2. What we did…
In order to create a film that appealed most
to our target audience of young adults we
created a survey asking questions about
their favourite aspects of a horror movie. We
will then consider the results and
furthermore try to make a film that includes
the most popular aspects. In theory, this
should make our film a success.
3. How often do you watch horror
movies?
This question gives us an idea
of how often our target
audience watch horror films.
The results show that the
majority of the people we asked
watch horror films a few times a
month. It also shows that 5
people said they watch horror
films hardly ever. This suggests
we may not have chosen a
suitable sample to answer our
questionnaire, due to they may
not have much interest in horror
films.
4. What is your favourite type of
horror movie?
Our results show that
our audience prefer
slasher and
psychological horror
films. This gives us an
idea of what to base
our film on.
Furthermore, from
research of other
horror films we have
decided a
psychological film
would be most realistic
for our production for
the resources we
have.
5. Which element of a horror movie
scares you most?
From this question
results show that the
tension build up is
commonly the scariest
part of a horror film.
This gives us the
information we need to
focus on in order to
create the most
effective horror film for
our audience.
6. What type of villain scares you
most?
From these results the
most common results
show that an unnatural or
unknown identity villain
scares our audience the
most. This could be
because of the feeling of
not knowing creating fear.
From these results, as a
high number of our
audience selected
unnatural, we will use this
for our horror film. This
has also worked in our
favour as unnatural is also
the easiest option for our
resources to create an
effective villain.
7. Which of these popular horror
series do you like the most?
For this question we
chose four well-known,
popular horror movies
in which our audience
are likely to recognise.
The results show that
Paranormal Activity is
the most popular. This
has now given us
inspiration of what we
could include in our
horror film as we can
know study Paranormal
Activity to get ideas for
our own horror movie.
8. What method of murder do you
consider the most horrifying in a
movie?
For our horror movie, we
previously decided we
wanted to include some
form of murder. However,
we weren’t sure on how we
wanted it to happen. So in
this question we wanted to
find out the most effective
form of murder that our
audience prefer. From our
results, it’s clear that
supernatural is the most
preferred form of murder.
This helps us create an
effective storyline which fits
around the audience’s
preference.
9. Do you prefer a male or female
villain?
When planning our horror
film we felt unsure of what
gender the villain should
be and which would be for
effective/scary. From this
question results show that
a male villain is the most
popular. So we took our
results into consideration
and agreed within the
group that a male villain is
the most suitable for our
horror film (to meet the
needs of our audience).
10. What setting in a horror movie
would most scare you?
From looking at a range of
locations we had mixed
opinions on what location
would be best. From this
questionnaire it’s clear to
see that a familiar location
is the most popular for our
audience. This could be due
to creating fear of it
happening to the audience
as they can relate to the
environment and situation.
From this, we have decided
in a home is the most
familiar location, therefore
will be most effective.