DIFFICULTIES WITH DECISION

My initial idea was to do a chick flick but I soon realized the difficulties I may face with this. It is important in these types of drama trailers to create a good story line and a good illustration, but seeing as the purpose is through the way its made and not the importance of the content I thought maybe this genre would not be suitable. Good trailers pick up the pace of the action half way through and chick flicks aren’t affiliated with active scenes. Although there are exceptions such as, Charlie’s Angles, even that includes a sub-genre of action espionage giving it a mysterious twist. Another issue with chick flicks is that it the target audience is narrow, whereas with horror everyone is interested and wants to get an adrenalin rush. The target audience will narrow in terms of age and gender; the older generation might not be interested in ‘girl drama’-teenage drama. In terms of gender, it might not appeal to boys. The question is why?

I held a questionnaire to young boys in my sixth, i came back with a few interesting and convenient  answers:

The first was, ‘I simply wouldn’t pay money to go watch a chick flick, because the story line doesn’t appeal to me and the target audience is women more than men.’

‘ I would go if my girlfriend paid for me and bought me popcorn’, this is slightly humorous but just goes to show how inconvenient chick flicks are to men, even teenage boys.
Another interesting point was, 'i find them boring but if the cast are people like Steven Spielberg, then i might consider it'. Overall, I have come to the conclusion that a chick flick may not be the most suitable for my genre choice and i might look at the potential for action films, such as thrillers, criminal drama etc.