Media Audience

The target audience for the film are males aged 15 – 30, due to its high action and gore which stereotypically attracts males. They would probably be mainstreamer, as it was a very popular film at the time of its release. It also has a large ‘fan boy’ audience due to it being based on a graphic novel by frank miller (creator of sin city).

The type of audience that would watch this film is probably people who would appreciate the historic content within in the text. They may also like war films and/or documentaries and may prefer to be informed than entertained.

I think that the audience were most likely to have received the text in the cinema as I was a blockbuster as it was targeted at mainstreamer I think the way they would have received the film would have been informal as mainstreamers are likely to go to the cinema with friends. They would only pay attention to the action scenes and not receive the values messages that it gave out.  

I think it could be assumed that this film would attract audiences worldwide as it grossed over $456,068,181. I think as it is based on the graphic novel by the creator of Sin City it would have attracted more of an audience. Using famous facing faces like Gerard Butler, who starred in Beowulf and Tomb Raider would have also attracted more people.

I think that younger members of the audience would read this text as just an action or war film whereas older more educated members of the audience would see it for its historic content and the value messages that it sends out.

I see this film as an historic war film I found it entertaining and I understood it. I think the main reason I understood it was because I was taught about the ancient Greece when I was younger and I understood the messages it was trying to send out. I thought it was a great film but critics gave it really low scores I think my opinion could be incorrect as I haven’t read the graphic novel. Which I think would impact my opinion.