Questionnaire results

Once we handed out our questionnaires we were able to collect them back in once been filled out and see what results we got. After they handed the questionnaires back in we made graphs of the results so that we could clearly see what people liked and didn't like. We wasn't able to create a graph for every question because some questions were open and others were closed, the closed questions were easy to be able to make a graph for. Above we have made a graph for questions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The first question was a basic question asking if they were male or female, from the graph you can see that there is a bigger percentage of females who answered the questionnaire. The next question was asking which age category they fall into, this is a useful question because this way we can see who our main audience will be. From looking at the graphs you can see that the bigger amount of people were only 16-18 and then 22-25 and 26-29 had an equal amount. You can also see from that graph that there was no one over 30 who filled out a questionnaire. From seeing them results we can see that its mainly people who are aged 16-18 that will be interested in our film trailer. The next closed question that we asked our audience was if they prefer thriller or horror films, from the graph you can see that most people prefer to watch a thriller film. This could be because thriller films don't show much blood or killing etc. This was useful for us because it meant that we now know if we should make ours a thriller or a horror.

The next question we asked is who they would prefer to be the victim in a horror film, the graph we created shows that most people prefer a female to be the main victim. We thought this was strange but true because most horror films have the females as the victim which is a main convention. This was useful for us because we can then make a female in ours the victim so that it fits in with the normal conventions and its what the target audience like to see. From looking at the graph it shows that no one would like to see an old man as the victim. This is probably because its very rare you would find this happen anyway so most people wouldn't want to see this. The next question was to find out what had the best effect on the audiences emotions. From the graphs we can see that most people said it was music that effects their emotions the best. This was useful because now we know when we make the trailer that we need make the music a strong part as we know it will effect our audiences emotions best and make them carry on watching it and want to see the actual film. The next best answer was setting, this might be because most thrillers are set in a dark place such as a wood/forest, people might prefer this because they know its already a convention and would be expecting to see it anyway. From looking at the graph you can see that no one said that the narrative would effect their emotions the best, this might be because in a thriller its not normally the narrative your looking for.

Another question that we asked our audience was how often they watch films, the graph shows that most people watch them either once or twice a week. This shows that the audience are a active audience and watch films quite often. The last question was asking if they like to see blood and gore in a film, most people said yes, this shows that many people watching these films would prefer to see it in them, this is useful because when we make our trailer we know we need to add these in because this is what our target audience will be looking for.