Our Perfect Audience Member

By Maud Start

Using www.findyourtribe.co.uk I did the quiz with my ideal audience in mind. The result was a 'Goth', which I think is actually pretty accurate, and it was certainly what I expected. According to the website, our ideal audience are a very dark bunch of people, addicted to coffins, and black.

I think that our main audience will be female, as we have a female protagonist, and our genre is specifically aimed at girls.

In my mind I have a very clear, stereotypical picture of who our main audience will include:

• They will have very styled hair, most likely black, if not it will be died in some kooky way.
• Converse and Doc Martens will be massively popular with our audience
• Along with 'Emily Strange' accessories 
• Makeup will resemble the 'Corpse Bride', on both the boys and the girls
• I can imagine that our ideal audience will be avid gig goers, and will always have tickets to the next 'Guns n Roses' gig
• Excessive piercings will be worshipped, especially the snake-bites and eyebrows
• Our audience will be attracted to our movie by the 'R' rating and the dark ghoulish storyline, at the same time I can see them picking up 'The Hitcher' and 'Quarantine' for the same reason, whilst they are at the video store.
• Ouija boards and books will be a hit with our audience, books such as 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, due to its mysterious, quirky storyline, and Rupture, by Simon Lelic.
• Our ideal audience will avoid other tribes like the plague, yet once a good book or movie is brought up will be drawn into a deep and interesting discussion/ debate, no matter who they are talking to.
• As they are watching our movie, a greasy domino's pizza will be ordered in, with every topping and extra cheese, and a side order of garlic bread. Cans of Snakebite will be cracked open, straight from the fridge, and enjoyed from the can. Yet the preferred dish would have to be a juicy steak and chips, medium rare, or even an appetising bowl of mum's lasagne.
• Hobbies would include indulging in a mosh pit on a friday night, and weekdays will be spent talking at length about classic literature, visiting the local grave yard and booking their next gig.