Section 4: Audience Research

In class we created a questionnaire to find out what society is looking for in a Thriller. The results will help us with our ideas and improve our final product. We are going to hand out this questionnaire to 40 people. To save time each member of the group will hand out ten questionnaire's each.
Media Questionnaire
How old are you? ____________
-Are you male or female? (PleaseCircle)MaleFemale
-Favourite thriller film out of the following?Jaws Se7en The Sixth Sense The Matrix The Butterfly Effect Psycho
-Least favourite thriller film our of the following?Jaws Se7en The Sixth Sense The Matrix The Butterfly Effect Psycho
-What is your favourite type of thriller?Action, Supernatural, Erotic, Techno, Other (Please specify) _____________________
-What kind of location would you expect a thriller to be set in?Urban, Rural, Exotic, Other (Please specify) ___________________
-What do you like best about a thriller?Music, Graphics, The plot, Other (Please Specify) ____________________
-Do you like to see violence in a thriller?Yes/No
-Do you like to see romance in a thriller?Yes/No
-Do you like to see a lot of dialogue in the opening of a thriller?Yes/No
-What type of main character would you like to follow in a thriller?Woman, Man, Teenager, Child, Animal, Robot, Other (Please Specify) __________________
-What age would you like the main character to be?Under 1212-1718-30Over 30
-What type of villain would you like to follow in a thriller?Woman, Man, Teenager, Child, Animal, Robot, Other (Please Specify) __________________
-What age would you like the villain to be?Under 12 12-17 18-30 Over 30
-Do you expect the music to build up tension?Yes?No
-Would you expect the villain to use a weapon? If so, what?Yes,No,Knife,Bomb,Gun,Supernatural powers
-Do you prefer a happy or sad ending?Happy/Sad
-What makes you scared?Ticking clocks, Footsteps, Supernatural noises, Wind, Breathing, Thunder
-Do you like partial vision in the beginning of a thriller?Yes/No