Survey Analysis

 

 

 

1. The majority answer was 16-18 which steered us in the direction to make our target audience this age because a majority of the answers was in preference of this age group. Also the age showed us the different opinions according to age when it comes to thriller movies.

2. This showed us the difference in opinion for the different genders of thriller movies late on in the questions and having different genders made sure that the survey was fairly valid. We received a bigger feminine view compared to a male because most of our participants were female. However, we validated this and saw thsimilarities between male and female. Also it made our film baised to a female audience because we got a bigger opinion from them and will be able to shape our movie to fit their preferences.

3. This question was highly effective in letting us know how to mould our movie to make it suitable and likeable for a wide target audience. The top answers being Psychological and Crime thrillers gave us an insight into what people like to see and gave us ideas of what to incorporate into our film. It also gave us a starting point into think what subgenre or thrillers we would like our movie to fit into.

4. We asked this question as a continuation of the previous one to deepen our understanding of what makes these thrillers exciting for them. The majority answer was the action of it all and the second highest result was that the film plays with your mind. This was interesting for us to find out as we now know how we can make our thriller more appealing to the target audience and how we can improve and expand.

 

 

5. This was effective in expanding our knowledge of what our target audience like and what we should do to make our film attractive to our audience. It made us certain of what we should include.

6. This question let us know what we shouldn't include in our thriller because our target audience dont like it therefore,it is likely they woulnt like the movie The majority answer of 'Other' let us know that it would be alright to include a good plot, tension/adrenaline/suspense, shocking/unexpected features, characters and villains without the audience feeling uncomfortable and instead enjoying the movie.

 

7. We asked this question to find out what gender most people prefer the leading character to be. The majority result of male put in our minds who we should cast as our leading character and what would be suitable for our type of movie. Despite our survey saying they would prefer a male lead we challenged this and casted a young female because we found it fitted our time table and the storyline.

8. This question was effective in letting us know how our audience like thrillers to begin meaning we could incorporate ideas into our film opening. The majority result was ‘Slowly building up to action’ This gave us ideas of how to start our movie as we want to impress our target audience and giving them something substantial is our aim.

 

Overall we thought that some of our results would be useful in the openings of our thrillers as it allows us to gain an insight into the minds of the target audience and a wide variety of audiences. Doing this survey has been useful and effective in letting us know what to add and what not to add in our film and has given us ideas for certain areas concerning the movie for example, the subgenre we pick.