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Audience Profile - Zombieland

 

 Zombieland

 

 

 

The horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus is a big wuss -- but when you're afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee is an AK-toting, zombie-slaying' bad ass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.

As seen within the table, the audience members were mainly aged between 15-24. This would be because at this age people seek a thrill, they are always looking for the next thing that is going to bring them excitement in any way, shape or form. At this age they are able to watch films that feature gore and a sexual nature. What else can you suspect to see within a film filled with blood spewing, flesh munching decaying people? The film will allow them to get the thrill from seeing a zombies head being smashed in while also being able to get a laugh from the characters. The film's character allow the audience to be able to connect with the characters as they seem like every day people that you would see in the street. Instead on focusing around the group of ex-police who are highly trained with fire arms, you follow around one character who has a list of things wrong with him, who is also a is extremely scared of the zombies that he is fighting against. while also adding in a complete contrast of a man who seem to have been waiting for the zombie apocalypse his whole life. Seeing short clips of him getting overly excited about killing the zombies in an almost sick and twisted way. But ever bad-ass has his weakness, and for Woody Harleson this would be the need to find a Twinkie.

Within that we see that the film mainly attracted a male audience. This would be because, males are known for their love of gory films while females are known for looking more into the character development, wanting to see a film where they can connect to the characters and wanting to feel for those characters. But this does not get away from the fact that a female audience was attracted, this would be because, although it wasn't a main focus within the film, you can see the character development. You watch the bonds between the two main male characters as they get closer to each other and begin to depend on the others strengths to help them survive. While also watching the two female characters protecting each other as they have their sister bond. Finally mixing the two groups together and watching a love story begin to unfold.

Pre-Production: Casting

Casting 

The actors we have chosen to play the parts listed below have all been selected down to a few reasons. The reason why all are the same age is due to the fact that we have not been able to locate a mixed age of actors. With availability of actors limited we turned to the local amateur  drama clubs. We knew many actors from college courses and school and called along our friends that have had experience in these areas.

The videos below are the short introduction of the main actors.

Budget & Box Office

Qusetionnaire

   1. Do you enjoy watching Zombie films?[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Depends on the plot/content


2. What kind of main character(s) do you like to see?
[ ] Male
[ ] Female
[ ] Group of mixed
[ ] Group of male
[ ] Group of female


3. What sub-genre do you like seeing within a zombie film?
[ ] Action
[ ] Comedy
[ ] Romance


4. When would you prefer to have a zombie film set?
[ ] In the past
[ ] Present
[ ] A few years into the future
[ ] Around 15 years into the future


5. Would you prefer to see a zombie film with the protagonist closer to your age?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No


6. What would you want a zombie film trailer to show?
[ ] Death
[ ] Hints of plot
[ ] Characters
[ ] All of the above


7. What about zombie films appeals to you?
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Target audience

 

Our target audience was young adults age 18 and above; as the film would be rated an 18, but we were aiming to attract an audience of between 18 and 30 year old's.

The film would be rated an 18 because of the violence and some of the content and themes of the film

The type of person that would go and see a movie of a similar style to our film or even our film is in an era where the media over glorifies blood and violence, so therefor adding lots of graphic content and violence would help to attract our target audience. I also feel the our film would attract a slightly older audience maybe even up to 50 or 60 years old, that's still a good thing even though the film was aimed at a slightly younger audience.

Audience Profile - I Am Legend

I Am Legend

From this table we can see that I am Legend was mostly seen by males aged 15-34. But still attracted a lot of attention from the female audience as well, this could have been because of the emotional connection between Robert Neville (Will Smith) and his dog Sammy. The connection between Robert and Sammy struck the audience strait to the heart. Weather it's because Sammy was Robert's last connection to his family who died during the evacuation, or because he is Roberts only companion in a world where he is the last man. Either way the scene in which Robert has to kill Sammy effected the whole of the audience.