2. QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Can sound allow you to make an assumption on the genre of a film?
Yes No
2. When watching an action/thriller film, what type of music suits this genre?
Music that builds tension slow, calming music mysterious music no music
3. How important is pleonastic sound when two characters are fighting?
Very important important not important not needed
3. QUESTIONNAIRE
4. Is building tension a good idea during a chase?
Yes No
5. In an action/thriller does sound help you to understand what will happen next?
Yes No
6. What type of genre is synchronous sound most important in?
Action Thriller Horror Comedy
4. QUESTIONNAIRE
7. Is sound important in a film?
Yes No
8. What type of music would you expect to hear in a comedy film?
Heavy metal Pop music House music Other
9. Should films use the same style of music throughout the film?
Yes No
10. What film genre will you most likely hear non-diegetic sounds?
Horror Thriller Action Other
5. RESULTS
70%
30%
1. Can sound allow you to
make an assumption on
the genre of a film?
Yes
No
70%
10%
20%
0%
2. When watching an
action/thriller film, what
type of music suits this
genre?
Music that builds
tension
Slow calming
music
Mysterious Music
No music
70% of people we asked said they can
make assumptions through sound so we
tried to allow the reader to make
assumptions through the sound we used.
70% of people said that music that builds
tension suits action thriller films. 20% saying
mysterious music and 10% saying slow calming
music. Therefore we made our music build
tension.
6. RESULTS
80%
10%
10%0%
3. How important is
pleonastic sound when
two characters are
fighting?
Very important
Important
Not important
Not needed
95%
5%
4. Is building tension a good
idea during a chase?
Yes
No
A huge 80% of people said pleonastic is
very important when two characters
fight.
95% of people asked said that building
tension during a chase is a good idea. So we
decided to build tension using sound.
7. RESULTS
70%
30%
5. In an action/thriller
does sound help you to
understand what will
happen next?
Yes
No
50%
30%
10%
10%
6. What type of genre is
synchronous sound most
important in?
Action
Thriller
Horror
Comedy
We used this information and chose to
use sound to give the audience an idea
of what happens next.
From this question we found that 50% of
people think that synchronous sound
suits action film. 30% think thriller and
10% chose horror and comedy.
8. RESULTS
98%
2%
7. Is sound important in a
film?
Yes
No
0%
80%
10%
10%
8. What type of music
would you expect to hear
in a comedy film?
Heavy metal
Pop music
House music
Other
98% of people think sound is
important in a film. We decided
to use sound in our film.
80% of people think that pop music
suits a comedy film. However this is
irrelevant to us as our film is
action/thriller.
9. RESULTS
30%
70%
9. Should films use the
same style of music
throughout the film?
Yes
No
10%
50%
30%
10%
10. What film genre will you
most likely hear non-diegetic
sounds?
Horror
Thriller
Action
Other
70% of people said that the music
should vary throughout the film. So
we changed the style of music in
our film.
Half of the people we asked said non
diegetic sound will most likely be on thriller
films. 30% said action, 10% said other and 10%
said horror.
