4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

This film would be mainly aimed at adults or at least 15+ teenagers, because if I was to carry on the film this one would become much more emotional than the opening sequence, as this is only the back-story. And another reason is also because younger children may find it boring right from the opening sequence (as said by one of my classmates and my own brother). And also because the content is very serious, and it wouldn’t be a film which a family would enjoy to watch on their free Sunday afternoons.

 But it would not be recommended for people who may be very affected by any similar issues represented in this film, especially if I was to carry it on, because it being a current problem that affects the minority of the population and as it is a dramatic film which follows an emotional life journey for someone who suffers a psychological illness, and knows that sooner or later will have to give up the love of his life to not hurt her, this may mean that some members of the audience may identify with and may affect them emotionally, which would defeat the objective of my film making: to entertain people. Some groups of people may have experienced some sort of illness similar to the one represented in this film and may bring back memories which are not pleasant to them – for example; If I showed this film to the couple I based my inspiration on, it may affect them some way psychologically because I have based it on their real life experiences on how they are tacking this illness. So in this case they may not perceive this film to be an entertaining and joyful thing to watch as it is based on a real life issue.

 It would also not be recommended for people who don’t enjoy similar film genres, such as melodramas, medical dramas and tragedies – eg: Sea Inside or The Titanic.


 As this is a story which the viewer has to engage with the character right from the start, I think the older the viewer is, the more likely they are to enjoy this film as some of their life experiences, such as finding true love and / or maybe losing it, is shown through the debate going through Adam’s mind during the film. And it is also a film people could reflect about after watching it, because it shows issues raised in real life and also gives a lot to think about which we could lose in our life time with such fragile health, some younger viewers could also benefit from finding out how some people cope in life (like Adam) or even about what they can gain or lose in their own life.