Target Audience For Thrillers

Target Audience for Thrillers

Psychological Thrillers

Thrillers for example normally appeal to adults also sometimes the younger audience.The average age group for the target audience is between 16-25 year olds. An example of a thriller aimed at a younger audience is Final Destination and Memento.

Memento is a psychological thriller ,the target audience for a psychological thriller is 18+ this is due to the fact they include a large amount of violence and psychological disturbing aspects also that they require a mature audience to be able to follow the plot and story line closely gaining an idea of what is going to happen.This may also be disturbing for younger viewers under the age of 16 and below.Most psychological thrillers come with a warning at the back of the DVD cover stating the age rating including a caption saying extreme violence and sexual scenes.

Memento was directed by Christopher Nolan.

Another psychological thriller with a similar target audience is Black Swan.Black Swan is aimed at a more female audience in comparison to Memento.Black Swan has a disturbing narrative as its aimed to play with the audience mind. Psychological films normally meets the need of a female audience as psychological films include much more of an emotional struggle rather than a physical and action based film for example Physco. Male audience are also interested in psychological thrillers as not all the protagonists are female such as Shutter Island and Phone Booth.

Romantic Thrillers
Thrillers vary as they can conclude a mix of elements from another genre for example romantic thrillers will attract an audience who enjoy watching the film with conventions containing both romance and thriller this may create a larger viewing of the film.
An example of a romantic thriller with conventions of comedy  is Mr and Mrs Smith which stares Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.Mr and Mrs Smith is in fact a preferred film of mine after viewing the film various times the target audience must be from a range of 16 - 25 year old as most likely they are most familiar with the main characters and have watched previous films.