Research - Questionnaire !

This is some research on thrillers.

The questionnaire i designed included questions on personal preference and then in to more detail as to find what the consumers actually want.

Here are the results :

1. Are you male or female ?
The results were equal as i asked 5 males and 5 females to get a varied response.

2.How old are you?

The results were all the same. all of the participants were 17-18. I asked them for their age to determine what age group are the more dominant responders so we know who to aim our thriller at. E.G. The more closely linked to our groups age the easier it will be to target the audience, and if they were younger we would have to think of the the of content we could include.

3. What age certificate do you think thrillers are?
U PG 12 15 18

all of the participants answered 15 . This isn't necessarily true as thrillers range from PG- National treasure , 12- The dark knight , 15 - The matrix , 18 - Taken
From looking on websites the majority of thriller film seem to be the 15 and 18 band . this is probably because of the content as their if more violence,sexual images and gore

4. Would you rather watch a

Thriller comedy chick flick horror romantic
2 1 3 2 2

although the results show that the chick flick is most popular. Is was mostly female who chose that catogorie, opposed to the horror and thriller which were chosen by the boys.

5. Are you able to tell the differences between a thriller and a horror ?

Yes - 4 (boys) No (5 girls and one boy)
The results show that the boys can tell the difference between the thrillers this may not necessarily be true as its a very vague question . To improve on this i could have included some examples of a thrillers and horrors and asked which ones the thought were thriller and which the thought were horrors . the problem with doing this and having an open question in that its harder to analyse.

6. Do you prefer the main character being a

male- adult , child Female - adult , child
(1 boys,2 girls) (1 boy) (3 male , 2 female) (1 female)
The results are very varied but a majority of the participants chose a female adult victim. This may be because the women is seen as a weaker character and which when put in a thriller situation can be seen as being allot more vulnerable

7. What spook you the most in thrillers ?
Music Lighting Location Other (please state)
3 1 4 2 - plot

Most of the participants chose the location as what spooks them most in thrillers. In thrillers this is usually the key to scaring people . Eg a haunted house . is scarier then a normal modern house as it has creaking stairs and possible history.

8. Which type of thrillers do you prefer?

Action/adventure Crime Drama Mystery Psychological Romance Sci-fi/fantasy
1 2 2 1 3 0 1

The results showed that psychological thrillers (psychological thrillers - they deliberately used different techniques to create tension in the audience, they have maximum use of suspense which gets the audience gripping to their seats ! ) are the most popular our of the thrillers . This may not be 100% accurate as their were only 10 participants . If i were to do the test on a larger amount of participants then the results may have been allot different.

9. What make you want to see a thriller ?
Famous actors Good reviews Personal interests
(3) (5) (2)

It shows from these results that the influence of others can help to make a film more popular. If all the reviews are good that is ! as bad reviews can be publicised and can ruin a film .

The results from this questionnaire can help to determine what the audience want. Eg mor of the participant chose a female victim so this will help us to chose a type of thriller which can have a female as the lead.