AS Media Question 4 - Who would the target audience be for your film?

I knew the opening sequence would be aimed at teenagers because the message I wanted to portray through it was specifically aimed at them; these years are tough and it will feel like you're too different compared to everyone else, but you will get a happy ending.

At first I thought an age rating of 12 would be suitable for 'Freaks', but after some consideration and looking at the BBFC website I decided it would be better to have it rated a 15. This is because of the discriminatory behaviour and language used towards the teenagers in the freak show, and also because of the strong language.

I did a poll on the popular social networking site Facebook to research what genres teenagers are most interested in. Here are the the top results: