TA Member Profile

Name: Stephen Bunney

Age group: Over 35

Gender: Male

Occupation: Head of Boarding

Mr Stephen Bunney is a suitable member of our target audience because he is a male over 35 and likes thriller films as well as fantasy films.

Films:

He likes many genres and has a few favourites. His favourites are fantasy, comedy and action films. He says he still enjoy film noirs, older films were done more tastefully in his opinion. Romance films are also entertaining to him, he says he enjoyed The Notebook, not the 'irritating and tacky' romance in Twilight. He likes comedies, however he thinks it's almost as if they are not as funny as before, and they are just full of cheap and forced jokes.He loves old musicals like Grease and legendary action films like James Bond. Mr Bunney spends time watching films suitable for the age of children during his supervision and bonding time with children. This has developed his love for fantasy films, because they are popular amongst young people, and are the least inappropriate out of most genres, it keeps the children interested rather than distracted and bored. It also helps him relate with them as he feels there is no boring conversation one can have about a fantasy film. He says they satisfy his young soul.

Music:
He says the best songs are those with meaning and genuine feeling. His favourite songs are from the 50s and 60s, He loves them because they have a sense of humour and playfulness to them. He says their best characteristic is when they tell stories and jokes in the songs as if it isn't a song. He dislikes the music of this generation, like the music on the top 40 - to him they are noisy, and full of swear words and lyrics without meaning, moreover all the beats are copied. He says his favourite artist of this generation is Justin Bieber because, his new music is quite honest; Other than his music, he completely dislikes music of this generation. Jazz is one of his favourite genres, to him the sound of the saxophone is very calming.

TV:
He hates British soap operas like Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Corrie, Emmerdale and Holby City. He said likes cartoons, but not the 'rubbish' they have on Disney or Cartoon Network now. He prefers cartoons from the 50s - 70s, like Tom & Jerry, The Jetsons, Top Cat and The Flinstones. The most appealing part about them to him is subtle humour, in a sense of it not being obvious that one is meant to laugh. I don't think there is one person in the world who can watch one of those cartoons without genuinely wanting to laugh - there is humour in that kind of violence and insults.

Hobbies:
He said children have also increased his interest in entertainment. Not just to be entertained by things such as films and music, but to entertain others. He likes story telling, telling jokes, and dancing, however he claims 'he is not the best dancer,' but In events such as the Christmas dinner disco, he usually makes the party lively by gracing the dance-floor with his dance moves. He gets the children to join in and ends up teaching them the waltz and folk dances from when he was young. His story telling and jokes get me closer with children and reminds them that he is not a grumpy old man or a soulless disciplinarian. He likes mixology, he does not practice it, but simply appreciates the art, he feels it makes everything classier. Although he may really like jokes, but he absolutely hates racist jokes, he further commented - 'they are not amusing in any way and films like that should not be produced.' He hates cooking., but he likes reading the newspaper and playing Sudoku and crosswords at the back of it also. He likes taking care of children as it is in his job description and he is really good at it.