Thriller Audience Research

Audience research of Thriller Films:

I went onto www.imdb.com, and found user ratings showing the ratings from certain age groups.

Shutter Island:

Shutter Island audience are largely a Male audience, rather than a female audience. And the people who have watched Shutter Island who are 18 - 29 is larger than the other categories. With males and females aged 45 and higher at the lowest number who have watched this film. This film could have a higher audience of males because, the film may relate to males more. It could be the low key lighting, the sense of mystery or maybe the build up of suspense. This film is also exciting, and not easy to follow, so that could be because the 18 - 29 audience enjoy that more. These user ratings suggests that the target audience for this film is 18 - 29. The men may find the male actors act as their role models, because they are all in their late 20's. This film could appeal to males because it is stereotypical of males to like action, and the thrill almost fear of a thriller. Whereas it is not stereotypical of women to like that, it is stereotypical of women to like romance's. 
Shutter island target audience:
Men 18-29
Trailer:



Fight Club:
The audience for Males is again the highest amount of audience, and the 18 -29 have the most audience which is same as Shutter Island. The user rating are very similar, which shows me that my target audience should be similar. This film has a high male rating, this could be because the fighting appeals to males more than females. As for all 3 films the main characters are all men, so women could watch because of the famous actors, and they find them good looking.  The under 18 age group are the most likely to illegally watch films online, so this could be why the vote is their high for under 18's, but because it is not very easily to follow the under 18's could loose interest unlike the 18-29.
Target audience:
Men 18 - 29
Trailer:


The Butterfly Effect:

This thriller again has males as the highest audiences votes, and the 18 -29 rating. This film would appeal to to 18 - 29 age group because it is hard to follow, because it is a restricted (narrative) film with a non linear plot. The age cert of 15, but not many under 18's have watched it, compared to the 18 -29 age group. This could be because it is not an easy watch, and under 18's could get bored. There is a some romanse in this film, and Ashton Kutcher both could be the reason why some women watched this film. 
Target Audience:
18 - 29
Trailer:


Inception:

Inception again has the highest votes from males aged 18 -29. This film is a non linear film so might be too confusing for under 18's, so that could be why it has a low vote score. The female votes for the 18 - 29 age group isn't has far behind as other user ratings for other films. This could be because of Leonardo DiCaprio.
Target Audience:
Males 18 - 29
Trailer:


Salt:

Males who are 18 -29 are again the highest voter. The male votes could be because of Angelina Jolie, and because is a action thriller. This film is action packed, which is stereotype of what males like to watch along with crime.
Target Audience:
Males 18 - 29
Trailer:



Sophie Gordon and I interviewed our target audience, these are the interviews:




I have learnt that the target audience for thriller are males who are 18 - 29. I have learnt this from the trend within these thriller ratings, it seem males 18 - 29 enjoy the action, crime, and the general aspects of a thriller. I should make sure my audience to my opening should appeal to the target audience if a thriller.