12 Years a Slave is set in 1841, where Solomon Northup, a free black man, lives with his wife and children playing violin for a living. Solomon is given the chance to play violin in a circus, but is conned by two men and sold into the New Orleans slave trade. He is then under different holds by several different masters, being tortured and physically and mentally abused. Solomon fights back against his injustice on occasion, which he receives brutal beatings for, but then realises that the only way he will be able to get out of the system is to obey all orders and conform to the commandments set by his masters. Solomon, known as 'Platt' to his masters confides in a Canadian man, Bass, who helps Solomon get back up to New York to his family again.
Age- 18 - 50. I feel like this is a suitable age range because the film explores in-depth very cruel, brutal, upsetting adult themes including beating and rape, which i feel the audience i have suggested would be mature enough to understand.
Gender - Male and Female. The film explores both genders in depth of these slaves, they show the representation of both genders of slaves were treated and how both genders of slave masters and their spouses treated the slaves.
Interests - American History, Abolishment of Slavery, Films based on real stories. To really understand this film, the audience would have to have a fairly decent idea and grasp of the history to what happened in this era to black people. The film is based on a true story, so if the audience like to know about the brutal reality of lives and the hardship people had to go through, this is a film for them.
Location- USA. All of the characters in this film are American, so the phrases and dialect they use is found in Louisiana, so being an American could possibly help with dialect. Also, in this film it was made to educate, so educating Americans about their history is a good decision to make.
Ethnicity - African American, White American. There are no other cultures in this film, so the audience could possibly identify with some of the situations their ancestors went though, which still happen in America today.
Disney- Guardians Of The Galaxy
In 1988 Peter Quill sees his mother die in hospital of cancer. He then gets abducted in a spaceship by ravagers, who take him to live on the planet Morag. Quill, now renamed Star-Lord is on a quest to find the orb, which he succeeds in doing, as the orb is very powerful and can destroy planets. Peter then tries to sell the orb, but the person he tries to sell it to, doesn't want it. Gamora, tries to intercept the orb and Rocket and Groot follow. They all end up in prison and form a pact to save the world, becoming guardians of the galaxy.
Age- 13-25. The film has a difficult storyline to follow so i think anybody younger than 13 would not be able to follow as clearly. Also, my upper age range is about the age i think would still appreciate the film and its quirky nature.
Gender- Male. I feel like this film is more male orientated due to the fact they like space and sci-fi a lot more than females. The film has more male characters in it, even though it does explore a strong female; Peter's mum who dies of cancer.
Interests- Sci-Fi, Marvel comics, Intergalactic fiction. It is made by marvel, so an interest in space and galaxies would really help a person to be able to watch this film, meaning that they could follow leads and stories more clearly and understand more. The planets and people in this film have weird, non-human names so interests in the supernatural, inhuman beings would help.
Location - Worldwide. There is no location on human earth used in this film, only in space, which opens up the audience to lots of different races of people.
Ethnicity - All. The beings in this film are all different sorts of alien and hypothetical objects, so there is no main ethnicity explored. This means that there will be no personal identity created through characters, but individual members of the audience will gratify with a separate character.
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