Evaluation of questionnaire results

Questionnaire Analysis

After conducting our questionnaire and retrieving forty sets of data for each of our twenty questions, we analysed the results - this would help us in making our thriller as we would know what our target audience's opinions on various aspects of the thriller are, and be able to adapt the more popular elements whilst avoiding the unpopular ones.

Question 1: What is your gender?

 The results of question 1 show that we asked for the opinions of more males than we did for females - as a result we can see that the rest of our questions will be generally answered from the viewpoint of males.

Question 2: Out of the following, what is your favourite Thriller film?

The results of question 2 show that Se7en was the most popular thriller out of the ones which we evaluated, and as a result this is the thriller that we should take the most inspiration from when making ours, adapting ideas from Se7en into our thriller more so than the other thrillers to make it more appealing to our target audience. 

Question 3: What is your age?

 The results to question 3 show that we asked people from a varied range of ages which makes our questionnaire a fairer test as we are not just getting all of our results from one age group. The majority of the people we asked were in the 15-25 age boundary as our thriller's age rating is 15 and this age boundary is our target audience.

Question 4: What is your favourite genre of music to hear in a film?

Most people preferred to hear classical music in a film due to it being the genre which creates the most tension and fits in with almost any genre of film. As a result, we will consider using the classical music genre when inputting music into our thriller to make it appeal to the target audience.

Question 5: What is the most appropriate music genre for a thriller?


       

Most people decided that rock or metal were the most suitable genres to use in a thriller film with these two genres combined taking just under 75% of all votes. As a result, we will be sure to consider the rock or metal genres when selecting music to use in our thriller.

Question 6: What is your favourite colour?

Red and Black amassed a vast majority of the votes, so we will use black or red - or both - as the colours for our graphics in our thriller to appeal to the target audience.

Question 7: What scares you the most?

Spiders were the option chosen most frequently as the thing that scares people the most - we will take this into consideration when making our thriller whilst also noting that darkness was chosen almost as many times: it would be much easier and more suitable to include darkness in our thriller than it would to include spiders.

Question 8: What is the most suitable time of day for a thriller to be set in?

Nearly every person who completed our questionnaire agreed that the best time of day to set our thriller opening would be in the evening or at night, due to it adding to the tension of the scene and being scarier at night than it is during the day. We will certainly incorporate this in our thriller opening as it would be difficult to film during daylight; due to the group having college and the actors working most during days, and the fact that we will be filming during the winter when it gets dark earlier - it would be very difficult to film in daylight anyway so it is almost certain that our thriller will be set in the evening or night.  

Question 9: Would you prefer the narrative to be slow or fast paced?

75% of people who completed our questionnaire said that they would prefer a fast paced narrative in a thriller, and as a result we will be sure to use a fast paced narrative in our own thriller opening.

Question 10: What location do you think would be most suitable for a thriller?

Most people (50%) said that a house would be the best setting for our thriller opening, and as it would be both difficult and impractical to use a forest we will certainly set our thriller opening in and around a house.

Question 11: What font is most suitable for a thriller?

Simple(17 votes), Bold (10 votes), Scary (7 votes) or Detailed (6 votes)?

Simple font was the most popular option, and as a result we will keep the font in our thriller simple and easy to read.

Question 12: Would you prefer the title of a thriller film to be short and simple or long and detailed?

People preferred a short thriller title as it is easier to remember and simpler which would appeal to our target audience more. We will consider this when deciding on a title for our thriller.

Question 13: What is you least favourite thriller?

Jaws was shown to be the least favourite thriller of our target audience, probably due to it being the oldest of the four thrillers - as a result we will make use of modern technology when making our thriller to make our thriller look and sound better than Jaws does.

Question 14: Should the editing of a thriller be slow or fast paced?

People generally preferred fast paced editing as it suits the frantic atmosphere of a typical thriller and as a result we will try to use fast paced editing in our thriller to make it more appealing to our target audience and to make it seem more tense. 

Question 15: Would you rather characters remain concealed during the opening of a thriller or not?

Most people preferred certain characters to remain hidden in the opening to a thriller as it creates a sense of mystery and tension. We will try to keep at least one character's identity concealed during our opening sequence to please the target audience and make it more tense.

Question 16: Would you prefer the narrative of a thriller to be linear or non-linear?

Linear narrowly beat non-linear in terms of votes, which suggests that the target audience does not have a real preference but it may be better to use a linear opening as it would flow better and be easier to understand.

Question 17: What of the following scares you least?

Clocks and footsteps were chosen as the least scary things as they are things that are quite normal and heard in everyday life all the time. As a result it may be better for us to avoid focusing on including these sound effects and use other means of scaring the audience.

Question 18: What is your least favourite colour? 

Yellow and purple were chosen as the least favourite colours due to them not being very suitable for a thriller film. We will make sure that we do not use these colour in our thriller as a result.

Question 19: Do sound effects have a positive impact on the atmosphere of a thriller?

Nearly all people decided that sound effects do have a positive impact on a thriller’s atmosphere, so we will be sure to include them in our film as it will please our target audience and make our thriller’s atmosphere more tense and realistic.

Question 20: Would you prefer low-key or high-key lighting in a thriller?

Low-key lighting more popular that high-key as it creates a better mood and atmosphere and makes the thriller seem tenser. We will be sure to use low-key lighting in our thriller.