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
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
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)
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
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.
