Sunday, 8 March 2015

Disney and Film 4 Case Study


Frankenweenie 

Frankenweenie is a story about an isolated boy through the love he has for his dog, brings it back to life, while at the same time some of his friends find out about it and do the same thing to win the science fair however as the pets are not revived out of love but greed the pets come back evil so Victor has to save his town from the invasion of revived pets. It's the Frankenstein story told from the perspective of a child and his dog,it is a film that many similarities with Edward Scissorhands another of Tim Burton's classics and even features Winona Ryder as one of the voice actors.



Age: 12-17 as the main characters in this film are of the same age and it deals with the daily struggle of kids that age
Gender: Male it would be a male audience as the main character and the main secondary characters of this film are male so it would be much more understandable for a male audience
Interests: Pets, Science they would have this interest as the film is about this things
Location: Suburban Areas as it is set in this area and people who live in this area could relate to some of the themes or events hat happen within the film
Ethnicity: White this is because the characters are of this same race





Starred Up

A young offender is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison as his father. With the help of a volunteer therapist and a group of fellow inmates he begins to change his ways. Tension with his father arises when he realizes he doesn't need him and begins making other connections until it all goes wrong when the support group is stopped and the warden  decides that he is too much of a hassle and tries to murder him making it look like a suicide when his father steps in and stops it and their relationship seems to be on the right track Written by Jonathan Asser who worked with violent offenders and most likely based this story upon real events he encountered.

Age: 17-25. I chose this audience as this is the highest demographic for prisoners so it would relate to them as this film is set in a prison, it's also from the point of view from a character the same age so they could relate to him and get a sense of personal identity.
Gender: Male, its an all male prison and most of the characters in the film are male with the exception of one secondary female characters 
Interests: Psychology, Therapy, Prison, the audience would have these interest as it is set in a prison and one of the main story arcs is the group counselling sessions so people interested in psychology would look at this and would enjoy it from an analytical  
Location: South London- I chose this location for the audience as the prison is set in South London and so may cultural references in the film would be missed if you are not from South London
Ethinicity: Black, White- I chose these 2 ethnicities as these are the ethnicities of the characters in the film so they would be more likely to create a sense of personal identity with one of the characters 

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