Evaluation Question 4 (Video)

Question 4- Who would be the audience for your media product? 

My opening sequence appeals towards my target audience for a number of reasons. The narrative for my opening sequence is relatable to the target audience in which our sequence is catered towards, as the characters within the sequence are all aged 17, therefore younger viewers may relate to them as individuals and characters and there current situation. The audience also may relate to certain scenes within the opening sequence, an example being the argument segment at the beginning of the sequence, in which both the boy and girl couple argue and break up due to the boy cheating on the girl.The character representations appeal towards the target audience for a number of reasons. The portrayal of genders and characters within my group and Is group follow the stereotypes associated with genders. The only female shown in the segment is the victim of the narrative, being hard done by and victimised during many segments within the sequence, examples being the argument due to her boyfriend cheating on her, followed by being chased by the unknown antagonist throughout the remaining parts beyond that, going from the public pathways to eventfully being led into a baron forest.  Due to this the audience can feel sympathy for her and her situation due to her mistreatment and portrayal of being vulnerable and constantly being hard done by and in a position of danger. The boy within the narrative is portrayed stereotypically also, being controlling and dominant during the short time in which he is featured on screen. Due to this representation the audience will prefer the female over the male and feel sympathy for victim. A number of micro elements are used throughout the sequence on multiple occasions to support the representations of the characters, and how this might appeal towards the target audience. The girl can be seen through the use of a high angle shot during the segment in which she is running down the hill in the empty forest. This portrays her as being weak, vulnerable and inferior, by doing so adding towards the feeling of sympathy for her, potentially making the audience create a relationship with her. The victim is also shown through the use of a handheld camera while the antagonist is chasing her up the hill, which emphases her panic and the situation she is in, linking in towards the hardships she has to endure, as well as her being hard done by, making the audience feel sympathy and help create that relationship. A shot reverse shot is used to show the boy in the narrative during the segment in which the couple are arguing, which shows him as emptying to lie to his girlfriend over him cheating on her, showing him as being deceiving and treating his girlfriend badly and unfairly, adding towards the hardship she faces, making the audience favour her over the boy because of this. The antagonists perspective can be seen through the use of POV, by doing so showing the antagonist from his view, enabling them to connect to him without any additional information into his character and motives, by  doing so allowing the audience to form a relationship with the character without interrupting the enigma created by not including any further details on the character other than he is a large male. Due to the narrative, character representations and the use of micro elements to portray said representations, the audience can connect with the characters on screen, and build a relationship with them, making it more appealing towards the target audience in which the sequence is catered towards, being teenagers aged 15 and over.