Results from my questionnaire

Results from the questionnaires

For this part of our research we had to prepare a questionnaire and then hand it out to ten people. This would then allow us to get a range of results and discover what people think of particular genres of film and what they would expect to see in the opening sequence. We began the questionnaire with quite general questions about films and then began to specialize the questions to do with Thriller films because that is our chosen genre.

Here are three examples of parts of the questionnaires I carried out. Two are females and one is a male. It is interesting to discover what people think and their ideas about the film.

Here are the results from all of my questionnaires put into graphs to make it easier to see the different proportions.

For the question above we also asked the participants to state a reason for their answers and we received the following replies;

• Because I wouldn't watch the film if I had been told it was bad anyway.
• Keeps you interested.
• It reveals later events in the film.
• To draw my attention to the movie.
• Lets me know how good the film will be.
• Always miss it.
• Because this establishes the mood of the film and can make or break films and help me decide if I want to watch on or not.
• Sets the scene.
• Audience is introduced to the characters and setting.
• It tells you what the film is going to be like.

Another question asked was "How do you watch thrillers? E.g. DVD, online, cinema etc." and this received the following replies;

• DVD, online, cinema
• DVD
• On normal channels
• TV (sky movies)
• Cinema, online
• Online
• Online
• Online and Cinema
• Cinema and Online
• Online

The next question asked "What do you expect the main character to look like E.g. Scary?" and the participants gave these answers;

• Not normal (scary)
• Strong and Handsome
• Powerful and demanding
• Hard
• Scary
• Scary
• Mysterious, Dark
• Scary
• Creepy, Mysterious
• Inspector

The final question asked them "What location would you expect in a thriller? E.g. Abandoned Island, haunted house" and the answers given were;

• Natural Environment, Abandoned Island
• Mountains
• Eerie Location
• City
• Futuristic City
• Haunted House
• Abandoned Place
• Haunted House
• Haunted House, Abandoned Building
• Abandoned Areas and Isolated places