Target Audience

According the BBFC cert PG is a general viewing, where children should be accompanied by an adult. Reference to illegal drugs must be harmless and somehow carry an anti-drug message. Frightening sequences must not be intense and the glamorisation of weapons is not acceptable.
Mild bad language such as, “crap”, and, “cow” are allowed

Where more serious issues are featured (for example, domestic violence) nothing in their treatment should condone unacceptable behaviour. Moderate violence, without detail, may be allowed.


Our film opening will be in the genre of social realism (kitchen sink) from a teenage perspective and therefore has a potentially large primary audience. Social realism films tend to be watched by older audiences aging 15+ such as, Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine. Our five main protagonists are facing personal issues surrounding domestic violence, sex with short-tempers. However, as we are only filming an opening this will be fine as masses of exposition will not have been created.

Ethnicity

Our characters are spread across most ethnic backgrounds, as our film will portray the working-class troubles of South London. This will maximize our audience appeal.

Gender

Our five main protagonists include two girls and three boys (Aidah, Maurice, Dudley, Abdul and Trinny). We have attempted to turn stereotypes on their heads, e.g. Abdul an Asian hard bodied guy who is secretly gay, this is loosely stylised on Syed from Eastenders. Social realism films are not aimed to attract the male gaze or stereotypical love stories, which we have ruled out by the unbalance of the sexes.



Writing by Vivienne Samuels, Posted by Conor Bunn