One thing that I took from the presentations a few class periods ago was that the target audience is one of the most fundamental aspects of production, and their practical explanation of how those things worked within the media community was something really interesting. I realized that I haven't commented on those reflections from the in-class presentations and I think that now is a good time to do so. I was scrolling through Instagram and found various writing accounts that were using different hashtags to create their community space, and it got me thinking about this project and establishing the target audience. This revelation was one that got me to start thinking about the genre characteristics and the potential rating for the piece. By having everything centered around violent conflict, I'm learning towards a PG-13 rating, which will give me the leeway to do what I need to in terms of keeping the action in the story, but also won't up the rating so much that the piece ends up being rated R and limits audience members.
This gives me space to think about my target audience. By having people who typically consume this kind of media(typically males who are invested in the character or has a history with characters of the same franchise). By making this a darker piece, I've both alienated some of these audience members and brought them deeper into the piece itself, a tradeoff I'm willing to take. More research will need to be done but these decisions will inform more aspects of my production.
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