AUDIENCE RESEARCH

Questionnaire for expectations of thriller genre:

Please circle your best chosen answer.

 

1) Which gender are you?
Male?
Female?

2) What age group are you?
15-18?
19-30?
31+?

3) What type of sub genre of the thriller genre do you prefer?
Drama?
Sci-fi?
Crime?
Action?
Comedy?
Mystery?

4) Which is your favourite thriller film out of the following..?
Psycho?
Donnie Darko?
The Happening?
Paranormal activity?
Other _____________

5) What type of music do you think should be played in a thriller film?
Eerie?
Mysterious?
Up-beat?
Calm?
Classical?

6)Which location would best suit a thriller?
Woods?
Abandoned house?
Every day setting?
Shopping centre?
Other? ________

7) What factors do you think build up the atmosphere of a thriller film?
Special effects?
Sound effects?
Acting?
Realistic based plot?
Mise-en-scene?
Props?


8) Who would you watch a thriller film with?
Girlfriend/Boyfriend?
Family?
Friends?
Alone?


9) Who would you expect to be the victim within a thriller film?
Female?
Old person?
Hero/Heroine
Teenager?
Parent/Career?
Child?


10) How often on a regular basis would you watch a thriller?
Once a day?
Once a week?
Once every two weeks?
Once every month?
Once a year?
Never?

11) Have you had further post sixteen education?
Yes?
No?

12) How would you find out about media?

Magazine?

Telly?
Broadsheet?

Redtop?

Internet?

13) Do you enjoy reading books?

Yes?

No?

14) Do you have any hobbies? If so please specify

Yes? ________________

No?

15) If you had money going spare, would you consider buying a thriller film?

Yes?

No?

16) How would you first find out about a new thriller film?

Radio?

Internet?

TV?

Cinema?

Newspaper?

 

 

 It is very important to do audience research before chosing the final idea for a thriller opening. It allows you to find out what people want in a film. A director might have many ideas and have a basic story line in their head of a thriller they think to be "the latest thing" but if the director doesn't have the best intentions of the audience at heart, the thriller could end up losing a company lots of money as it doesn't appeal to the market. A target market should be chosen, thrillers usually appeal to teenages over the age group of 15 to much older adults. The BBFC gives most thrillers the legal age requirement of 15 years old and anyone under this age could find the film distressing. With thin in order, we chose to give our questionnaire to people over the age of 15 to ensure that everybodies responses are valid and we don't base our film on people who won't yet be able to watch it.