Horror film discussion

In todays lesson me and my group got together and had various discussions over ideas for our opening to a horror/thriller film, we haven not yet decided on a definite story, but we know that it will be a horror!

To help us decide what the audience look for in horror movies we divised our own questionnaire to give out to people, and hopefully their feedback will help us ensure that our opening is what our target audience want. We put various relevant questions in our survey from age and gender, to favourite all time horror film and specific sub genres wanted. W e showed our questionnaire to Mr Cramb who then told us that we needed to tweak some of our questions but overall it was very useful. Hopefully by doing this questionnaire we will be able to find out exactly what people want and look for in a horror film, ensuring that the opening we create targets our specific demographic.

Horror/Thriller Research Questionnaire

This questionnaire is about your views and opinions on Horror/Thriller films…

1) Gender:[ ] Male[ ] Female

2) Age:
[ ] 12-15
[ ] 16-17
[ ] 18-21
[ ] 22-26
[ ] 27-35
[ ] 35-40
[ ] 41-50
[ ] 50+

3) Occupation?
[ ] Student
[ ] Employed
[ ] Unemployed
[ ] Retired
[ ] Other, if so, please state- ________________________________________________


4) State 2 hobbies and interests of your choice?
1.
2.

5) Do you like watching Horror/Thriller films?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

6) Name 2 of your favourite Horror/Thriller films?
1.
2.

7) Is there anything you would find inappropriate in the opening of a Horror film?
Please state what you like about the opening of Horror/Thriller films and what you would expect to see in one?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

8) How often do you watch Horror films?
[ ] Not at all
[ ] Sometimes
[ ] Quite Frequently
[ ] A lot

9) What types of films do you prefer to watch? (tick 2)
[ ] Action
[ ] Fantasy
[ ] Romance
[ ] Sci-Fi
[ ] History
[ ] Thriller
[ ] War
[ ] Comedy

10) What is your preferred sub genre of Horror films? (tick 1)
[ ] Comedy Horror
[ ] Disaster Horror
[ ] Gory Horror
[ ] Thriller Horror
[ ] Light hearted Horror
[ ] Vampire Horror

11) What elements do you think are of up most importance to create tension and suspense in a Horror film? (tick the appropriate ones)
[ ] Sound track
[ ] Settings
[ ] Plot twists
[ ] Language
[ ] Props
[ ] Characters
[ ] Murders

12) Where do you think would be the best location to film a Horror film?
____________________________________________________________

13) What type of characters would you expect to see in a Horror
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

14) What emotions would you like to feel whilst watching in the opening of a Horror/Thriller film? (tick the appropriate boxes)
[ ] Enigma
[ ] Tension
[ ] Anger
[ ] Scared
[ ] Happy
[ ] No emotion

15) What do you expect to see in the opening of a Horror/Thriller film?
________________________________________________


Thankyou for your time!

ror/Thriller Research Questionnaire

This questionnaire is about your views and opinions on Horror/Thriller films…

1) Gender:[ ] Male[ ] Female

2) Age:
[ ] 12-15
[ ] 16-17
[ ] 18-21
[ ] 22-26
[ ] 27-35
[ ] 35-40
[ ] 41-50
[ ] 50+

3) Occupation?
[ ] Student
[ ] Employed
[ ] Unemployed
[ ] Retired
[ ] Other, if so, please state- ________________________________________________


4) State 2 hobbies and interests of your choice?
1.
2.

5) Do you like watching Horror/Thriller films?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

6) Name 2 of your favourite Horror/Thriller films?
1.
2.

7) Is there anything you would find inappropriate in the opening of a Horror film?
Please state what you like about the opening of Horror/Thriller films and what you would expect to see in one?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

8) How often do you watch Horror films?
[ ] Not at all
[ ] Sometimes
[ ] Quite Frequently
[ ] A lot

9) What types of films do you prefer to watch? (tick 2)
[ ] Action
[ ] Fantasy
[ ] Romance
[ ] Sci-Fi
[ ] History
[ ] Thriller
[ ] War
[ ] Comedy

10) What is your preferred sub genre of Horror films? (tick 1)
[ ] Comedy Horror
[ ] Disaster Horror
[ ] Gory Horror
[ ] Thriller Horror
[ ] Light hearted Horror
[ ] Vampire Horror

11) What elements do you think are of up most importance to create tension and suspense in a Horror film? (tick the appropriate ones)
[ ] Sound track
[ ] Settings
[ ] Plot twists
[ ] Language
[ ] Props
[ ] Characters
[ ] Murders

12) Where do you think would be the best location to film a Horror film?
____________________________________________________________

13) What type of characters would you expect to see in a Horror
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

14) What emotions would you like to feel whilst watching in the opening of a Horror/Thriller film? (tick the appropriate boxes)
[ ] Enigma
[ ] Tension
[ ] Anger
[ ] Scared
[ ] Happy
[ ] No emotion

15) What do you expect to see in the opening of a Horror/Thriller film?
________________________________________________


Thankyou for your time!