Summary from Questionnaire Results
06:15Questionnaire Summary
Question 1: What age group are you?
Summary: The vast majority of my
results consisted of people being 16-18. This is good because this is
a main age group focus for my films target audience. This will
hopefully mean that all of the further information I have gathered
will reflect what they would like to see in a film resulting in them
enjoying my film and it appealing to them directly in the first
place.
Question 2: What is your preferred type of setting for a horror film?
Summary: From my results I can see that
rural farm house and woodlands were the most popular choices, which
is great news for me as a I have access to both of these types of
settings for my trailer. Urban streets and alley ways were not a
popular option, possibly due to the majority of people living in this
environment already and being used to it which would make them less
likely to be scared of it.
Question 3: What is your preferred type of narrative / theme?
Summary: The two types of themes that
were the most popular were ghosts / supernatural and myths / folk
tales. This tells me that a good back story involving one of these
themes or both would make my trailer appeal even more to my target
audience, this means that I may need to add in a little extra detail
to my current plot idea.
Question 4: Do you prefer a horror film to be in the form of found footage or not?
Summary: the results that I collected
from this particular question is that people don't have a preference
for whether it was to contain found footage or not, so it may be
effective for me to contain some elements of found footage within my
trailer, to settle all desires and wants from my target audience.
Question 5: What is your favourite aspect of a horror film?
Summary: Over half of the people that
filled out my questionnaire chose thrill / adrenaline as their
preferred aspect of a horror film, this means that my trailer must be
fast paced, intriguing and enticing for my audience to get their
blood pumping and become involved within my trailer. I will do this
by putting some elements of the fear that drives my trailer but not
so much that the whole plot is revealed.
Question 6: What do you dislike about horror films?
Summary: Almost every person that
filled out my questionnaire said they dislike clichés that appear in
horror's the most so I will try my hardest to make my trailer
completely original and unexpected but at the same time making sure
that my audience will still enjoy it.
Question 7: What do you like about horror films?
Summary: The vast majority of people
said they like interesting endings. However, for my trailer I will
not be revealing the ending so I will attempt to hint at a twist that
will change all expectations for the climax of my film.
Question 8: Do you prefer low budget looking horror films or high budget?
Summary: Most people said that they
would prefer my film to look high budget, meaning I will have to
spend extra time ensuring that my editing is done in a professional
manor and any found footage that I use is effective and doesn't make
my film look cheap.
Question 9: What is your biggest fear?
Summary: This particular question was
very open so I will have to be careful with the decisions that I make
when I incorporate the chosen fear within my trailer. For example, if
someone said they had arachnophobia and I just stuck a load of
spiders in, it would make my film appear very cliché and cheap. So I
have to be clever and creative when I put my chosen fears into my
trailer.
Question 10: What is your favourite horror film?
Summary: I gave a selection of popular
cult classic horror films for people to choose their favourite of.
This would give my a good indication of where to take my narrative,
what filming styles I will use etc.
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