Audience for Urban films

Teenagers

The first obvious audience for urban films such as Kidulthood would be teenagers as most of the film is about teenagers and

how they are living their life on the streets of London. This means that many teenagers can relate to this film as they may be doing similar things in their lives whether in London or not they could

still be in the streets associating themselves with things like guns and drugs. We see a lot of drug-use, knives and guns in urban

films, some teenagers may already be involved in criminal activities and these films may help them realize what they are

doing is wrong or they may end up being killed if they continue living the way they are. At the end of Kidulthood we see the death of a young teenager which could get others thinking.

Adults Parents may want to watch urban films as they want to know what the youth get up to, they may see things which they have not before. For example parents may watch part of these films with their teenage children. This will give them an inside view of what goes on in the streets and will help them figure out if their son or daughter is involved in these activities. Another audience for urban films is men in their 20’s. These men have grown up on the streets and are still on the streets making their money in their many ways. Urban films would be films which they can relate to as they may live a similar life. For example The Trap Movie was a urban low budget film which featured many underground rappers. Many of them were living a life of crime before they started music. We follow Marcel as he juggles two different lifestyles, he has great potential as a artist but he is also on road and after his close friend dies he has choices to make. This again may make people think about the life they are living.

Urban films are aimed mostly at teenagers (16-19) and this is the age group which is most likely to watch these films. This is because most of the characters are of similar age to them. When someone hears urban film they automatically think many things such as council flats, gangs and fights. The social class which would mainly watch urban films is middle class. They tend to have disposable income to see one film at a given period of time. People from middle class families also may have more time than others as they may not have as many commitments, this would allow them the time to watch these films.