audience research

2. The purpose of this questionnaire
is to help me establish a target
audience and to find out what
kind of things people would
expect from a thriller opening.

3. The chart on age shows that I
mainly asked 10 to 20 year olds.
AGE But I did try to ask more people.
10 to 20 years
21 to 20 years
31 to 40 years
41 to 50 years
Gender
I tried to ask the same amount of
males and females to get a fair
view.
Male
Female

4. I tried to get the same amount of
females and males to get a more
effective result. The main age
group that responded were 10-20
year olds. This may impact my
research because the age group
that mainly watch thrillers are
10-20 year olds.

5.  The Dark Knight
 Inception
 Psycho
 Exorcist
 Black Swan
 Sucker Punch
 Other

6. Favourite thriller film
The Dark Knight
Black Swan
Exorcist
Psycho
Favourite thriller film
Sucker Punch
Inception
Other
0 2 4 6 8

7. From the bar chart you can see that
the most popular thriller film is
Inception, with The Dark Knight
second. I think these are the most
popular as they both involve action in
them. The least popular from this are
Black Swan and Sucker Punch. From
the results of this question I can make
sure that when I do my textual
analysis I watch Inception and The
Dark Knight.

8.  Psychological
 Horror
 Political
 Action
 Crime
 Sci-fi
 Drama
 Disaster
 Spy

9. Thriller sub-genres
Sci-fi
Drama
Disaster
Spy
Psychological
Horror
Political
Action
Crime

10. From the chart you can see that the
most popular sub-genre is a
psychological thriller. This may be
because they might like the mind
games a psychological thriller plays on
you. The least popular thriller sub-
genres are crime and horror. From this
question I know that I should create a
psychological thriller opening because
it is the most popular. I will therefore
do some extra research in to
psychological thrillers.

11. Murders
Paranormal things
Sudden shocks
Violence
Gore

12. 8
7
6
5
Frightening
4
things
3
2
1
0

13. From the pie chart you can see that
the things that frighten most people in
a thriller film are paranormal things.
The least popular is gore, so I will
make sure that I don’t include gore in
my opening. However I will try to
include some paranormal things as it
is the most popular. I will then
research in to how I can include this in
my opening.

14. Chase scene
Flash-back
Flash-forward
Present time
Everyday life

15. Thriller opening
Chase scene
Flash-back
Flash-forward
Present time
Everyday life

16. From the chart you can see that the
most popular is a flash-back and
everyday life second. The least
popular in present time. From what
people have said I will try to include a
flash-back in the opening of my film
to make it more thrilling.

17. A lot
Very little
None of it

18. Revealing of the plot
A lot
Very little
None of it

19. From the chart you can see that most
popular is very little and the least
popular is a lot. This shows that most
people don’t want the whole plot to
be revealed in the opening as it could
ruin the film. But they still want some
of it to be revealed. So therefore I will
think carefully about what plot
elements to include within the
opening.