Genre
Hello all, it's Mehul again! So after spending half a year learning about film I've been tasked with my next major project: the creation of a film opening! While looking for a genre to best display the skills I've learned this year, I came across an old scene idea of mine, the windows scene. The camera slowly pans to the left as a laptop and a character finally comes into frame. In the background a discreet meeting appears to be taking place and the character can be seen placing audio capture equipment to eavesdrop on the details of the meeting. But as he opens his laptop to access the monitoring portal, the windows logo fills the screen and the uncomfortably loud startup sound bite devastates the silence of the scene, placing the spying character in an extremely awkward position.
Thriller
After thinking about this scene for a while, I found that a thriller comedy genre would best facilitate the production of my film opening. The target audience of thrillers is traditionally those aged 30-50 who mainly watch movies for the suspense and mystery. The older demographic also due to the violence that is present in a large portion of thriller films, which presents disturbing content for smaller kids and families. When looking at males and females, gender cleavages for thriller audiences are insignificant compared to the cleavages seen in other genres such as action.
Comedy
The target audience for comedies is much more ambiguous under examination. Since comedy can be broken down into so many subgenres and levels of violence and obscenity, the overall age range spans the entire range of the moviegoer population. However, when looking at the target range based on certificate ratings, comedies certified with an R rating tend to attract more viewers from the 15-24 age bracket and the 45+ age bracket. Meanwhile, films rated G, PG, or PG-13 attract children and those from the 35-44 age bracket since they are typically more family-friendly. Similar to the thriller genre, both men and women comprise a roughly equal share of the target audience so it is important to consider the likings of both genders when creating a comedy, thriller, or comedy thriller film.
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