Audience Research

We had to do some audience research on our genre of film which is thriller and we created some relevant questions which we handed out to all age groups.

Our questionnaire

 In total I think we printed out 20 - 25 copies but here are our questions with the answer choices we gave:

1. Do you like knowing who the killer is?

Yes/No

2. Do you like it when a film plays with time?

Yes/No

3. Which aspect of a thriller do you prefer?

• The outcome,
• The build up,
• The suspense or
• The clues coming together.

4. Do you find it important when a specific object has significance to the character of the story?

Yes/No

5. Do you think it’s interesting when a weapon used to kill someone isn’t generic (knife/ gun) ?

Yes/No

6. At what age do you think most watch thrillers?

• Under 20,
• 21 - 34 or
• 35 +

8. Who would you prefer the killer to be?

Man/Woman

9. Who would you prefer the victim to be?

Man/Woman

10. Would you prefer the ending of a thriller to be fulfilling?

Yes/No

Question 7 was a personal response question so we couldn't measure how many said what one because there wasn't a multiple choice, it was an open question.

We got everyone who answered a questionaire to put their age at the top of the sheet but we didn't think for them to put their gender. This was silly because we should have done this because questions 8 and 9 are about gender and it would have been interesting to see what gender was preferred for the killer/victim by the gender of the people answering. This is something we've learnt for next time so hopefully we won't forget that again!

Here are the results from our questionnaire: