Audience research including questionnarie

1) What is your favourite thriller movie and what was it that you liked about it?The most popular choice to emerge from these results was The Godfather. Many people seemed to like it as it crossed audiences, for example the romance aspect in the film made it more appealing to women. Another popular film to come out of the results was pulp fiction. This was a popular choice because it used humour, whilst still being a thriller and it was also a very unique plot that is so unlike other thrillers. Silence of the Lambs was also a popular choice, mainly because they found the main character so scary.

2) From 1-6 (1being the highest and 6 being the lowest) which thriller sub-genre do you prefer?1. Psychological thriller2. Thriller of acquired identity.3. The thriller of murderous passion.4. The political thriller.5. Morale confrontation.6. Innocent-on-the-run

3) Do you prefer the plot to keep to a liner or non-liner narrative?Non-Liner: 18 Liner: 12

4) Do you think that the plot should mean the hero wins at the end of the film?Yes- 28 No- 2

5) Do you think that the plot is more effective when set in an everyday location?Yes- 17 No-13

6) What role do you think costume plays in a movie?Very important -4 Important- 11 Unimportant - 9 Very unimportant-6

7) Do you think that props play an important role?Yes-20 No- 10

8) Do you like twists in the story?Yes-24 No- 6

9) Do you think sound effects add to the tension in a movie?Yes-19 No-11

10) What actors do you associate with thrillers?Al Picino, Antony Hopkins, Tom Cruise, Shia LaBouf.

We presented our results on the group blog, and through the data produced from this questionnaire, we were able to produce a pitch in powerpoint involving our ideas and our selected audience for our thriller film. From our audience research we could work out the demographics for our thriller.