Target Audience

The primary target audience for our thriller, 'Angel Cafe', was aimed at young women between the ages of 16-25. Young people feel the effect of fear and what triggers their fears when watching films like 'Angel Cafe'.

Despite the thriller being an old style, Noir thriller, which is quite an adult sub-genre, it would appeal to young people, women in particular, because one of the main roles in our thriller is female. She is deviant and dishonest, yet appears helpless and dependent on other people.

The phobias and fears that appear in our thriller that may effect the target audience are, claustrophobia, stalking. Helplessness is another fear in our thriller film and also the fear of being found out or guilty. This could especially apply to young people, particularly in teenage years as the go through rebellion stages.

The fear of being followed and watched is one that effects everyone. The idea of an extra prescience and being alone is one that haunts people. This can also confuse the audience, but purposely, for example, in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo this film has a slightly deceptive plot, it tricks the audience into thinking someone is dead, when really they are alive.

Our target audience would probably be quite intelligent, either still in school or at university or training for a job. The rest of our plot for the thriller is a little complex and would need concentration and focus to w holey understand what is going on. It all starts from when the female character takes the money out of the till.

I don't think the target group would like films where there is no outcome or no systematic story line, for example, a chick flick film e.g. Bridget Jones. I think our thriller would have the same kind of audience as The Third Man, maybe Thelma and Louise because of the link to women trying to fend for themselves and the Femme Fatal image, and finally Kill Bill.