1) Alleys and tight streets were seen as most suitable for an action/thriller genre film. Establishing shots were deemed best for open locations while long shots were best for narrow locations. 2) Streets were identified as the most commonly used location for action films. Compact areas rather than open spaces were preferred, and multiple different locations were recommended. 3) Alleys were considered the most likely location for a thriller film. Viewers expected to find bodies or files in such locations and felt the setting produced a bigger picture of the film. Location was deemed very important.

1. LOCATION QUESTIONNAIRE

2. 1)What location would be suitable for an action/thriller genre? If other state below
Desert Hospital Alleys/Tight Streets Other
2) What camera angle would be best for an open location? If other state below
Establishing shot Wide shot Long shot Other
3)What camera angle would be best for a tight narrow location? If other state
below
Long shot Extreme long shot Close up Other

3. 4) What location is used the most in an action genre?
5) Do you refer an action film to be in a compact area or an open area?
6) Is the location important in an action film?
7) Should there be many different locations for a thriller/action film?

4. 8) Where would the location most likely to be in a thriller film?
9) What would you expect to find in a thriller genre location?
10) Does the location produce a bigger picture of the film?

5. What location would be suitable for an action/thriller
genre?
Desert Hospital Alleys/Tight streets Other
What camera angle would be best for an open
location?
Establishing shot Wide shot Long shot Other
50% of people is asked said alleys/tight streets were the
most suitable for a thriller film so for our film we decided
to choose this as the main location.
60% of people said that an establishing shot would
be the best for an open location so we decided to
use it in our film.

6. What camera angle would be best for a tight
narrow location?
Long shot Extreme long shot Close up Other
What location is used the most in an
action genre?
Desert Streets Exotic60% of people said that a long shot would be the best
for a narrow location so we also decided to use this in
our location as we were told it was the most effective. 60% of people also said that a street location is used the
most in an action genre so we also used this as this seems
the most effective.

7. Do you refer an action film to be in a compact area
or an open area?
Compact Open
Is the location important in an action film?
Yes No
70% of people said that they refer an action film to
be in a compact area so we have decided to use it.
90% of people said that the location is very important in
an action film so we took lots of time to decide about
our location.

8. Should there be many different locations for
a thriller/action film?
Yes No
Where would the location most likely to be in
a thriller film?
Alleys Exotic Other
We tried different locations in our film as 70% of
people said there should be different locations
so we alternated it by having some shots in
London of the Big Ben and the MI5 and to
streets in hidden places.
In a thriller film 60% of people said that alleys would
be the most likely location so we definitely had to
include alleys and tight locations in our film.

9. What would you expect to find in a thriller
genre location?
Body Files/Folder Weapons Other
Does the location produce a bigger picture
of the film?
Yes No
60% of people said they would expect to find a
body at a thriller location but as we have
limited resources we will have to with the files
which 30% of people said.
70% of people said that the location produces a
bigger picture of the film so we took a lot of time
thinking about the location.