The document summarizes interviews with 4 people (2 female, 2 male) ages 16 about their preferences for horror films. They were asked about what scares them, their favorite genres and films, what they find boring, and what they would like to see. Most said they preferred thrillers and being left in suspense without knowing what will happen next. Only one person said they preferred a female lead actor. Overall it seems this audience enjoys when information is slowly revealed and when films leave them on the edge of their seats rather than having long introductions or conversations.
2. I asked the questions face to face and recorded
qualitative data so I could get a full description.
I asked 4 people , 2 of whom are girls and 2
males.
3. Matthew age 16
• Finlay: What scares you ? And what scares you most ?
• Matthew: Birds Pot dolls masks but over all anything that’s a living flyng object
• Finlay: Favorite type of horror?
• Matthew: Thrillers
Finlay: Favorite horror?
Matthew: Halloween or the strangers!
• Finlay: What bores you about Horror Films?
• Matthew: Hate the long introductions!!!!
Finlay: what do you like to see during the film ?
• Matthew: The whole idea of not knowing, the mystery of who's doing theses bad things?!?!
• Finlay: what would your dream horror involve ?
• Matthew: A female around the age of twenty so she is young and filled with energy being a
total psycho !
• Finlay: What gender do you like to be the lead actor of the film?
Matthew: Male
4. Katie age 16
• Finlay: What scares you ? And what scares you most ?
• Katie: Spiders insects scattering things but mostly The idea of some one watching
you without me knowing.
• Finlay: Favorite type of horror?
• Katie: Thriller
• Finlay: Favorite horror?
Katie: Paranormal activity, and women in black
• Finlay: What bores you about Horror Films?
• Katie: Ermm like final destination has the same story line again and again!!
• Finlay: what do you like to see during the film ?
• Katie: Loud music, and hearing banging and screaming but I don’t know why them
sounds are being created
• Finlay: what would your dream horror involve ?
• Katie: The n bad thing to be invisible so my mind wonders wondering what it looks
like so I scare my self more!
• Finlay: What gender do you like to be the lead actor of the film?
Katie: Male
5. Sam 16
• Finlay: What scares you ? And what scares you most ?
• Sam: Crawling things, but I hate spiders there the worst
• Finlay: Favorite type of horror?
• Sam: Thrillers
Finlay: Favorite horror?
Sam: Hide and seak
• Finlay: What bores you about Horror Films?
• sam: How predictable they can be,
• Finlay: what do you like to see during the film ?
• Sam: the whole not knowing what's happening ! And getting drip feed
worse and worse information about the problem!
• Finlay: what would your dream horror involve ?
• Sam: To be really jumpy ! Little kids so there innocent but creepy !
• Finlay: What gender do you like to be the lead actor of the film?
Sam: Male
6. Ellie 16
• Finlay: What scares you ? And what scares you most ?
• Ellie: Erm snakes but worms more because there small
• Finlay: Favorite type of horror?
• Ellie: Thrillers
Finlay: Favorite horror?
Ellie: Hostel
• Finlay: What bores you about Horror Films?
• Ellie: Know what's coming, long conversations
• Finlay: what do you like to see during the film ?
• Ellie: Relationship and sex, because its all gets destroyed in the end
• Finlay: what would your dream horror involve ?
• Ellie: A Animal because they cant be controlled by talking to them
• Finlay: What gender do you like to be the lead actor of the film?
Ellie: Female
7. Summary!
• Every one likes thriller, and only 1 person liked the main character to be a leading female.
They also seemed to like the unknowing and to be shocked a lot, they didn't’t seem to enjoy
the fact that it takes a while to actually kick in nor did they like the non stop talking scenes I
think drip feed information and cliff hangers would work best for a audience above 16.
