Media Audiences

To whom is the text addressed? What is the target audience?

What assumptions about the audience’s characteristics are implicit within the text?

What assumptions about the audience are implicit in the text’s scheduling or positioning?

In what conditions is the audience likely to receive the text? Does this impact upon the formal characteristics of the text?

What do you know or can you assume about the likely size and constituency of the audience?

What are the probable and possible audience readings of the text?

How do you, as an audience member, read and evaluate the text? To what extent is your reading and evaluation influenced by your age, gender, background etc?

These are many things I need to take into consideration when I come to identifing my target audience.
I'd say Sin City's target audience is white males in the 30s to 50s year old range. Although some women enjoyed the film also. I don't think that audiences were strong enough to keep it there. Pure brutality of man against man isn't very appealing, hence the delay and no news on the second and third release.