Section 4: Audience Research - & research into BBFC film classification system =]

The Questions :-

1. What gender are you?
Male
Female

2. What is your age?
13 – 16
17 – 19
20 – 23
24 +

3. What type of thrillers do you like?
Fantasy Thriller
Romantic Thrillers
Political Thriller
Crime Thriller
Supernatural Thriller
Psychological Thriller

4. How would you like the opening of a thriller movie to be set out?
Titles and then opening
Opening and then titles
Titles when opening is happening

5. Do you prefer to watch a male lead role or female lead role in a film?
Male lead
Female lead
Don’t Mind

6. Do you enjoy ambiguity or a give away plot line?
A psycho where you don’t find out until the end
When you know the person from the start

7. What’s your preferred length of a film?
60-90 minutes
90-120 minutes
120 + minutes

8. What certificate films do you prefer to watch?
PG
12
15
18

9. What do you think makes a good thriller?
Suspense
Action
Twists
Cliff hangers

10. How many main characters are too many?
1 – 3
4 – 6
7 – 9

11. On a scale of 1 – 10, how would you rate the thriller genre in terms of entertainment? (10 being highest) ___________

12. Do you prefer the film to either:
Challenge the audience actively
Explain the plot fully throughout the film

13. Tick the films you have watched:
The Beach
What Lies Beneath
Battle Royale
Donnie Darko
Se7en
Sin City
The Birds
The Butterfly Effect
The Dark Knight

14.Does the name of the film intrigue you to go and watch the film?
Yes
No
Doesn’t Matter

15.Do you think that different actors are good for different parts?
Yes
No
Doesn’t Matter

16. Do you think that music is important for the film?
Yes
No

17. Do you think that light and sound are important in making the scene tenser?
Yes
No

18.Do you think there is a limit to how many deaths there are in a film?
Yes
No

19. Do you know any famous thriller directors? If yes, please state.

20. Would you prefer the killer to be anonymous all through the film or be revealed from the start?
Anonymous
Revealed

The Results: -

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

In Question 8, 1 person said they chose PG, 1 person said they chose 12, 15 people said they would prefer a 15, however the majority with 23 was the 18 rating.

Question 9

Question 10

In Question 11 the average rating of entertainment was 7

Question 12

Question 13
Question 14

Question 15

Question 16

Question 17

Question 18

In Question 19, there was a variety of directors, the main ones mentioned were M.Night Shyamalan, Alfred Hitchcock & Stephen Speilberg