QUESTIONNAIREANALYSIS

PURPOSE OF USING A QUESTIONNAIRE

I used this questionnaire to ensure a more audience appropriate

opening for my main task. It helped my group prepare ideas toward

the main task, as the research carried out was to help us achieve a

wider audience in which we could appeal to and make the opening

scenemore of a success. I asked 20 people these questions over

and over again to have high validity, and to show replication of the

questions which enabled a high validity. The sample was small as

my aim was to find this quantitative data and adapt it to make my

final piece for coursework so a large sample was not needed.

GENDER AND AGE

60%

40%

Gender

Male Female

10%

60%

20%

10%

AgeAged 11 to 15 Aged 16 to 24

Aged 25-40 Aged 41+

More males where asked then females as most of my peers and family members are male, so I intended to ask people who I knew, I also asked females too to keep the data more reliable than a sexist questionnaire as men tend to have a different appeal to women, this would of kept my data too one sided and would not have had any variation.

Aged 0-9 Aged 10-19 Aged 20-30 Aged 30+

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HOW OLD WHERE THE PEOPLE YOU ASKED?

I asked mainly people between the ages of 10-19 as it was more convenient for me as my friends where between the age, it may effect the outcome as the majority will have a different idea for thrillers then 30+, that is why I asked all types of people.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOVIES BEST SUITS YOUR

TASTE IN THRILLERS?

Batman: Dark Knight

Inception Sanctum Limitless

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I found that people chose Batman: Dark Knight to be their main choice for a thriller, this could be down to the age of the people asked (was mainly ranged from 10-19). However, we got ideas from then analysing Batman’s techniques and these will be adapted into the final piece.

W H I C H T Y P E O F O P E N I N G S C E N E B E S T S U I T S Y O U R C H O I C E F O R A T H R I L L E R ?

Action Gradual Mysterious Suspense

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The most chosen type of opening best suited the audience was action, however we plan on using all mysterious suspense gradual and action within the final piece as it could enable a higher grade due to their being a range or thriller opening techniques used.

W H A T B A C K G R O U N D M U S I C ( B G M ) W O U L D Y O U P R E F E R I N A N O P E N I N G S C E N E O F A T H R I L L E R ?

40%

40%

10%10%

Different types of sounds

Quite LoudSoft/Mysterious Sharp

Within the background music (BGM) to be used for an opening scene, I received an even match of Quiet and Loud, votes this then will have impact on my opening scene, as it will have to consist of both Quiet and Loud types of BGM.

WHAT SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE MOST SUITED FOR AN OPENING SCENE IN A

THRILLER?

Black & White

Fast Cuts Slow Motion

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These special effects asked about, were a small minority to the ones in which can be used so ,to keep this questionnaire simple I refrained from asking all of the special effects available.

W H A T L O C A T I O N B E S T S U I T S Y O U R T H O U G H T S F O R A N O P E N I N G S C E N E O F A T H R I L L E R ?

Ally-WayMain Road Busy

Street in London

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The majority of people answered the question with Main Road, being the best place to open a thriller as it sets the scene, with different shots such as establishing shots, and this builds on the themes of mystery.

W H I C H T I M E S U I T S B E S T F O R O P E N I N G S C E N E O F A T H R I L L E R ?

Day Afternoon Evening Night

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We again came to the conclusion of having a stale mate between night and day so it will be appealing to use both Day and Night scenes within the main task, to achieve audience needs.

H O W M A N Y P E O P L E B E S T F I T S A T H R I L L E R C A S T S I Z E , I N Y O U R O P I N I O N ?

Zero to Four70%

Five to Nine10%

Ten to Fourteen

10%

Fifteen+10%

Sales

I asked which cast size is best suited for a thriller, 70% of people chose Zero to Four, This will effect our final piece of coursework greatly as it will have effect on the amount of cast within the opening scene.

S H O U L D T H E T H R I L L E R C O N T A I N C O M E D I C E L E M E N T S ?

Yes25%

No75%

75% people say that it would be more viable for the thriller to contain no comedic elements.