Audience Analysis Statement For Scissorhands

Audience Analysis Statement My audience is parents, teachers and fellow students for a Gothic teenager that are willing to put forth the effort to try to understand them. The main audience that I'm targeting would most likely include parents of teenagers that are Gothic. My audience would be parents that might be worried about their Gothic teenagers from what they seen on T.V and want to help them. My audience could also be parents that want to understand them better. My paper could also draw the audience of teachers of Gothic teenagers. The teachers that want a way to connect with their Gothic students in class and help other students connect with them too.
Goths Culture in Modern Society
Over the last thirty-seven years, Goths have made …show more content…
But on the big screen, society loves Goth culture they just don’t know it. Modern society has adapted to the Goth subculture and welcomed it to their lifestyle. Some might even overlook it and not even notice it around them. For example, Tim Burton is a very famous name in the movie making industry, many of his movies are very popular including: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Beetlejuice. Tim Burton film style is Gothic his movies include a dark/gloomy tone that has some horror elements to it with otherworldly creatures and most of society loves it. Beetlejuice’s main character Lydia Deetz, played by Winonna Ryder , is a Goth teenager. Beetlejuice is a movie that investigates what happens to a person after you die. Because of Lydia’s Gothic or weird and abnormal nature gives her the ability to see the ghostly couple that lives in her new house. This movie takes the approach to death and puts a humorous spin on it. Edward Scissorhands is another Tim Burton movie with the main character that is consider to be a Goth. Based on what people think about Goths they imagine them to be scary, rude, or even demon like. But in this movie you see a very sweet man that would do anything thing for anyone and not think twice about it. This goes against every thing people think about Goths. This movie shows what it is like to be a Goth in the modern society. Edward is found all alone in a mansion by a lady named Peg. She takes him to her household where her family accepts him. Peg’s family doesn’t even notice that Edward is different. They think he is like any other teenagers just like her daughter Kim. The families of Peg’s community tries to understand Edward and get to know him better. But, there are other teenage boys who bully Edward because they do not understand him and do not want to. This is what it is like for an average Gothic teenager. There are people who