Media analysing results

1. Analysing Results

2.  As you can see rom the gender results from my
survey, the responses asked was distributed
between male and female. This gives me a good
indication of what both genders like in a thriller
therefore meaning I can meet before criteria's. By
asking both genders means that I have different
opinions as they may have different views and
opinions. By having three females this means that
the survey may go onside more but if they are all
interested in the same film genre that it will work
out evenly.
Question 1

3. Question 2
 For my second question I wanted
to know how old the audience
answering my survey was, as you
can see from the results, 100% of
the audience were 15-17. This
shows that the opinions should be
fairly similar and they are all into
the same things. By having the
audience in the same age range it
makes it easier for me to make a
trailer suitable for everybody age
range and standards.

4. Question 3
 By asking my audience what types of
colours they associate to a thriller
makes it easier for me to make it as
conventional as I can to a real thriller
trailer. It also made it easier knowing
that the majority of the audience
had the same opinions and believed
that reds, blacks and whites were the
typical colours to use. This means
that I can make sure the Mise-en-
scene in my trailer is suitable to my
genre. The main colour mentioned
was red. This is typical because it
shows, blood, anger and love all
things which are represented in
thrillers.

5. Question 4
 With question four I wanted to know if
the audience would want to see lots
of action shots where there was many
different scenes all together. All of the
responses answered yes. This is good
because, it shows that my trailer
would be more conventional to the
genre I am basing it on. Some
response gave me detailed feedback
such as, ‘Guns being shot and
violence’ and ‘Yes as it creates a
higher sense of tension’. This was
useful as I can add these scenes and
ideas into my trailer to make it more
realistic and eye catching to the
audience.

6. Question 5
 I had many mixed responses for
this question aske din my survey.
By people saying no it has made
me want to work hard on my
trailer for people to change their
minds and to want to be able to
pick a thriller. It may not be to
some peoples likings and that is
fine but I aim to appeal to a broad
audience therefore I shall include
the feedback I got to make it stand
out and meet peoples
expectations.

7. Question 6
 By asking the broad question of what
other genres do they like to watch
gives me an insight of what sort of
elements to include into my trailer. By
the results it shows that horror and
comedy was the most common ones
they preferred to watch. Horrors and
thrillers are mainly linked together
therefore this is a good aspect to put
together for my trailer. The other
common genre was comedy,
although I may not be able to include
this in my thriller, I may be able to
add a scene where the main
protagonist is quite clumsy at times.

8. Question 7  Question 7 was to get to know the
audience a little more. This is a good
part because, it shows me what sort of
interests they have to whether or not
they watch many films or trailers in their
spare time. A lot of the audience spend
a lot of time watching either Netflix or
on some sort of computer device
therefore they would be able to have
access to trailers and films. It also shows
that they can access social media and
go online therefore this helps with the
process of online marketing to publicise
my product.

9. Question 8
 This what a useful and necessary
question to ask in my survey because, it
shows me where my target audience
would want to see my trailer being shot.
The most common one said was, the
woods. This is typical because, a lot of
thrillers happen in woods as they are
mysterious and suspicious because of
how dark and abandoned they are. The
most common ones after that was, Big
busy city, abandoned island and a
castle, this gives me a good range of
places to consider for my trailer. The
woods and a big busy city would be a
good link to use in my trailer I feel, as I
could show life as it was good before
and then in the woods when things
started to take a turn for the worst.

10. Question 9
 The reason I asked this question was
because, it shows me what people
would expect to see in a typical
trailer. The responses gave me good
feedback as to what to use in it. They
want music that would make them
feel suspense and on edge. They
would want a dramatic build and this
is typical because in a thriller trailer,
they would have a part of the film
where everything is perfect then
suddenly a drop and change in
scenery where the music would
suddenly go from good to bad. The
survey also shows that people want
fast paced music therefore I would
use this when the action shots are
happening to show how tense the
scene is.

11. Question 10
 The last question I asked was about
lighting, I felt as if this was necessary
because, I wanted to know how the
audience wanted the trailer to appear.
80% of the results showed that, they
wanted to see both light and dark
lighting. This is conventional because, at
the start of the trailer the scene usually
tends to be quite light and everyone is
always so happy, then as the trailer
progresses the lighting begins to dim
and become dark as the trailer has
become more intense and suspense.
The other 20% of the survey wanted just
dark lighting. Although I would go with
the majority vote, I would also consider
the fact that a lot of my trailer should
be in dark lighting as it creates a better
effect on the audience.