Breaking Tropes
Tomorrow, my group and I plan on touring the office we will be filming at in order to write our storyboard. But until then, we will be researching the post-apocalyptic genre some more in order to truly understand how to portray the lone, hollow feeling we have in mind. By understanding common techniques of the genre, we can apply and manipulate them to better fit the interests of our target audience.
The typical target audience of post-apocalyptic films is 18-44 year-olds, as the protagonists of these movies typically face mature hardships against nature that are too violent for younger individuals. With our film, however, we want to catch the attention of older teens as well, putting our target range from 16-24. In order to do this, we have changed a few tropes, such as making our protagonist a teenage girl rather than a middle-aged man. Our protagonist also has a survivalist, animalistic way about her, much unlike the nurturing and loving woman typically presented in this genre.
At the moment, we find that balancing between keeping and breaking cliche tropes will benefit us greatly in attracting all members of our audience.
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