questionnare and analysis

Questionnaire: psychological thriller

1.      What do you expect from this type of genre?

 

2.      From this type of genre what do you expect the target audience to be?

 

3.      How long do you expect title sequence to last?

 

30secs               1min                    1.30min              2min

4.      Does this genre appeal to you?

Yes?

No?

 

 

5.      Would you go to the cinema to see a film of this genre?

 

6.       

a)      Have you seen the blair witch project before? If yes please answer B.

 

b)      Do you think the camera techniques in the Blair witch project were effective at building tension?

 

7.      What aspect from horrors/thrillers recently, do you find scary?

 

8.      Do you believe that it is more effective to show the antagonist?

 

9.      What are your favourite thrillers? Please list them below.

 

A questionare always allows you to find out what the audience thinks of the genre, their interests and what they expect. This allows you and your group to think around the answers and build up more ideas to put into your film,which catch the eye of people who have an interest in this genre.

The general census of what our target audience would expect from the thriller/psycho genre is deliberate confusion and a fast paced film with high suspense. Our target audience will be 15 as the majority of your target audience designated it as such.

Our target audience said that they would see the movie genre when available in the cinemas. Within the audience who has seen the blair witch project they said that they found the hand held camera to be effective. The audience said that they  prefer the antagonist  is never shown and left to the imagination.