Typical Audience Members

Coming-of-age drama film ‘Ebony’

This is Abbie, she is what a typical example of an audience member for 'Ebony' would look and be like. She is 16 years old from Sheffield and enjoys shopping with her friends for clothes at weekends and going to parties with them. She dresses like a 'generic' teenage girl would dress, simply jeans and t-shirts with not a lot of make up however she wears more make up when she goes out with dresses and heels. She likes watching films such as 'Juno', '500 Days Of Summer', 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging', 'Mean Girls', 'A Cinderella Story' and enjoys going to the cinema to see the latest releases of these teen aimed romantic-comedy and coming-of-age drama movies.

Audience member one

I believe that Abbie is part of our audience group because her interests contain key conventions of the coming-of-age drama genre as well as her age being the same as the protagonist's so she can easily relate to the character and possibly feel greater empathy for her than someone who is older. I also think that 'Ebony' would appeal to her well as it is from the same or similar genre as other films she enjoys. I feel she would be attracted to the film if she were to see the trailer as I believe that to promote our film effectively, the main element of the trailer would be the party scene. Being as she enjoys dressing up conventionally like our protagonist and extra characters seen in the party scene, she would find this appealing so therefore might encourage her to watch the film.

Audience member one

This is Nathan, he is 17 years old and lives in Reading, I believe that he would also be a member of our audience for the coming-of-age drama film 'Ebony'. He enjoys music and attends festivals with his friends in the summer as well as football matches where he supports Chelsea and also plays for his local under 18's team on a Sunday. He takes comfort in movies and goes to the cinema most Wednesdays as he gets priority with his phone company 'Orange'. The main genre of film he enjoys are disaster movies and drama films with teenage based narratives as he can relate to the characters easily because he likes to take a step out of his own reality to experiences someone else's. Films such as 'Slumdog Millionaire', 'The Hunger Games', 'The Breakfast Club', 'Never Let Me Go' and 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' are the types of movies Nathan would enjoy watching.

Audience member two

Even though the primary audience group for 'Ebony' is females like Abbie, I still feel that Nathan would fit into the audience well as it is from the same or related genre as the typical examples of films he would go to the cinema to see. As well as the main protagonist being a female, the male character also plays a key role within the film so Nathan could easily relate to him and feel more sympathy for him than a female audience member would perhaps. I believe he would be attracted to the film because of the way the characters are portrayed as he would know that they are of his age so he would understand the narrative more because of the way he can easily relate to them and their problems which would therefore create some encouragement for him to go and watch the film.

Audience member two