Analysis of my survey monkey results questionnaire

1. By Annabelle Madzia

2. Question 1
The first question I asked ‘how
old are you’ I wanted to ask this
to see if I could see any trends in
the different people I asked.
However from this we can see
that the majority of people were
under 18. This means that they
might prefer different types of
films compared to older people.

3. Question 2
I then asked whether people
preferred watching thriller or
horror. From this everyone
responded by saying ‘thriller’
this means that I am going to
concentrate on researching
thriller genres. I also feel like
thriller genre would be a lot
easier in coming up with an
idea as you can include a lot
more in the trailer. However
when making my final trailer I
might include slight elements
of horror in it just for extra
effect.

4. Question 3
I then wanted to find out why
people chose the answer they did in
the previous response. From this I
got mixed results about thriller but I
found out that they like thrillers as
they are very gripping. This means
that I want to make sure that my
thriller trailer will be very exciting.
People also responded saying that
they thought horrors can be very
predictable. Someone also said that
they felt more involved in thrillers as
they get to understand the
characters a lot more.

5. Question 4
From doing my research I soon learnt
that trailers can be different lengths
of times. I wanted to ask this
question to see which one people
preferred and from this I found out
that the most popular time length
was 2:00 minutes. I am going to aim
to make my trailer around this time
as I don’t want to make it too long
meaning people will get bored and I
don’t want to make it too short so
people don’t actually know what the
film is about. However as my trailer is
going to be around 2:00 minutes
long, I need to make sure that it
includes lot of scenes which entice
people to want to come and actually
watch the film.

6. Question 5
I asked this question as now I
can research these trailers and
take a look at them myself to
get a bit of a understanding of
what the actual film is about
itself. I can also use these
trailers in helping me coming
up with ideas of my final trailer.

7. Question 6
I then asked this question
to find out whether it
would be more enticing
having a lot of the story
revealed or not that
much. From this question
the results show me that
the majority of people felt
that the trailer should
include as little as
possible about the plot.
However I will include
scenes which are exciting
and thriller which will
want to make the
audience want to go and
watch the film.

8. Question 7
The results show that the same
amount of people responded by
saying confusion and suspense.
This means that I could come up
with an idea which could include
a bit of both in the opening of
the trailer. It also told me that
people didn’t think danger
should be shown at the
beginning of the trailer. Instead
of involving danger at the
beginning I might involve it at
the very end of the trailer in
quick clips to show the audience
that a lot take places within the
trailer. However I will
concentrate on suspense and
confusion as they were the most
popular results.

9. Question 8 From researching and looking
at other thriller and horror film
trailers a lot of them had
included a voiceover in the
trailer. I then asked this
question in my questionnaire
which I found out that the
majority of people felt that
voiceovers are effective. I am
going to include a voiceover as I
think they are effective and can
help to create the suspense and
thrill throughout the whole
trailer.

10. Question 9 I then asked this question
to find out if people find it
appealing for the trailer to
create tension. As we can
see that everyone has put
‘yes’ this means that I am
going to create a lot of
tension in my trailer in
order to get the audience
excited.

11. Question 10
The majority of people have
responded by saying ‘music’ this
means that I will do research into
different types of music which I feel
will create tension and suspense. The
second most popular option was
sound, this links back in with the
music. I will also use some sound
effects in my trailer for extra effect in
trying to make the audience feel
tension and suspense.