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Audience 

Understand the relationship between media products and their target audience!

An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or academics in any medium.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audience

Core Audience are the main kind of people who watch a particular type of programme, listen to a particular type of music etc.

 

Core Audience

Secondary Audience

A person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the internet from an early age.

 

Hot Fuzz Core Audience is a Digital Native.

 

The rise in digital technology use 1980 -2010. Meaning the individuals listed have knowledge of and have access to networked digital technologies, this in other words meaning they are capiable of operating them productively.

Digital Native

Core Audience 

The generation born after that of the baby boomers (roughly from the early 1960s to mid 1970s), typically perceived to be disaffected and directionless.

 

Generation X is a part of Hot Fuzz's Secondary Audience.

 

This is the generation born after the Western Post-World 11 Baby Boom. These birth dates being from the range  1960's to the early 1980's.

 

A person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000. An example of this will be shown by the fact file which will be produced below.

 

Millennials is a part of Hot Fuzz's Secondary Audience.

 

They are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

 

Millennials

Name:

Leo Woods 

 

Age:

18

 

Target Gender:

Male & Female

 

Favourite Film:

Harry Potter, Simpsons & Transformers.

 

Favourite Series:

Friends, Hawaii Five 0 & Chicago Fire.

 

Hobbies:

Playing Soccer, Filming, Hanging out with friends & Family.

 

Occupation:

College Student, works in a bakery

 

Spending Power:

Part time worker: works twice a week £50

Name: 

Ann Smith

 

Age:

17

 

Target Gender:

Male & Female

 

Favourite Film:

Twilight, Fault in our Stars, What a Girl Wants & Divergent.

 

Favourite Series:

Sex in the City, Doctor Who & Big Bang Theory.

 

Hobbies:

Hanging out with friends, drawing, singing.

 

Occupation:

Secondary Student

 

Spending Power:

£5 earned by chores completed around the house a week.

The information above is an example of the target market of boys and girls at the ages 17 - 18. The two teens above are good examples of the different genres prefered within the age group. Within the information provided we can also conclude whether or not the production of movies appeal to them, and whether they can afford them - we get this information from spending power. 

Name:

Alex Mark

 

Age:

25

 

Target Gender:

Male & Female

 

Favourite Film:

Magic Mike, Endless Love, I am Four.

 

Favourite Series:

Castle, Once Upon a Time & Arrow.

 

Hobbies:

Filming, Hanging out with family & friends, as well as traveling.

 

Occupation:

Mechanic

 

Spending Power:

As a mechancal engineer he earns£29,980 per year

Name: 

Belle Morgan

 

Age:

22

 

Target Gender:

Male & Female

 

Favourite Film:

The Devil Wears Prada, Gia, Hercules.

 

Favourite Series:

The Walking Dead, Family Guy, How I  Met Your Mother.

 

Hobbies:

Photography, Traveling & Hanging out with friends.

 

Occupation:

Journalist for local newpaper

 

Spending Power:

As a journalist she earns £22,250

The information above is an example of the target market of boys and girls at the ages 22 - 25. The two young adults above are good examples of the different genres prefered within the age group. Within the information provided we can also conclude whether or not the production of movies appeal to them, and whether they can afford them - we get this information from spending power. 

Name:

Ken Fargolden

 

Age:

45

 

Traget Gender:

Male & Female

 

Favourite Film:

Man of Steel, Gravity & American Hustle.

 

Favourite Series:

Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Believe & Star Crossed.

 

Hobbies:

Filming, hanging around with friends & Family, as well as attending award shows.

 

Occupation:

Lawyer

 

Spending Power:

Lawyer salary as £60,000

Name: 

Kerry Gillez

 

Age:

32

 

Traget Gender:

Male & Female

 

Favourite Film:

Fault in our Stars, The Notebook & Transformers.

 

Favourite Series:

Sex in the City, Charmed & Big Bang Theory.

 

Hobbies:

Hanging out with friends, Photography.

 

Occupation:

Teacher

 

Spending Power:

As a teacher salary as elementary school teacher is £24,991

The information above is an example of the target market of men and women at the ages 32 - 45. The two adults above are good examples of the different genres prefered within the age group. Within the information provided we can also conclude whether or not the production of movies appeal to them, and whether they can afford them - we get this information from spending power. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, due to the storyline behind the movie Hot Fuzz I personally believe that there would have been more men interested in the movie than females. I think this because although their are plenty of women who enjoy action movies, I believe that mostly the men would have been more patient to finish the whole movie to understand all the dramatic changes throught each of the scenes. Furthermore, other reasons behind this observation is because the movie is quite gruelling as well as murderous content, which is most likely to draw in mainly males attention than females. 

People that may exert an influence on the primary audience, such as children, spouses, associates, friends, neighbors, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation X

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