I decided to conduct a questionnaire about thriller films and I gathered some data on what the audience think about thriller films.
1) Gender
Male (6)
Female (4)
2) What age group do you belong in?
0-10
11-20 (8)
21-20
31-40
41-50 (2)
51-60
60+
3) Can you name any thriller directors?
2+ (3) James Cameron - Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Tim Burton, David Lynch
One (5) - most common (Steven Spielberg)
None(2)
4) What sub genre of thriller films do you enjoy?
Action Thriller (6)
Crime Thriller (1)
Sci-Fi Thriller (0)
Fantasy Thriller (1)
Psychological (1)
Other (1)
5)Define what a thriller is?
- Builds up suspense
- Keeps the audience intrigued
- Story leads to questions
- Leaves you on the edge of your seat, waiting for the next knowing shock
6) What do you think makes a good thriller?
- Suspense
- Mysterious plot
- Intrigued
- Thinking that you know the outcome, but your completely wrong
7) Do you enjoy watching thrillers?
Yes (8)
No (2)
8) Do you prefer films in colour or black and white?
Colour (10)
Black and White (0)
Analysis:
From the results given above, I was quite surprised by the outcome, thriller films are much more popular than I anticipated. From my results more males watch thriller films than women, this shows that the male population enjoy watching the more jumpy and moving films, where as the women population prefer to watch the more relaxing and smooth films.
On question 4, I asked the audience which type of thriller they enjoyed to watch, 8 out of the 10 people I asked said they enjoyed 'Action Thrillers' more than the others. From my results I now know that action thrillers are the most popular, I don't want to create another action film, so I decided to focus more on the crime/action thriller genre. This way it is not a complete action film and it has a slight crime input to make the overall film intriguing, such as the investigation at the beginning of the scene.
However my sample was limited, as i only focused on teenagers and middle aged people, this is because I had limited time to complete everything. In the future I will ask a broader range of people, such as distant family, or people I didn't know, by going out to the local town and asking people who walked by.
For future reference I will ask more specific questions which relate to the genre I am going to film, some of the questions i asked was irrelevant to the task i was pursuing.
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