Questionnaire- Sophie

Questionnaire

Today we have also created an example of a questionnaire:

1. How old are you?
10-15
16-20 (3)
21-25 (5)
26-30
31+ (2)

2. Are you Male or Female?

Male (6)

Female (4)

3. Do you watch Thrillers?
All the time (4)

Sometimes
Rarely (2)
Never (4)

4. How many thrillers do you watch on a monthly basis?

0 (2)

1-5 (6)

6-10 (2)

11-15

15+

5. Which kind of thrillers do you prefer?
Action Thrillers (5)
Comedy Thriller

Horror Thriller (3)

Sci-Fi thrillers

Other (2)

6. Do you prefer thriller films to be...
Friction (9)
Non-Friction (1)

7. What do you think the best setting to the opening of a thriller movie?

City Centre

Canal (7)
Lakeside (3)

Other

8. What should happen in the opening to a thriller?
Murder (1)
Stalking (6)
Mysterious (3)

Other

9. Should the opening reveal some of the plot?

Yes (3)
No (7)

When constructing a questionnaire it is difficult to gain a representative sample of your target audience. If we were creating a large scale film and a large budget, I could have conducted a questionnaire on a much wider scale which would give me a much more representative result. In order to gain a wide representative sample, I formed a questionnaire and asked a different age range of people in order to come to the conclusion of my own thriller. I asked members of my family and students around college. I asked 10 people as I thought that would be a suitable number of people to ask as our thriller was only a small scale sequence. From the research I underwent, the thriller genre is popular in younger viewers (21-25 age range) and they tend to enjoy the action thrillers which are a hybrid.

1)       How old are you?

I asked this question so I could get an idea of who I should target my thriller sequence at. The people that I asked the majority of them were in the age bracket of 21-25, half of the people that I surveyed were in this age bracket. When I created this question I did not have an idea who I was going to target my thriller at, but this question helped me determine who a suitable age range would be.

2)     Are you Male or Female?

I asked this question so I could get an idea, of which gender are most likely to watch a thriller. Overall, I asked more males to answer my questionnaire, 6 out of 10 people I asked was male as it is not an overall majority I am going to target my thriller at both male and female, this will hopefully attract a larger audience.

3)     Do you watch Thrillers?

I asked this question so that I could see how popular thriller films are to my target audience. From this question I got a difference of opinion as 4 out of 10 people I asked watch thrillers all the time but also 4 out of 10 people I asked never watch thrillers. As some of my target audience watch thrillers and some don’t, this means that I need to make sure my thriller is going to attract all of my audience.

4)     How many thrillers do you watch on a monthly basis?

I asked this question so I could determine how many of the people I asked watch thrillers on a monthly basis. From this question I could get an understanding how popular thrillers are within my target audience. Most people I asked watch 1-5 thrillers each month, to make this question better I could have asked how many films do you watch each month and calculate a percentage amount of thrillers are watched.

5)     Which kind of thrillers do you prefer?

I asked this question so I could determine if my target audience prefer thrillers or hybrid thrillers. This helped me in the planning process as I could get an idea of what my target audience want and apply it to my own film. Half of the people I asked prefer Action Thrillers, although this would be hard to apply to my thriller I have tried to add a bit of action to my thriller.

6)     Do you prefer thriller films to be...?

I asked this question so I could determine whether my target audience prefer fiction or non-fiction, this was important whilst in the planning process as it would help me decide if I want it to be based on a true story or not be. From this question 9 out of 10 people I asked prefer fiction, so I applied this to my thriller and made it not be a true story.

7)      What do you think the best setting to the opening of a thriller movie?

I asked this question so I could determine the best setting for my thriller opening and this would give me an idea of what my target audience want. From this question the people I asked prefer a thriller movie to be filmed alongside a canal, I applied this to my thriller and will be filming alongside the canal.

8)     What should happen in the opening to a thriller?

I asked this question so I could determine what people want to happen in a thriller the people I asked said that they like a stalker to be a part of a thriller movie. From the result of this question I incorporated a stalker into my sequence this should attract a large number of my target audience.

9)     Should the opening reveal some of the plot?

I asked this question so I could determine whether the start of my thriller should reveal any of the plot as 7 out of the 10 people I asked said that they do not like to know any of the plot in the opening of a thriller. I applied this to my thriller and none of the plot will be revealed in the opening.