Analysis of questions for media

1. In this task I created a questionnaire to help me make the
best possible opening of my thriller movie. That’s why I
thought why not ask peers their opinion of what they expect
from a thriller opening or any movie opening. My aim of this
questionnaire was to meet the aims of most viewers
because if it did not meet their needs, the movie would not
be a successes. My intentions of this questioner was to give
the customers what they expect however with a twist as
thriller’s are known for their suspense and misleading
story lines.

2. 1) What Gender are you?
21
19
Male Female
21
2) How old are you?
7
3
0
15-18 19-25 26-31 31+
My first two questions were
the basic questions that
every questionnaire asks,
such as; Age and Gender.
From my questioner we can
see that the majority of the
people I asked were mostly
Male and in-between the
age of 15-18.
This can effect my results
and what the expectations
of a thriller opening is as
males have different views
to women and 15/18 year
olds have different
expectations to someone
older.

3. 1
3) How often do you watch
movies?
15
5
3
Everyday Once a week Monthly Yearly
25
20
15
10
5
0
4) Do you enjoy watching thriller
movies?
Yes No
My third and fourth question are quite similar as they both ask similar things. My
third question asks ‘how often do you watch movies’ and from my results we can
see that 15 people I asked watch movies about once a week , this links back to my
coursework as it tells me how often people actually take the time out to watch
movies, therefore my movie will be watched by someone at least one in a week.
This question then leads onto my fourth question where I have asked more
specifically ‘’ do you enjoy watching thriller movies’’ ; as shown above we can see
that 21 people enjoy watching thriller movies. This impacts my movie opening
preparation as it gives me a figure on how many people enjoy watching thriller
movies and if they would enjoy watching mine when it comes out.

4. My fifth question is an open ended question, which means in this question I have
asked people on their opinions and what they think; This is also known as a
Qualitative Question.
‘’ what is your favourite thriller movie?’’
‘’my favourite thriller movie is Lucy’’
‘’My favourite thriller movie is the girl
with the dragon tattoo’
’
‘’my favourite thriller movie is Side effects’’
Above are just the few answers which came up frequently when I asked peers my
question. From these answers I was able to see a link; this link consisted of the
same sub-genre coming up which in this case is ‘’Psychological’’. From these
results we can see that my peers favourite thriller movies are mostly psychological
based, this has helped me come to my decision on what type of sub-genre I
should use in my thriller opening, as this is the most popular sub genre which
people are into.
Therefore it came it helped me come to my decision of basing my thriller opening
on a psychological based genre.

5. 25
20
15
10
5
0
6) Who are your favrioute
Christophere
Nolan (The
batman trilogy)
Alford Hitchcock
(Psycho)
David Fincher
(The girl with the
dragon tattoo)
Roman Polanski
(The ghost writer)
directors?
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
7) What setting would you want
a thriller movie to be set in?
Woods House Countryside Outdoors Abandonded
Apartment
My 6th and 7th question have a link
between them as depending on
what thriller director my peers
choose will resolve on what setting
they expect a thriller genre to be
based in.
From my results we can see that 21
people prefer Christopher Nolan,
who is known for the famous
‘Batman Trilogy’ and in my 7th
question we can see that 15 people
prefer the setting of a thriller movie
to be based in an Abandoned
Apartment.
This shows the similarities in what
people expect as the batman trilogy
is half based in an abandoned
location where the joker and batman
meet.
This has helped me come to my

6. 20
15
10
5
0
8) Would you rather a female or
male to be a victim in a thriller
movie or both?
Male Female Both
This question links back to my very first question of ‘what gender are you’, as the
more males they answered that the women should be the victim of a thriller movie,
and the majority of the females I asked said they would want the males to be the
victim in the thriller movie.
However from above we can see that 16 of the people I asked that females would
be the better victim as they add more of an effect to the movie, more then males
do. Therefore this has helped me come to my decision of getting a female based
character to play the victim in my thriller movie opening.

7. 18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
9) Dose the music in the thriller
movies add more of a scary effect
when watching the movie?
Yes No I don’t notice
My second to last question
is about the technological
symbols used within a
thriller movie. However in
this particular question I am
asked if the sound effects
such as the music in the
background adds a scary
effect or not.
From my data we can see
that 16 people that I have
asked said they don’t notice
the music in the background
however 15 of the people
that I have asked have said
yes it does have more of an
effect. This is a close call
between the two results,
which has helped me to
come decision that in my
thriller opening I will be
having some sort of music in
the background to add that
scary effect however I will

8. My last question was an open-ended question which was more of an opinion
based question. I asked my peers ‘ ’ How would you define thriller’’ from all
the answers I got, a few turned up more than once.
‘’I would define thriller as a jumpy and suspense building genre’’
’I would describe thriller as suspense building and leaving us at
the end of our seats’’
‘’Thriller is what leaves you at the end of your
seat thinking .. What will happen next?;’
From these answers it has helped me come to an understanding of what I
should make my thriller opening to be like, for example the peers I asked are
expecting to at the edge of the seat waiting for something big to happen,
therefore I would have to build the suspense slowly and unexpectedly.
This question links back to my coursework as my whole project is based
around the genre Thriller, therefor I chose to ask this question as many people
interpret the genre in unlike and have different expectations of it. With these
different opinions it will help me understand the different views and opinions
certain people have on thriller and if my movie meets their needs and
expectations.