Questionaire:
The Importance of primary research is to find out the main requirements of what your target audience want to see in your project.
Regarding making a thriller, I will need to carry out a questionaire ,that makes me known to the requirements of my targeted audience on what they want to see in my thriller. I mainly asked people who are aged 14 and over. The reason is because most thrillers tend to be watched by that age group. In addition, thrillers are mostly certificated at 15 or 18.
1. What is your gender?
Male
Female
2. What is your age range?
6-10
11-15
16-20
20+
3. What element makes you realise that you are watching a thriller?
Iconography
Theme
Characters
Sound
4. What theme in a thriller makes you instantly attracted to it?
Obsession
Vengeance
Death
Crime
5. What sub-genre do you prefer to watch?
Psychological
Horror
Erotic
Other
6. What type of sound in thriller do you prefer to hear?
Off screen sound
Parallel sound
Contrapuntal sound
7. What age rating of thriller would you to watch?
12
12A
15
18
8. What conventional editing in thriller excites you more?
Fast
Slow
9. What setting do you think is conventional enough for thrillers?
Forest
Basement
Isolated house
10. What Iconography do you prefer to see in your thrillers?
Phone
Gun
Knife
11. What gender of victims in thrillers would you prefer to see?
Male
Female
12. What gender of the protagonist would you prefer to see?
Male
Female
13. What gender of the antagonist would you prefer to see?
Male
Female
14. What body language would you prefer to see from a antagonist?
Good
Bad
15. What conventional editing in thriller do you prefer?
Fast
Slow
16. What film shot would you prefer to see of a protagonist?
Mid close up
Close up
Extreme close up
17. What film shot would you prefer to see of a victim?
Mid close up
Close up
Extreme close up
18. What film shot would you prefer to see of an antagonist?
Mid close up
Close up
Extreme close up
19. What type of lighting would you prefer in thrillers?
Low-key lighting
Under Lighting
20. What character in thrillers do you like the most?
Protagonist
Victim
Antagonist
It is clear to see that you have thought about the planning of your thriller by asking some relevant questions to your audience to help you make appropiate decisions.
ReplyDeleteTo improve;
-try and include your actual quesitonniare, (screen shot if you want)
-conclude with how this questionnaire has been beneficial for you and your planning