Questionnaire:
What does our target audience want from a film in this
What does our target audience want from a film in this
genre?
What age are you ?
- 5-10
- 10-15
- 15-20
- 20-25
The age we got back as the most common age asked was 15-20 which worked well as they're the most popular
age range for thrillers.
What is your favourite thriller film?
- Se7en
- Split
- Girl on the Train
- Fast and Furious 8
-Other/ Never watched a horror
- Split
- Girl on the Train
- Fast and Furious 8
-Other/ Never watched a horror
We asked 10 people all of the age of 16/17. They could choose two of the films above each which they like the
most choose, Se7en, followed by Split. Fast and Furious 8 wasn't really chosen, only one
person selected it.
What do you expect to see in a thriller genre film ?
- Knifes
- Guns
- Masks
- Chainsaws
- Crime/mystery
- Unrealistic characters
Overall the outcome for this question was that they look mostly for Knifes and Crime/mystery, as it is the
general props used within this genre.
We also had people complete an online survey: Thriller survey
general props used within this genre.
We also had people complete an online survey: Thriller survey
What have you learned from these questions? How will the responses influence your own film and therefore film opening? I still don't really understand whether you're doing a thriller or a horror but lets go with thriller. Which of the following films do you prefer? Dark Knight, Seven, La Haine, Goodfellas. Most of my audience picked Seven suggesting they like the gritty realism and broadly defined representations of good and bad rather than the overblown characters and situations of Nolan's superhero thriller or the understated almost non-existent plot of La Haine.Blah blah etc
ReplyDeleteThe media bible advises that you publish a blank questionnaire (you're probably looking at about 10 questions) and then graphs/pie charts showing your results. I would then explain what you leaned from these results. This might not include every question but if a question isn't relevant, it was probably a mistake to ask it!