Audience Research- Questionnaire/Survey (Gavin Fernandes)

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      Questionnaire (Thriller movies)

I used survey monkey to create a questionnaire to get an idea of what people expect in a Thriller movies and in the opening of a Thriller film. 

I had 12 respondents who took part in my questionnaire.

Results of Questionnaire

1) What is your gender?

From this analysis i can see that more females were interested in thrillers compared to men however there were also an advanced interest from men at 41.67%

                                                                                            

2) How old are you?

It shows that my target audience is mainly between 15-19 as that makes up to 83% of the participants who took part in the questionnaire. This implies that this age is my main audience which my thriller should be aimed at and targeted to.

3) Do you enjoy watching movies that are associated with the Thriller genre?

From this analysis i can see that most people enjoy watching movies that are associated with the Thriller genre as 91.67% enjoys watching thrillers. 

Most say that they are exciting and don't get boring.

However there is a small minority who do not like movies associated with Thriller genre at 8.33%.



4) What are your favourite types of Thriller?
There were different types of sub genres people were associated with as  25% thoroughly enjoyed Crime but on the other hand 25% really were fascinated with Romantic. Additionally 33.33% liked Action associated with Thriller. This gives me an idea of a target genre with many people associating themselves with specific sub genres. Furthermore, from my questionnaire i know that very limited people enjoy Supernatural Thrillers as nobody chose for that Sub genre as their favourite.  

5) What makes a good Thriller?
There were a different range of aspects that people wanted, to make a good thriller film. Firstly, most people highly recommended an interesting narrative as 38.46% chose that as they believed an interesting narrative would make a great thriller film and this gives me the idea to make the opening very interesting meaning to engage the audience in and keep their eyes fixated on the screen when watching. Additionally many people wanted interesting characters to make a good Thriller with 23.08%. The quality of filming also was an important factor of making a good trailer due to the specific shots that make the film entertaining for the audience and have a big effect on the film. In addition, people wanted violence with 7.69%.


6) How much of the plot do you think should be released in the opening sequence of a Thriller?
From the questionnaire I can't entail that from the opening of the film people would wan to know as little as possible as 75% of the people said that because they want to find out more and more as the film progresses. This helps me when actually filming the opening of the Thriller not to reveal too much but to engage the audience in. On the other hand there in a minority who would want to understand the whole plot at 8.33%.


7) What would you like to be included in an opening sequence of a Thriller film to make you watch it and be engaged to continue watching the whole film?
Many people said they would want suspense with 41.67% to keep them on the edge of their seats. Many additionally said they would also want horror with 33.33% also keeping them on the edge of their seats and this encourages me to have ideas of how the group and I can keep the audience intrigued from the very beginning of the Thriller opening. Some also stated they would want action with 16.67% saying this.



The questionnaire was very successful and I found out a lot of information about the viewers needs. This has helped me to add important elements into our opening to the Thriller film. Looking at the results we can see that everyone that completed the survey liked thriller films and most of the people liked the suspense build up of a thriller so this is something that we should really include in our thriller opening.