be included and if there would be a any bad language, sex or violence included in the films. The website also gives you a website which contains additional information about classification.
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For our opening we decided that the classification will be rated 15. We have decided to use this rating because it is the correct age for our target audience and the content that we will include in our film. Our target audience begins at the age of 15 which means that our target audience will be able to go and watch our film without being too young. Another reason why we chose to have the age rating at 15 is because some elements of our film may be quite gory and violent and the British Board of Film Classification states that in a rated 15 film it is allowed to include some gory elements. After doing my research on the BBFC website I now know what elements and features not to include in my film. In our film we will not include any crude sexual references or any sexual content that is detailed. Although our film may be gory and have slight violence we will not include any sadistic or sexual threat in the movie. One of the themes in our film opening is danger however we will not cross the line of including any suicidal or self harm in our film as these elements would be sending the wrong message to our target audience and would not be appropriate to watch.
In our film the actors are British. This may mean that our film will only appeal to a British audience as there may include terminology and humour that the British audience would only understand. The British audience may also find the actors more relatable as they are from the same country as them.
Slasher films tend to have a smaller target audience therefore it may be hard to distribute this film at a larger scale to a tent pole audience therefore this opening would be more suited to a niche audience.
When we were creating this opening we needed to find out how to classify our film. We did this by researching the BBFC. The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body which has classified cinema films since setting up in 1912 and DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.
An example of how the BBFC classify their films is a PG. For a PG film the BBFC state what PG means and who it is suitable for and they may also give an example of a film which would be ok for viewing. The BBFC inform you what themes may be included and if there would be a any bad language, sex or violence included in the films. The website also gives you a website which contains additional information about classification.
For our opening we decided that the classification will be rated 15. We have decided to use this rating because it is the correct age for our target audience and the content that we will include in our film. Our target audience begins at the age of 15 which means that our target audience will be able to go and watch our film without being too young. Another reason why we chose to have the age rating at 15 is because some elements of our film may be quite gory and violent and the British Board of Film Classification states that in a rated 15 film it is allowed to include some gory elements. After doing my research on the BBFC website I now know what elements and features not to include in my film. In our film we will not include any crude sexual references or any sexual content that is detailed. Although our film may be gory and have slight violence we will not include any sadistic or sexual threat in the movie. One of the themes in our film opening is danger however we will not cross the line of including any suicidal or self harm in our film as these elements would be sending the wrong message to our target audience and would not be appropriate to watch.
I think that this film would appeal to both males and females because I know that people in the target audience range do enjoy horror films. However I think that our film may generally appeal more to males because males stereotypically like horror films more because females get scared easily. Males may like the film more because the secondary character is a male so they may find Ton relatable.
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