For our questionnaire, we wanted to find out what individuals aged from 17+ thought about horror genres and stereotypes. From completing this questionnaire we have gained many different ideas and objectives in which to make our overall product as successful as possible.
The first question asked to our respondents was "Who would you prefer to see as the antagonist?". It was a fairly close result however with 53%, females got more votes than males with 47%. This demonstrates that our sample prefers to see the antagonist as a female character. My group found this very surprising as we assumed males would get more votes as they are portrayed to be stronger and more powerful. I feel females received more votes as they are able to create a sinister and eerie presence. For example young girls are used in many horror films including 'The Orphan' and 'Paranormal Activity'. We found this question helpful as our antagonist is played by a female and hopefully will get as many positive responses as possible.
Our second question was, "How many films do you watch weekly?". From our results we found that a wide majority of people watch around 1-2 films a week. Our graph shows that 63% watch 1-2 and 37% either don't watch any or more. We found our results fairly surprising due to our target audience of 15-25 year olds. We expected them to watch many more films due to being young and having more time on their hands. When we thought about it we realised that education and work may get in the way of watching more that 2 films a week. We just hope that our trailer will be as successful as possible and become one of the 1-2 films that are watched per week!
Our third question was, "What location do you find most daunting?". We found that a park got the most votes gaining 41%. This is due to it involving children and different age groups at night. This creates an extremely creepy and frightening effect to the trailer helping it conform to the horror genre.
Our fourth question was, "What's your favourite horror film out of the following?". From our list of films 'Paranormal Activity' received the most with 33%, the 'Saw Franchise' followed second with 29%. I feel 'Paranormal Activity' won as it's a supernatural horror film which includes ghosts, spirits and jumpy scenes. It included video diaries which help create tension and suspense. I agree with the respondents that supernatural horror films are the most alarming.
Our fifth question is "What genre do you prefer?". Horror got the best result with 47%. This is pleasing as we have created a horror trailer which we hope to get many views on. As our targeted audience 15-25 year olds chose horror, we feel we are in a successful position with gaining views and having a victorious product.
Our sixth question was, "What film title appeals to you the most?". The title 'Jokes on you' was the most engaging receiving 47% of votes. We feel this is because it gives slight hints about the type of film, however, doesn't give away too much. People who enjoy the suspense of horror films and like being frightened may feel that clowns are a good character to use as an antagonist.
Our seventh question was "What do you find scary?". Luckily clowns got the most votes with 55%. We are very happy with this statistic as we hope that out horror films is frightening to the audience and that they enjoy the tense and suspicious creations. Although we hope they don't find it too scary!!
Our eighth question was "Who do you think will portray the protagonist the most effectively?". A young girl got the most votes with 77%. We believe this is because she can appear extremely frightened and scared through costume, camera angles and acting scenarios.
Our ninth and final question was, "Do you think its important to see the antagonist in the trailer?". 87% of respondents said yes. This is due to them wanting to know what to expect and what the film will be based around. The small 13% that said no probably feel that it would spoil the film and give away to many hints. We will be showing the antagonist in the trailer as we want audiences to understand what our film is about and hopefully feel gripped and enticed to see the final product.
The first question asked to our respondents was "Who would you prefer to see as the antagonist?". It was a fairly close result however with 53%, females got more votes than males with 47%. This demonstrates that our sample prefers to see the antagonist as a female character. My group found this very surprising as we assumed males would get more votes as they are portrayed to be stronger and more powerful. I feel females received more votes as they are able to create a sinister and eerie presence. For example young girls are used in many horror films including 'The Orphan' and 'Paranormal Activity'. We found this question helpful as our antagonist is played by a female and hopefully will get as many positive responses as possible.
Our second question was, "How many films do you watch weekly?". From our results we found that a wide majority of people watch around 1-2 films a week. Our graph shows that 63% watch 1-2 and 37% either don't watch any or more. We found our results fairly surprising due to our target audience of 15-25 year olds. We expected them to watch many more films due to being young and having more time on their hands. When we thought about it we realised that education and work may get in the way of watching more that 2 films a week. We just hope that our trailer will be as successful as possible and become one of the 1-2 films that are watched per week!
Our third question was, "What location do you find most daunting?". We found that a park got the most votes gaining 41%. This is due to it involving children and different age groups at night. This creates an extremely creepy and frightening effect to the trailer helping it conform to the horror genre.
Our fourth question was, "What's your favourite horror film out of the following?". From our list of films 'Paranormal Activity' received the most with 33%, the 'Saw Franchise' followed second with 29%. I feel 'Paranormal Activity' won as it's a supernatural horror film which includes ghosts, spirits and jumpy scenes. It included video diaries which help create tension and suspense. I agree with the respondents that supernatural horror films are the most alarming.
Our fifth question is "What genre do you prefer?". Horror got the best result with 47%. This is pleasing as we have created a horror trailer which we hope to get many views on. As our targeted audience 15-25 year olds chose horror, we feel we are in a successful position with gaining views and having a victorious product.
Our sixth question was, "What film title appeals to you the most?". The title 'Jokes on you' was the most engaging receiving 47% of votes. We feel this is because it gives slight hints about the type of film, however, doesn't give away too much. People who enjoy the suspense of horror films and like being frightened may feel that clowns are a good character to use as an antagonist.
Our seventh question was "What do you find scary?". Luckily clowns got the most votes with 55%. We are very happy with this statistic as we hope that out horror films is frightening to the audience and that they enjoy the tense and suspicious creations. Although we hope they don't find it too scary!!
Our eighth question was "Who do you think will portray the protagonist the most effectively?". A young girl got the most votes with 77%. We believe this is because she can appear extremely frightened and scared through costume, camera angles and acting scenarios.
Our ninth and final question was, "Do you think its important to see the antagonist in the trailer?". 87% of respondents said yes. This is due to them wanting to know what to expect and what the film will be based around. The small 13% that said no probably feel that it would spoil the film and give away to many hints. We will be showing the antagonist in the trailer as we want audiences to understand what our film is about and hopefully feel gripped and enticed to see the final product.
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