1. Questionnaire Results
As a group we wanted to ask some questions to do with some of the
aspects of the opening that we were unsure about. We did this by
creating a questionnaire on the website Survey Monkey which included
7 questions that we wanted to find out before we went further into
looking at what we were going to include in our opening. As a group we
each asked all of our friends and family on social sites such as Facebook
to answer the questions. Therefore, we would be able to get a wide
variety of different answers that would help us. We overall got 87
responses meaning we have been able to analyse the results clearly to
see what the target audience would prefer us to do. coming to what we were
going to include in the storyline.
2. 1. What gender are you?
Male- 5%
Female- 95%
Even though were thankful for the amount of results we got
this hasn’t helped us as we want our thriller to be for everyone
of all ages that are above 15.
3. 2.How Old Are You?
Under 13 - 1%
13 to 20 years - 59%
21 to 30 years - 7%
31 to 40 years - 11%
40+ years - 22%
Even though the majority in which answered the questions were 13-20 were still given
enough evidence in order to see what age group likes what and what we have to include to
draw certain age groups in. But this has made us think that we need to consider whether it
will be a 15 or 18 rated movie.
4. 3. What Movie Genre Is Your Favourite
From This List
Comedy - 37%
Romance - 23%
Thriller - 11%
Horror - 9%
Action - 12%
Drama - 9%
The results show that the most popular movie
genre that people like is, firstly, comedy,
romance, action then thriller. As a group we
asked this question as we wanted to know what
aspects of other genres we could add to our
thriller to make it appeal to as many people we
can.
5. 4. How Often Do You Watch Thriller
Movies In A year?1-3 times a year -
34%
4-6 times a year-
24%
7-9 times a year -
10%
10+ times a year -
20%
Never - 11%
The results show that 34% of people watch thriller films only 1 to 3 times
a year. The second highest percentage was 4 to 6 times a year with 24%
of people watching thriller films. These results show us that people were
more likely to watch other film genres other than thrillers meaning if we
wanted a vast audience it meant we had to include other genres in it. The
results did show us that people watched thrillers 20% of people watched
thrillers more than 10+ times a year which meant that even though not a
lot of people preferred other genres it meant that thriller had its own
target audience and not a lot of people who are part of that audience
answered our questionnaire.. Overall, after looking at the results of how
many times people watch thriller films we feel this will be very significant
as we will be able to make sure that we have a target audience of people
that like thrillers.
6. 5: What is your favourite thing about
thriller movies?
Explosions - 3%
Chase scenes - 20%
Death - 8%
Plot twists - 62%
Flashbacks - 13%
Fight scenes - 10%
None of the above-5%
All of the above-12%
Other - 6%
The results show that peoples most favourite thing about
a thriller film is plot twits with 62% which is a quite typical
thing too include with a thriller however this could be
difficult to include in our thriller as were only doing the
opening 2 minutes. When I researched thriller films most
of them had plot twists which was most significant as they
where what the target audience wanted. As a group we
wanted to see what was peoples favourite thing about a
thriller movie to be able to add this to our own thriller
opening.
7. 6: Which of the following titles of movies
appals to you the most?
Ransom - 28%
24 hours left - 38%
The Harrisons - 8%
Family kidnapped -
7%
Stolen - 19%
When we looked at the storyline of our film we were
unsure about what to call them. We had a few ideas
within our group but we wanted to see what others
thought we should have. Most of the people said that
they liked the idea of 24 hours left, which was also the
top one for us as a group.
8. 7: What do you expect to see in the
opening of a thriller movie?
A Death - 17%
Flashbacks - 51%
Kidnappings- 16%
A Fight - 6%
Robbery/Invasion - 3%
Other - 7%
We had a lot of ideas of what we wanted to include within
our thriller but we wanted to also ask our audience of what
they would like to see. A lot of people liked the idea of
flashbacks we liked this idea and ran a few ideas few the
group of how we could add flashbacks in.
9. 8 What is your favourite thriller film?
Gone Girl - 18%
Butterfly Effect - 3%
The Women in Black -
21%
Shutter Island - 6%
The Girl on the Train -
29%
Taken - 24%
The results show that people's favourite thriller
film is The Girl on the Train this is a new release
and is very suspenseful which is why we think
people have chosen this. The second most
popular is Taken which is again a suspenseful
thriller
10. 9 - What soundtrack do you like in a
thriller?
Starts slow/quiet and builds
up - 53%
loud/fast and then
quiet/slow - 3%
Slow and then music is loud
in certain places - 41%
Other - 3% - "The music
should not overpower the
words, it's awful and makes
it difficult to watch the film."
This will help us when coming to make
our thriller opening as we will make sure
to create suspense over time gradually
not all at once.
11. 10 What actors/actresses would you
expect to see in a thriller?
Matt Damon - 39%
Daniel Radcliffe - 15%
Emma Roberts - 27%
Katie Holmes - 3%
Other - 15%
The results show that the audience want to see
Matt Damon and Emma Roberts who are very
well known worldwide as they have been in a
lot of different movies including thrillers.
