The post-questionnaire results from test audiences for the film "The Three Wheels of Horror" provided useful feedback. Females responded more than males, showing greater interest in horror films than stereotypes suggest. Most audiences recognized the horror genre and protagonists/antagonists, but some scenes need intensifying. While sound and camera work were identified as weakest elements, the title generated enough intrigue without revealing the plot. Gaining these insights will help strengthen the technical and suspense elements of the film.

1. Post Questionnaire Results-
The Three Wheels of Horror
By Director- Jaspreet Hanspal

2. How is this feedback going to benefit our
production?
This feedback will help improve our production as
we will gain insight into what our audience makes
of the rough draft we have created for them to
view. Their criticism and feedback will help us to
get our film to reach its potential, and also meet
expectations of our viewers.
We will use the feedback to understand what are
the weaknesses and strengths of our
film, accentuate the strengths, and improve the
weaknesses.

3. Question 1.
Are you male or female?
Male
Female

4. Results:
• As this questionnaire was given out voluntarily, the results state
females volunteered to answer the questionnaire more than
males, showing females may have a bigger interest in horror films.
• 65% were females
• 35% were males
• Showing gender bias, and thus illustrating that it goes against the
stereotype that males are more drawn to horror films than
females, which is helpful as I am now more convinced my film will
appeal to both males and females
• I initially did not want to include this question in the questionnaire
as I did not think it would be vital information, however I found it
would be helpful overall investigating which gender prefers horror
films and observe a difference/similarity between them.

5. Question 2.
Did the film opening fit into the horror genre?
Yes No

6. Results:
• According to our audience, the vast majority said
that the film does fit into the horror genre codes
and conventions, which therefore means the film
has correctly mirrored aspects of a horror movie.
80% of participants said the film was recognised
to be a horror film, and 20% of participants say it
was not. This could mean we may have to
intensify some scenes even further to make it
crystal clear this is going to be a horror film for
the 20% that disagreed.

7. Question 3.
Were you able to recognise the protagonist and antagonist
clearly?
Yes No

8. Results:
• 95% of participants said they were clearly able to
recognise the protagonist and antagonist. This is
good because the storyline then becomes clear to
the audience and they are more engaged because
they understand each character. However, the 5%
who could not recognise the protagonist and
antagonist shows we need to make it even clearer
who is who, by maybe also intensifying the
scenes and making the protagonist appear more
vulnerable.

9. Question 4.
Did the opening sequence interest you to watch the rest of the
film?
Yes No

10. Results:
• 53% of participants said they would not be
interested in watching the rest of the
film, which is almost half of the people asked.
47% said they would. This means the opening
sequence must include a more leading cliff-
hanger, which will entice the audience to want
to watch what happens next.

11. Question 5.
Which do you think is the weakest element of the opening
sequence?
Sound
Camera
Characters
Storyline

12. Results:
• The chart shows that both sound and camera
were 35% each, showing they are the weakest
elements of the film. As we presented a first
draft to the audience, we will improve the
sound so that it syncs better with all
movement and ensures the continuity rule is
maintained, and the camera work should also
be edited so that we can obtain clean, clear
shots that are impactful in creating suspense.

13. Question 6.
What do you make of the sound effects?
Good
Bad
Okay- could
be better

14. Results:
• As we were not completely satisfied with the
sound we presented to the audience, I decided to
add a question to gain further insight into what
the audience made of the sound effects. The
majority say that they were okay, and could be
better. The remaining 40% is equally distributed
into the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ categories, which is why
we need to work on the sound to sync it and
make it as realistic as possible, and make it create
the right atmosphere for a horror film-
i.e.eerieness

15. Question 7.
Does the title- The Three Wheels of Horror hint at the
plot of the film enough?
Good- it does hint at
the plot
Bad- doesn't hint at
the plot
Okay- hints a little at
the plot

16. Results:
• 50% of participants said that the title hints a little
at the plot, however this is a positive point as the
title should not entirely give away the plot, it
should create mystery to therefore make the
audience more curious thus engaging them and
allowing them to watch the film. Furthermore, it
is a good way to market the film as the name is
both unique and uses alliteration at the in the
first two words, includes the word ‘horror’ and
highlights the main prop which will be made the
centre of everyone's attention- ‘Three wheels’

17. Conclusion
• As director, I plan to use this feedback, and work
with the editor to reconstruct areas of
improvement in the video, and address issues the
audience had with technical areas such as sound
and camera. It also helped us recognise our
strengths and what we had correctly understood
about the horror genre, and how we applied it to
our film. All in all, conducting the questionnaire
has been very helpful and will help us to go in the
right direction with our film and hopefully make it
a success with this feedback!