Research

Before starting our thriller, our group looked into many different thrillers which were successful in the box office. For our research we checked the Pearl & Dean business website which gave us infomation about films such as their box office and the gender, age group and class who viewed the films.

Age: Gender: Male 59% Female 41%
4-6 0%
7-11 0%
12-14 0%
15-24 68%
25-34 15%
35-44 5%
45+ 0%

The first thriller we looked at was ‘Bangkok Dangerous’. The table above is a breakdown into many different demographics which established the target audience this film looked for. First of all the majority of the audience is male, 59%, where as female are 41. The age group which this film attained the most is between ages 25-44. This is a combined 79% of the 100% of people from all age groups who viewed this film. From here we were able to establish that key factors into making successful thrillers can be decided to what type of actors the production company employs. Another reason is that this film was orientated with the action genre with it. This could appeal to men as they could prefer action in thrillers.

Age: Gender: Male 63% Female 37%
4-6 0%
7-11 0%
12-14 0%
15-24 68%
25-34 15%
35-44 5%
45+ 0%

The second thriller our group looked at was ‘State of Play’. As you see from the table, we noticed that the main audience this film appealed to was mainly to men, 63%, between the ages of 15-24, 68.

A thriller we looked into was Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’. The main target audience this film attained was between the ages of 18-35. As this film contained many thriller conventions through effective camera shots it is noticed that this thriller used psychological elements such as the fear of heights