The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire given to multiple people of different ages to help develop an idea for an exciting horror movie trailer. Key findings include that most participants sometimes watch horror movies and enjoy psychological horrors and jump scares. Popular horror films mentioned were Sinister, Insidious, and The Shining. Most preferred settings of asylums, haunted houses, graveyards or abandoned places. Ghosts/spirits and evil humans were seen as scariest characters. Most also preferred horror movies based on true stories. These findings will help in creating a unique yet appealing psychological horror trailer set in a haunted location with ghost/spirit antagonists and elements of true events.

1. AnalysingHorrorQuestionnaire
I askedmanypeople fromdifferentagestofindoutwhat theymostlike tosee ina horror trailer.I
askeda varietyof questionstocome upwithan interestingideathatwill inthe endmake anexciting
trailer.The people Iaskedwere people whoare likelytobe mytargetaudience,sopeople whoare
olderthan15 as myage certificate islikelytobe 15.
My firstquestionthatwouldhelpme come upwiththe bestideawasif the participantsthat
answeredthe questionnaire actuallyenjoyedandwatchedhorrormoviesfrequently.Thiswastosee
if the genre horror wasactuallya good choice to do.From the participantswhoanswered,noone
saidthat theyneverwatchhorror movies;thiscomesasa positive asthe targetaudience Iam trying
to appeal tois more than likelytowatchmymovie.66% of responsesdidsaytheywatchedhorror
moviessometimes;thisismainlybecause somepeople seehorrormoviesasrepetitiveandvery
similarsomy aimisto make my horror trailerunique tootherhorror trailerssoit makesiteven
more appealingthananyothermovie trailer.Fromthe resultsIhave gotfor the firstquestionare
verypositive asInowknowto make my traileras differentasanyotherhorror trailer.

2. My nextquestionIaskedwasthemnamingthere top3 favourite/memorable horrorfilmsof all time.
Many of the participantsnamedSinister,Insidiousandthe Shiningastheirtoptwofilms.These films
sub-genresare psychological sothishasgivenme more of an insightof whatpeople mostlyenjoyin
horrors.This hasgivenme an edge onchoosingto doa psychological horrormovie trailer.Thisis
verypositive asIwas alreadyheadingtowardsdoingapsychological horrorfilmasseenwhenI
analysedotherfilmtrailerswhichwere in factincludedInsidiousandSinister.

3. The answersI receivedfromthe participants made mydecisioneveneasiertodoa psychological
horror as justfewerthan 89% of participants saidthattheyenjoyhorrormoviesthatare
psychologicallyterrified.Furthermore,ahigh61% of participantssaidthattheyenjoyjumpsand
scaresin a horror movie;thisiswhatI will needtotryto produce inmy trailerif I wantpeople to
enjoyitand feel anticipationwhilewatchingthe trailer.Otherideassuchascomedyhorrorand
supernatural were notseenaspopularchoicessothese are veryunlikelytobe inmytrailer.It isvital
to make a psychological horrortrailerseriousandentertainingandnotto be funnyas viewerswould
not findthe movie appealingif the trailerisseenasfunnyasthatis veryunprofessional.
Thisquestionwhichwasansweredwasmuchmore variedwithparticipantschoosingdifferent
optionswhichtheypreferthe settingtobe.The top fourchoiceswere Asylum, aHauntedHouse,in
a Graveyard/OldChurchesandabandonedplaces.Theseare the four optionsIwill be takingforward
and decidingwhichone touse.However,usingAsylumas a settingitwouldbe verydifficultasIwill
have to find a bigsurroundingthatwill caterthe needsof an asylum.Onthe otherhand,it wouldbe
much easiertorecordmy trailerineitherahauntedhouse orin a graveyardso these are the twoI
will be contemplatingtouse asthe settingof mytrailer.

4. The nextquestionIasked,Iwantedtofind out what horrorcharacter do the participantsfind
scariest.There were three optionsthatwere verypopularandthe onestheychose were the ones
that I am thinkingof doing.The topthree whichwere chosenwere clowns,evilhumansand
ghosts/spirits.Iammovingmore towardseitherevil humansorghosts/spiritsasin myopinionthe
more excitinghorrormoviesinvolvethese twocharactersasthe antagonist. The well-knownhorror
moviessuchas insidiousandsinisterusedspirits/ghostsandtheyhave beenverysuccessful
comparedto otherhorror movies.However,Ineedtomake mytraileras unique asthese type of
filmsbecause viewerswouldfindthe trailerastoooriginal andsimilarsowouldnotbe interestedin
watchingthe film.

5. The final questionIaskedmyparticipantswasif theypreferredafilmthatisbasedona true story.
Thishas helpedme alot as 89% of people saidthattheypreferredahorrormovie thatisbasedon a
true story. Thisisprobablybecause,people enjoystoriesthathave a meaningtoitand if the movie
isa true story thenitdraws youinevenmore as youwant to findoutwhatactuallyhappens. Thisis
whymany chose The Conjuringastheirfavourite filmastheymayfeel thatthe movie mayhave
more of a meaningbehindit.