Finley Sinclair conducted demographic research on thriller movie preferences among their target audience of 15-24 year olds. The data showed that psychological thriller was the most popular subgenre, with The Call being a popular film. It also found that the target audience preferred male leads and antagonists, and for the location to be in a city. This research will help Finley create an effective opening scene for their thriller film by incorporating elements like psychological conventions, techniques from The Call, a male lead and antagonist, a city location, plot hints and twists, and a moderate buildup of suspense before a jump scare.

1. THRILLER
DEMOGRAPHIC
RESEARCH
FINLEY SINCLAIR

2. Q1:
This bar graph of my
data shows that women
go to the cinema more
than men as 55% of
people that took the
survey were female. This
may be because women
usually go to films in
groups or with a friend
or boyfriend.

3. Q2:
According to the data it
appears that psychological
thriller is the most popular
sub genre as it has the
highest percentage at 30%.
This data helps with the
creation of my thriller opening
as now I can use
psychological conventions
which will appeal most to my
audience as this was the
favourite option.

4. Q3:
By analysing this data I can
infer that The Call is a very
popular film within my target
audience of 15-24. This data
helps with my thriller
opening as it means that I
can analyse the conventions
used in The Call and use
them to my advantage to
create an opening that will
entice my target audience
and persuade a good
reaction.

5. Q4:
According to the data I have
collected I can infer that my
target audience would prefer
the location of a thriller film
to be in a city rather than a
countryside, dark area or
light area; this is as it got
the highest percentage at
40%. This helps with the
creation of my thriller film as
this means I can base my
thriller film around a city
location to appeal to my
target audience.

6. Q5:
Due to the data I have
gathered I can assume
that my target
audience prefer a
male in the leading role
in contrast to a female;
this may be because it
is very stereotypical
for a male to be in the
main role. This means
that I can have a male
in the leading role to
appeal to my target
audience.

7. Q6:
It appears that my target
audience prefer a male
as the antagonist in a
thriller as 80% of my
responses were male.
This may be because it
is stereotypical for the
antagonist to be a
powerful male which
may have influenced
their responses. This
means that I can have a
male as an antagonist to
appeal to my target
audience.

8. Q7:
By this data I can infer
that 45% of the
respondents that took my
survey chose neutral.
This does not help with
the creation of my movie
opening as if most chose
strongly agree, I could
make the opening very
scary and provoke
emotion out of my target
audience.

9. Q8:
I can infer that most
respondents in my target
audience prefer a plot twist
in a thriller movie. This
would hep in the creation of
my opening as I can use a
plot twist at the beginning to
create a sense of mystery
and provoke emotion out of
the viewer to attract interest.

10. Q9:
The data in this graph
allows me to
understand that I could
put hints of the plot in
the opening scene to
provoke interest in the
audience.

11. Q10:
I can infer from this data
that my target audience
prefer suspense to be
built moderately slow
before a potential jump
scare. I can use this in
my opening to create
false peaks of suspense
and also scare the
viewer.