Questionnaire analysis

We gave 40 people our questionnaire, asking them the same 9 questions to gather information about what sort of thriller our audience wants. We then took the results of the questionnaire and used them to make decisions about our final task based on the opinions of our audience.

One question asked was whether they would like the thriller set inside, outside or a mixture of the two. 26 out of the 40 people asked said they would prefer it to be set outside, 6 said inside and 8 said a mixture. Based on this, we decided to set the our final task outside, and added with the fact that we all agreed with this decision and thought it would be best before we asked the questionnaire, we agreed that setting it outside, with some inside shots would be best.

We also asked which time setting would be best to shoot the thriller in, day or night. 37 people asked said to set it at night, and only 3 said daytime would be best. We all agreed that night would be best, considering how a dark setting would add to the thriller atmosphere. However, this would mean that we would have a very short period of time to film, since we needed it to be dark, but if it were too dark the audience wouldn't be able to tell what was going on.

The next question was whether the audience would prefer a male or female protagonist. 23 people said they would prefer a male protagonist rather than a female, so we decided to cast a male as the lead role.

We also asked which sort of music best fits the thriller genre, out of techno, pop, orchestral, rock, dub step or R ‘n’ B. 31 said orchestral, 7 said rock and 2 said pop. Based on these results and our own opinions on the genre, we decided that an orchestral score would be best for our film, and could be used effectively to increase tension and add to the atmosphere. We also decided to compose and perform the music ourselves, which meant we could write climaxes into the music to fit with the action of the film.

Next we asked which sub-genre would be best for a thriller. 16 people out of 40 said that an action thriller would be best, 6 people said political, and 18 said psychological. Based on these results and our own preferences we decided to go for a psychological thriller.