WEEK 2 – w/c 20/09/10

This week i have been focusing on the audiences that these horror movies as well as hood movies are targeted at, I did this by not only researching online from various websites but i also asked my Facebook friends via my Facebook status asking questions such as “do you like to watch the Saw movies?” & then ask them their age, although i was just attempting something new, this proved to be rather beneficial, the results that i received indicate that the majority of people that enjoy these types of movies are Young Adult Males (or as i like to call them Y.A.M) demographic aged from 16 – 25.

A new type of multimedia that i used this week was the website that i used to create my simple survey called http://www.survermonkey.com/ where they allow you to create your own questions in a prefered style e.g. text box answer, multiple choice and allows you to distribute the questionnaire via diffrent multi media platforms such as Facebook and twitter, i put my questionaire up on Facebook as shown below

However there was some contrast in age groups from what i researched on the Internet and the Intel i received from friend in terms of age groups for watching Hood movies; because these movies usually contain violent scenes and some sexual content they are usually rated for ages 18+ but my individual research shows that allot of teenagers aged 13 to 18 enjoy watching or have watched hood movies e.g. Menace II Society, kiDULTHOOD, etc.

The main reason that i see behind this could be for a number of reasons such as the fact that gang life and crime has been glamorized by the media, they relate to this lifestyle or problems that the subjects of the movie are going through, etc.

Some people don't realize it but slasher movies and hood movies if properly Incorporated would blend with each other nicely e.g. both genres usually involve murda in cold blood. in my project I am setting out to make the two blend together well enough to attract both demographics from each genre.