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.