The document analyzes the results from a questionnaire about horror films and slasher subgenres. It discusses how each question provided useful information, such as confirming that a masked serial killer and scenes set in the kitchen at night would match audience preferences. Key findings indicated that most respondents enjoyed horror films, preferred slashers, thought a kitchen knife and masked killer fitted the genre conventions well, and wanted to follow blood splatters to discover the victim's body off-screen.

1. Analysis of results from the
final Questionnaire…
We looked at our results from our
pilot questionnaire and after
analysing the results we improved
upon the past questions and added
more. Also it was open to the
public so it wasn’t just answered
by people in a class – which gave
us a broader knowledge of the
expectations of people in our
target audience

2. Our first question was simple as
we just first wanted to see
firstly if the people giving us the
answers enjoyed horror films
and also if horror films were
popular within our target
audience. This questionnaire
like our pilot showed us that
the majority of people do enjoy
watching horror films however
there will always be some
people who do not. This further
solidified our opinion that we
have chosen the correct target
audience for our work.

3. Our second question also came
from the pilot questionnaire as
we didn’t provide many
subgenres at first and also
hoped we might get more
people preferring slashers. Like
before we did get some people
choosing Psychological as it is a
more popular sub-genre within
production companies.
However we did get more
people saying slasher this time
(maybe because they were
aware of what sub-genre we
were doing!)

4. After asking what weapon
would best be suspense a lot of
people liked the idea of using a
kitchen knife. Someone did say
machete which yes would also
be effective however would be
harder for us to acquire and
make look more realistic. A
kitchen knife would also work
better as it seems more
menacing than a gun – not
because of the impact but
instead the method of using the
weapon. It also works well with
the slasher genre as deaths are
usually more gory and dragged
out.

5. We again asked what kind of killer
would be preferred. The majority of
responses sowed a serial killer. We
hoped this would happen as it fits
the slasher sub genre of someone
killing many people. We could have
broke from conventions if people
had of proffered it but we felt that
it would be harder to create the
other villains and they may not
have worked well. By using a serial
killer instead we can have more
mystery in the production – why is
he doing it? Who is he? And so on,
creating more tension and intrigue.

6. A lot of people liked the idea of a
masked killer, this may be
because it is a well known
convention for murderers identity
to be hidden shown by the vast
amount of films we see it in –
Halloween, Texas Chainsaw
massacre, you’re next and so on.
Someone also however did like
the idea of casual clothes so we
could incorporate this by the killer
yes wearing everyday clothes
hinting at his identity but masked
so we have no solid clues of who
he is.

7. Results showed that most people
thought the female victim should
wear a skirt. This could be because
most films try to represent women
as sort of a sex symbol. So we are
following the convention but not
in a inappropriate way. Some
people did say pyjamas this could
be because they want the action
to take place at night and pyjamas
show she would be sleeping and
people are always more vulnerable
when asleep. However we will go
with the majority and she will be
wearing a skirt.

8. A lot of people thought it would
be better to see the death off
screen in our production and I
have to agree. It would make it
more mysterious and more
effective than if we showed a
death scene were there couldn’t
be contact – it wouldn’t look
realistic. A death off screen
could be more enigmatic as the
audience can’t be certain she is
dead until later in the
production when she is found
(which is looked at in question
10).

9. We asked opinion of time of day
the production should be shot at.
Most people said afternoon or late
at night. During this time of the
year it is dark at both times stated.
This means that it will make the
production more eerie and sinister
if there are shadows and darkness
outside the windows. We do have
to be careful though as sometimes
filming at night can make the
production hard to distinguish as it
is too dark to make out detail.

10. We know that we will be using a
house as our setting so our old
question of where the best setting
would be has been discarded. We
found that most people think the
main rooms of either the living
room or the kitchen. The kitchen
seems most popular this could be
because of the use of this room in
many horror films such as ‘scream’
or ‘Anabelle’ for scary scenes. We
will find a way to incorporate this
into the film in a way that fits in the
narrative so she it does not seem
weird that she is just in the kitchen
when it is not somewhere people
tend to spend their time.

11. We also found that a lot of
people thought the idea of
following blood splatters around
the house to get to the body
would be better. I think this may
be because it would build more
anticipation for the audience as
they wait for the ‘big reveal’ we
will also try and do it in a jumpy
way like a ‘final scare’ before the
end of the film opening which is
when - if we decide to – the title
will appear.