Questionnaire Analysis

The results for our questionnaire are back and have been sorted out, and the results are below...

Q1: How old are you?

For this question, most of the answers came from people aged between 12 and 16, giving us a rough estimate as to who our target audience is. Six people were also aged between 17 and 21, meaning we could expand the target audience up to the 18+ boundary, allowing more gore and other things to be used.

Q2: What sex are you?

For this, half of the 20 asked responded with male, and 8 said they were female. This is quite an even number, so it means we should consider making sure that the trailer can appeal to both. Also, for some strange reason, 2 people said they were 'Other' or 'Prefer not to say'. Incase they were being serious, we shall consider them too, though there is likely no validity in these responses and they were merely jokes.

Q3: Do you consider yourself to watch a lot of films?

This one was a tie between 'Yes, I watch films frequently' and 'I watch some films', both receiving 8 each. For this reason, it can be presumed our viewers watch a fairly decent amount of films and will therefore be likely to watch this film too. Thankfully, no-one said that they never watch films, so that shouldn't be an issue.

Q4: Are you generally a thriller fan?

Simple yes or no answer for this one, and luckily over half responded with 'Yes'. 12 people asked said that they consider themselves a thriller fan, meaning our target audience should enjoy the genre they are watching.

Q5: If not, what other genres do you prefer?

The next most popular genre was comedy, which is no surprise really. Then there was horror and romance, which were both tied, and the third most popular was musicals. Every other option got one vote or none.

Q6: What conventions of these are particularly attractive?

For this, one person put that there would needs to be 'edge of your seat' action to make it interesting. This is a good point for most genres, including the thriller genre. Another convention people thought was attractive was love, feelings and emotion. This may be true for other genres, but not for the thriller genre so cannot be used. Other things said were all pretty relevant- Plot, direction, mystery- could all be used effectively in our final piece.

Q7: What is your favourite title in the thriller genre? (i.e. Taken, Die Hard, Eden Lake, Batman etc.)

For this, most people said the movie Taken was their favourite thriller film, and it got half of the votes. Batman got 4, and Die Hard, Usual Suspects and the Raid all got 2. For this reason, the filming style could be based on that of the Taken movie.

Q8: What conventions of a trailer influence your decision in watching the film?

Most people (oddly) said that the use of sound is what influenced their decision the most, meaning we would have to take care in making sure the sound used is attractive to the audience. Use of light and the mise-en-scene also influenced people's decision, so this will need to be taken into account too.

Q9: What is an important element to a thriller genre?

Suspense was the unanimous winner here, winning well over half of the votes. For this reason, suspense needs to be a key element in the trailer, which shouldn't be a problem as it is a zombie film and suspense is therefore easy to create.

Q10: Do you prefer a Thriller to adhere to or oppose the typical convention? (Such as stereotypes etc, please detail your preference)

Most people said that they preferred it to oppose normal conventions of the Thriller genre. This actually opposes what people said about suspense, as suspense is a typical convention in the Thriller genre, yet most said they want to oppose these conventions. However, I think suspense will still be used as it is a good thing to use in a zombie-themed movie and could be used for a chepa scare at least once. We'll have to oppose the typical conventions in some other way.