Media diary week 3
// Audience classification
A piece of media text I have consumed this week is a film
called ‘in my dreams’. In my dreams is a romantic/drama and would appeal to an
audience of a working class/ skilled working class background as it explores
the idea of a single woman going about her everyday duties in your average
working class life and trying to manage her money so she can get by.
The underlying message within the film that sometimes
miracles can happen and take your life by surprise. The woman wishes upon a
supposed magical fountain in a hope to find happiness and her true love after
being work orientated for the whole of her life. This would appeal to a working
class audience as it will most likely be relatable and appeals to their hierarchy
of needs, love and belonging. This means they can sympathize with the character
and relate to them making them a target audience. Whereas an upper middle class
audience may think this is pathetic and a waste of time wishing for financial
stability and a love life due to the fact their financial state will more than likely
be extremely strong.
Audience profiling:
Age: 16-40
Gender: women
Education: high school// no specific level of education
required
Family: a mother or possibly a single mother
Self-image: low self-esteem in need of help// guidance
Class: working class
Ethnicity: British
Location: great Britain
I believe this piece of media would also appeal to the mainstreamer
due to the fact that the story line behind it is relatable to working class
people and mainstreamers want to feel safe and secure and this will allow them
to do so. It also follows your average romantic story line where the woman ends
up getting her dream boyfriend therefore again lives up to expectations and you
can pretty much predict what is going to happen.
This would appeal to groupies and traditionalists in the
life style categories. It would appeal to groupies as it is a romantic film
which is one of the most popular genres in film therefore would be classed as ‘normal’
to watch this specific genre. However it would also appeal to the
traditionalist due to the fact it follows the same story line that every happy
ending romantic film follows meaning that the piece will be no different to any
other romantic film and they can for see the outcome.
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