Audience

Whilst producing and making my film I had to look at the audience of which my film would be directed at, one way I done this was to look at other similar films of my to mine and also the genre so I can compare to see whether these audiences will fit the style of the film.

Research
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One film that I decided to look deeply into was 'Inception', this is because it is a very similar film to mine because of the complexity and it is very post modern which is the direction I want my film to go. Inception in my opinion has a very broad audience for its main storyline and action but a very narrow audience for the film to actually be seen on a complex level. Allow me to explain, I mean the average person 20-30 years can view the film and enjoy it because of the romance and action involved in the film, but for it to be truly seen in the way it was meant to be, 'the preferred meaning', the audience is much more narrow and includes more intellectual people and keen movie buffs to spot its true identity. This is the direction I would like my film to be, so allowing most people to enjoy the film due to its drama and perhaps controversial ideas, but for only a certain amount of people to pickup on the intertextuality and homages I wish my film to pay.

Due to the possible casting I am going for a more Male audience due to the lack of females in the film.