Reception Theory

For our media coursework we were asked to create a 2min opening sequence for a thriller, my two minutes opening sequence is about a girl ‘Rebecca ‘who kidnaps Tom. At the beginning we see her running it seems as if she is being chased but in reality she is running to the place where she has kept tom meanwhile tom is locked up in this room and has managed to get Rebecca’s phone he attempts to call for help before Rebecca gets there.

The reception theory suggests the audience constructs meaning at the moment of reading the media text. The audience considers the representation presented to them in the context of their own values, opinions and experiences so people with similar social-cultural background are likely to make similar readings. The main theorist am going to look at is Stuart hall, whose theory can be applied my two minutes opening sequence.

My target audience would be people aged 15-21, the opening sequence is at aimed at both males and females but our female audience would perhaps be more drawn to the protagonist in our thriller as it is a female. The demographic social class status would be D1-E. Our intended meaning is female empowerment; however people with different social cultural background would most definitely give a different interpretation. For example