Audience Research Task

Audience research is very important because you find out what people want to watch and what type of genre they are into and what genre is most popular.you would do audience research because you would want loads of people to talk about your movie and make it popular so you can make a good profit. It is also good so you know what age group fit in to a certain category so you can aim your movie at a certain age group. This is called demographics this is when you categorise a audience by their age or even a female film or even a film for males. This is stereotyping because if it is about shopping and nice men it would be aimed at girls and if it was about girls and cars it would be aimed at boys that's stereotyping people all film makers do this.

Three main theory's: These are the 3 theory's that I think are the main ones.

Reception analysis this is when the producer makes a movie and it has a different concept to every movie so people have different opinions some people might like it and some people might  dislike it. so everyone has their own point of view.

Hypodermic needle this is the theory that suggests the media is capable of mass manipulation. This is based on the assumption that the audience believes what they see so the maker of the movie in paranormal activity is trying to convince people .The audience that demons  actually exist to scare them so they get hooked in the movie and want to keep watching so they can make money for the different films.

Two step flow

This is the theory when someone watches a movie and then goes and tells another person that is why it is called a two step theory because it involves two people. this theory can keep on going because it goes from one person to another and it can last forever. This happens allot sometimes you don't even realise because you say i watched this movie and it was good this is a two step theory. This is mouth of word .

Bibliography this is when you have all the details about a book like who made it , when it was made and what it is about.

Filmography this tells you about the film and when its made , who made it and what its about.