Questionnaire

Questionnaire

How old are you?

-12-15

-16-19     7

- 20+         3

Do you watch thriller movies?

- yes  10

-No

Why do you watch thriller movies/ what attracts you to them?

 

What is your preferred sub genre  for a thriller?

-horror   4

-crime  2

- sci-fi 1

- real life

-action    3

- chase

-other 1

 

who do you prefer to be the victim in a thriller?

 

- innocent person 6

- hero/heroine    2

- someone young 1

- someone old

- other 1

 

Name a word you think when someone says thriller?

 

- death

- crime 1

- suspense/intense 4

- chase 3

- violence  2

 

what do you like to have with a thriller story line?

 

- someone being chased/ watched 3

- mystery/ unseen villain  2

-crime

-death

- chase

- physiological dilemma 5

 

what factors o a thriller have the best effects on your emotions?

 

- music 8

- dialogue 1

- sound effects

- narrative

- setting 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made this questionnaire to find out more about my chosen genre and what my target audience was  so I could apply this to my opening sequence. I asked about 10 people to answer this questionnaire

 

1) This shows that the majority of people who watch thriller films are within the age range of 16-19 years. This may be due to us mainly asking our peers in this questionnaire but we feel, on a whole, that this age category is fairly correct. We also feel that our thriller opening fits this audience well. We asked this question because we wanted to see what age group would be the most likely to watch our Thriller opening.

 

2) Everyone that we had asked  ticked the box yes of having watched some sort of thriller movie, this shows that thriller movies are quite popular and likable.

 

3) Our research shows they would like to so some suspense and excitement maybe a bit of  twist to it something that will keep them on the edge of their seats in our opening sequence  We asked this question because we wanted people to write down their honest opinions without having an option as to what personally appeals the most to them when deciding which Thriller to watch.

 

4) This shows us that the most popular sub-genre for a thriller film is horror followed by Crime & Action, this usually involves death and weapons violence  , with some disturbing factors also. We feel our thriller film opening will fit into this sub-genre. We asked this question because we wanted to know if our Thriller would fit the most popular sun-genre.

 

5) Our research shows that the most popular character for a victim is an innocent person. This is most probably because it is a stereotypical victim and will want to make people want to watch and wait to see what happens next  We asked this question because we have a victim in our Thriller opening and wanted to see if we had chosen the most popular victim.

 

6) Our results display that the top 5 most common words thought of when they think of ‘thrillers’ are:  Suspense, Scary, Intense. However everyone had ticked a box from the above showing that all our choices we had given all linked to together  I feel that these five words are all reflected within our thriller opening. We asked this question to see whether our Thriller would meet the expectations of what our audience will be expecting from a Thriller.

 

 

7) This suggests that people like to have a psychological dilemma within the plot of the thriller, such as a mysterious villain or a shocking twist. Films that require some thinking and clever twists to it. however We feel that our thriller opening doesn't  include this but we feel that it includes the other categories: chase and mystery  however this question will help us to put a twist to it for the audience to like. We asked this question to see whether our Thriller opening will fulfil the expectations of our audience.

 

8)  I think this was one of the best questions we had asked because it was the main factor that will attract our audience to our sequence  Setting The factor that people find most effective on their emotions in a thriller film, according to our research, is the music. We have chosen our music very carefully for our thriller and have already edited it to fit with where we want our clips positioned. We asked this question so we can focus our attention on the area our audience will be expecting to effect their emotions the most.

 

I feel after gathering this information and data has helped us a lot to see who we really would like to aim our opening g sequence and even maybe change that the audience had suggested. we will try are best to meet these expectations.