2. Focus Group/Questionnaires
• We asked four people as part of our focus
group, which was anyone over the age of 15,
since the age rating for our film is a 15. We
asked two boys and two girls, so there was a
50% feed back from each gender. The people
we asked were members of our media class.
3. Do you Like
Horror Films?
Yes, but not the extreme 18
ones.
YesYes
Not personally Question 1
4. Analysis of Question 1
• Out of the people we asked around 90% said
they did enjoy horror films. This was great as
the film opening we are creating is horror
genre. This gave us a good idea on how our
script would go down with our class mates,
since the majority of them had a
interest/enjoyed the horror genre.
5. Question 2
What do you like
to see in a horror
film?
I like psychological horror
with jump scenes.
I like to see suspense.
Real life situations that could
happen to anyone.
A good story, lot of
plot.
6. Analysis of Question 2
• This question gave a variety of different type
answers. A lot of people we found liked to
watch a suspense or physiological horror story
more than horror stories with gore and blood
in. This gave an idea that we could create our
story to become more physiological so that it
can have More realistic effect, and a long
lasting affect on the audience.
7. Question 3
What is your opinion
on Horror witch films?
I think it’s a good
premise, but requires
a lot of affects.
I like them. Magic is
cool!
I’m not really drawn to
them, probably because as
a male, I do not identify
with the characters.
Witch horror films
can be interesting
when the horror used
is psychological for
example, the Blair
Witch Project
8. Analysis of Question 3
• We asked this question because of the idea of
our film being based about witches. The
feedback we had was good as the majority of
people we asked liked the idea of witches, as
they enjoyed the physoicolgal effect it gave
along with the dark image behind magic.
9. Question 4
Can you give us
feedback on our
plot?
I like the plot as it has a
very sinister feel.
I think the plot works for
me, it’s too linear…to
create an enigma you
might want need to
create uncertainty.
Plot is really good,
enigmatic a good
development/
The reasoning behind
why the witches/girls are
there isn’t hinted to.
10. Analysis of Question 4
• The feedback we received from our focus
group about our plot were overall very
positive. There were some comments which
suggested ways in which we could improve
the script by, which was very helpful when we
came to finalizing our script.
11. Question 5
Do you think this film
is suitable for it’s
age rating of 15?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes, no scenes of graphic
violence.
Yes as the Horror does not
appear to be too intense.
12. Analysis of Question 5
• When asking if our script/ film opening was
suitable for the age rating of 15, we was
happy to see that all four people agreed that it
was. Some left detailed comments saying that
because it wasn’t graphic or gory that it
defiantly suited the rating of 15.
13. Question 6
My favorite horror
film is the Women
in Black, due to it’s
sinister feel and
interesting plot.
Alien- The part with John
Hurt having an alien burst
out of his chest.
The Call- When Hale
Berry finds out where the
girl is and when the girl is
in the boot.
14. Analysis of Question 6
• We asked this question as we wanted to find
out if the people we asked as part of the
survey actually enjoyed horror films. We were
happy to see that 90% of the focus group
actually had a favorite horror film, and were
able to describe their favorite parts of the
film.
15. Question 7
Dialogue
I think it depends on
the genre i.e lord of the
rings/Avatar(fantasy)=
Yes. Horror = No
I think that horror films are best
with no or low levels of dialogue
in their opening sequences as it
builds tension.
Usually just background
music, but the dialogue
of the chanting works
well.
16. Analysis of Question 7
• We choose to ask this question because we
were undecided on wherever to have Dialogue
in our opening or just creepy music. The
feedback we received was 50/50. Two people
thought that dialogue worked best and two
people thought that background music in a
horror film opening, worked best, This helped
us decided to not have any dialogue in our
opening, so that the atmosphere would be
more eerie.
17. Question 8
I have seen the Blair
Witch Project. I like
the fact that it is a
purely psychological
factor
No
No them in their
entirety. So can’t
comment
No
18. Analysis of Question 8
• We choose to ask this question because we
each had focused on Analyzing these three
horror films/ TV series (Zoe= Blair Witch,
Mary= AHS:Coven, Sinead= The Craft ). We
had also chose to craft our ideas from these
three films/TV series into our own plot.
19. Question 9
Would this film
opening make you
want to carry on
watching?
Possibly. There are many
unanswered questions.
Yes, but I think there needs to be
some changes.
1. Might have a parallel plot, of
the girl saying goodbye to parents
from within the kitchen and then
leaving, and closing the door.
Yes.
Definitely!
20. Analysis of Question 9
• The feedback from this question was great.
We were each very happy that the focus group
would want to watch the rest of the film if we
was to make it. However the feedback we
received from one, made us debate on if we
wanted to change the start of our opening to
have two parallel. In the end we decide
against this, as we still felt that our opening
was eerie and mysterious enough without the
parallel.
21. Question 10
Do you have any
additional comments?
Nice Job,
You’ve made a
very interesting
script here.
No
No
No
22. Analysis of Question 10
• This question was to just seen if the focus
group had any additional comments that they
may have wanted to make out about our
opening. We was happy with the feedback on
this question.
