Thriller Questionnaire (Question & Results) and Audience expections of a thriller

This a questionnaire that used :

 

Questionnaire

(Please circle your answers)

 

1.      Gender

Male                Female

2.      Age

Under 12         12 – 15            16 – 19            20 – 23            24 +

3.      Do you go to the cinema often?

Yes                  No

If 'No', Why?

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4.      Do you like going to the cinema?

Yes                  No

If 'No', Why?

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5.      What’s your favorite film genre and why?

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6.      What do you expect from a thriller film? (Multiple Choice)

Crime              Suspensions                 Investigation                Romance                   Comedy

Adventure         Death                           Drama                         Fast Paced                   Other

          

7.      Do you watch thriller films?

Yes                  No

If 'No', Why?

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8.      What thriller sub-genre do you prefer to watch?

Conspiracy        Crime                          Disaster                       Psychological              Political

Spy                  Supernatural 

I asked 20 random people to do my questionnaire and this is the results I got from it:

Question 1

Most of the people I asked was males, 12 out of the 20 people were males. This shows nothing really just that I asked 4 more males than females. On the other hand, it could affect the result due to the fact ia sked more males than females could say this is what most males think, rather than what both gender think.

Question 2

Most of the people that I asked were between the ages of 16-19, due to the fact that I asked a lot of people in my college who happen to be in that age ranges that were most popular. Like question 1, this shows nothing and it only shows the ages of people I asked. On the other hand, the result could not generalilse all the ages which means that it could be bias of people in one particula age group. 

Question 3

This question the results were 50/50, 10 people saying they do go cinema often, and the other half saying they don't as much. The group that circled the answer 'no', most of them said to me when I asked them why, that they do go cinema but they don't go as often as they would like too due to a time factor. 

Question 4

Most of the people that filled out my questionnaire (85%) said they enjoy/like going to the cinema. When asked why. Most of them said it’s because of that going out feeling and the fact that the cinema screen is nothing like the T.V they have at home. The 15% that circled the answer no said it's because they find the process of going 'long' and at times a waste of money.

Question 5

Everyone that took my questionnaire knew what the word 'Genre' meant. Most of the people (65%) said that the genre of action is their favorite genre, and their reasons for this was because it make you laugh and it creates ideas (enigmas) in their heads of what happens next. The next genre they said that they find their favorite is comedy, due to the fact it makes them laugh. When ask what type of comedy they like most of them, if not all said they like Rom-Com.

Question 6

Crime (30%), suspense (25%), death (20%) and fast paced (15%) were the four top answers in my questionnaire. When I asked why people expected these things, most of them said that because you just expected either someone killing or doing a bad thing and someone is trying to find out who this person is or trying to find this person who they know.

Question 7

Most of the people who did my question (95%) said they do watch thriller films. The person that said no, the reason why they said that was because they don't find it interesting and they felt they are boring and predictable.

Question 8

At first, due to the fact that some of the people that I asked were not Media students, so I had to explain to them what a sub-genre is and give examples of them such as political thriller and gave an example of a film (The Interpreter (2005). After I did that, most of them (35% each) said crime and supernatural thrillers.

DVD/Poster Analysis

This is an analysis of a front cover of the DVD The Unborn (2009)

still frame analysis

In this still frame from the crime-thriller film named Colombiana (2011) which is about a female protagonist, Cataleya Restrepo (played by Zoe Saldana) who her parents were killed in front of her seeks out revenge from her parents killers. In this image, there are many aspects of the image that can be mentioned on.

In this shot, the protagonist, Cataleya is the only person in the shot and even though she is positioned on the left side of the image, she still shows her dominance in the shot and shows she is the main character. The shot used a mid-shot which shows half of her body, and that is effective because the audience are able to see half of her body and we are able to see the gum she is using. Also it always the audience to see the different side of the women which is countertypes the original stereotypical women. We can tell that she isn’t a typical stereotypical woman because of the clothes that she is wearing and the fact that she has a gun in her hand which isn’t normal for a woman to have in her hand.  Plus, the fact that she isn’t screaming as she is holding a gun but by the firing of it you can tell that she is quite but when she needs to she would make a lot of noise.  In addition to that, the serious stiff expression on her face shows the audience that she isn’t there to look pretty but she is there to do her job and get her job done as good as possible. The Lighting is natural and because of that you can see the light of the firing of the gun which allows this to be the focus on what she is doing. Also the fact that the background has no lighting could show how dark she could be or feel about the job that she is doing.

Main Task - Group Members

The names shown below are part of group 1, which was picked by my media teacher Laura Hoopwood. These group members are part of the main film task.

- Seun Jonah

- Denzel 

- John

- Kelsey

The main task will be a thriller opening (no longer than 2 minutes).

Below is the initial brainstorm ideas, the group came up with.