Audience

Traffic Lights Film Opening - Audience 

Traffic Lights is a drug related drama and therefore the opening sequence is highly intense containing a number of enigma codes for the audience. This suggests that our film can be categorised as an independent film rather than mainstream. Consequently, our target audience is adults who can understand the plot of the film. Initially, we thought our film could attract teenagers above the age of 15, however the number of enigma codes included could make it hard for some younger viewers to understand so they would not be intrigued by the opening sequence. Contrastingly, teenagers at the age of 17 and 18 will have a better understanding of the storyline as they are more mature and more exposed to the world of drug-using so it contains some level of interest as this type of mission happens everywhere and all the time.  

The opening we will create is slow-paced in contrast to other mainstream film openings. It is important for the audience to feel suspense in order to experience the sheer danger of the smuggling process first-hand. Our secondary audience is likely to be friends or siblings of the adults who we aim our film at. Taking this into account, the age range of both primary and secondary audiences will be 18 < 50 year olds.