Target Audience

The target audience for our film would be 18-25 year old males, as there is a lot of action and graphic content, which older viewers may not find enjoyable and anyone younger than 18 is simply not able to watch the film, as the rating for our film is 18+. The inclusion of swearing, guns, and chase scenes would appeal to our target audience as they are thrilling and would keep the audience gripped and thoroughly drawn into the action throughout the film.

Action Film Genre Research

The conventions of action films are generally chase scenes (Both on foot and vehicle), explosions, guns, fist fights, one main antagonist with help from 'grunts', one main protagonist (Usually a hardened, ex-military type/maverick police officer), a damsel in distress that the hero must rescue (Usually from the clutches of the antagonist), and lots of gunfights.

Conventional action films follow a todorov narrative (With the hero overthrowing the antagonist and rescuing the damsel) and have Propp character types, such as:

-The Villain

-The Hero

-The False Hero

-The Donor

-The Helper

-The Princess Or Prize

-The Dispatcher

Examples of films in this genre are films such as: The Rambo Series, Commando, Kill Bill, The Expendables, etc.

Examples of actors in this genre are: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham.

Genre I Am Emulating

The genre I am emulating is the Action genre, I have chosen to emulate this genre as it is a genre of film that I enjoy watching, as tense action scenes, chase scenes, etc. help keep the audience on the edge of their seat, and the fact that the pace of the film is very fast and relentless also adds to the overall thrill of action films.