Our Target Audience

We chose our target audience to be people of the age between 15 and 21, because this is the age with the most disposable income, the most free time, and also the people who go to the cinema most often.We feel that although the film is aimed at both male and female, the audience will be predominantly mal as from research we found that British social realism is one of the most popular genres for males, with films such as Adulthood, Kidulthood and This is England, bringing in high profits with a majority male audience.

First Film Idea

Character Profile Mind Map

Key Concepts - Representation Lesson

Researching British Social Realism

Ill Manors

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1760967/?ref_=sr_1

Critically acclaimed for being produced by music artist Plan B (Ben Drew)

Social Realism Film

BBFC 18

Released to show representation of young people today. 

Relatable characters

All British Cast

Kidulthood

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435680/?ref_=sr_1

British Social Realism 

BBFC 15

Often shown on BBC channels

Follows various peoples lives clashing together

Low Budget

All British Cast

Relatable

 

This Is England

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480025/?ref_=sr_1

Relatable characters

Low Budget

All British Cast

Conclusion

Throughout this research of British Social Realism, it becomes apparent that the main features are relatable and an all British cast and characters, and just because the film is low budget does not necessarily mean it amounts to poor quality and a bad final product. From this research we will take it and try to fit relatable situations and characters into our film making the audience feel more involved in the story line.

Character profiles - 1st draft

Boy 1

- 16
- Working Class
- Family Involved in drugs
- Regularly in fights
- Dropped out of school
- lives in Nottingham
- Council house
- wears trackies
- Very isolated
- rarely at home

HOBBIES -
- Football
- Drinking

Overall these attributes amount to what todays views as a stereotypical working class young boy. From events such as the London riots in 2011, and the media constantly attacking young working class males as 'hoodies' and 'yobs', portraying them to be something that the public should be afraid of.

Boy 2

- 16
- Middle Class
- Bullied at school and cyber bullied
- Dad rarely at home - Busineses man - no father figure
- Lives in middle class area of Nottingham
- Also isolated, regulalry on computer
- hobbies of gaming and computers
- spends most of his time out alone

These traits amount to a stereotypical middle class and well off family. Although we have applied a twist as we see that this nice life on the exterior, is actually a world of bullying and sadness. This subject of bullying get little media attention as it is not deemed as serious enough, and they insteaed concentrate on creating fear and problems for the public that may or may not be true.