2. I conducted research to help give me and my group a good
understanding of what our film should be about, it covered
areas like location, time and weather. I asked 20 people 9
questions. In this PowerPoint I will shown my results and
the analysis.
3. Gender
45%
55% male
female
All together I asked 20 people to complete the
questionnaire and A greater percentage on men
answered the questionnaire .
4. Age
Elderly Child
10% 10%
Adut
20%
Teen
60%
A larger percentage of teenagers answered this
questionnaire this film may appeal to them more
as the data may reflect what they want to be
included.
5. What is the best location to shoot an opening to a
thriller film?
10
8
6
4
2
0
busy streets dark ally woods main road
There are many different avenues open to a director when planning an
opening scene to a thriller film, here we can see possible choices
have been selected and those questioned felt that a dark ally ways
more symbolic to an opening to a thriller film and fits well with
conventions of a thriller.
6. What time do you think that the scene should be
shot?
10
8
6
4
2
0
morning midday evening night
In order to get the effects that were asked in the
previous question the persons that were interviewed
thought that night shooting was the preferred option
this question also links to the last slide.
7. Do you think that the scene should be shot in black
and white
35%
yes
65%
no
Only 35% of the people wanted the film to be shot in black
and white this may have been because there have been
some successful thriller films that have been shot in
black and white for example psycho. 65% thought that it
would be better if it was shot normally and .
8. What is your favourite thriller out of these films?
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
limitless insdious fast and scream 4
furious five
Out of the four films selected limitless demonstrated
itself to be the film of choice This may be because
, insidious and scream drew with 5 people like them this
may be because people would perceive these films to be
in the horror genre.
9. What type of music best suits a thriller?
5
4
3
2
1
0
a jumpy slow tempo fast tempo loud quite
sound track
The perception of the people questioned believed that the
music most suited the genre of a thriller was a jumpy
sound track that had a fast tempo, theses are the type of
soundtracks are traditionally linked with thrillers.
10. How many actors would you expect to see in the
opening to a triller?
10
8
6
4
2
0
ONE- FOUR- SIX SEVEN- TEN-
THREE NINE THIRTEEN
Ten people thought that one- three actors should be
seen in the opening to at thriller film.
11. What weather do you think that it should be shot
in?
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
cloudy sunny rainy windy doesnt
really
matter
Seven people think that the film should be shot in
cloudy conditions this may be to give the scene a
dull feeling. And may also symbolise danger.
12. Do you think that the opening should give away
the main plot?
no
40%
yes
60%
The majority of those questioned felt that starting of
a film should give away the main plot.
13. Do you think that the thriller should contain
comedic elements?
10
8
6
4
2
0
yea- a lot some nope- not at all
Although that the film is a thriller they think that the
film should contain comedic elements this may be to
give the film a light hearted feel.
14. What Went Well..
• The data I collected was fast and it was fairly cheap it did
not take that much time to create, it was also fairly simple
to give out to people.
• As all of the data has been quantitive, it can be used to
compare and contrast with data that has been collected
from the rest of my group members.
• It has a high level of validity because as it is anonymous
people will not have to lie about there feelings.
15. Even Better If...
• Although it was anonymous there is no way to tell how
truthful a respondent is being.
• There is no way of telling how much thought a
respondent has put in, they may have just rushed it.
• The data received is only quantitive and not qualitive this
means that the data will only show what the researcher is
wanting to find out, rapport (a good relationship) can not
be built with the people who participated in my
questionnaire.
