Audience Research - Thriller Questionnaire

1. What age category do you fit into?

16-18 19-24 25-30 10-35 36-40 41- 45 46+


2. Are you male or female? _______________________________


3.What thriller sub genres do you prefer? (Please circle as many as apply)

Action
Romantic
Crime
Drama
Medial
Physiological
Supernatural
Political
Techno
Spy
Other


4. What do you look for in terms of story with a thriller? – E.g. Twists,


5. What type colours do you expect to see? (Please circle as many as apply)

Red
Black
Green
White
Grey
Yellow
Blue
Purple
Brown
Pink


6. How much gore do you expect to see in a thriller?



7. Do you like to do some of the thinking during the film? (Figuring out bits of the story etc) Or even after?

YES / NO


8. Do you like a cliffhanger even if there isn’t a 2nd film? (Please tick one)

YES / NO


9. What do you like about the thriller genre? (Please circle as many as apply)

Confusion
Suspense
Hero vs. Villain
Twist
Cliff Hangers
Mystery
Danger


10. How do you think a good thriller should open? (Please tick one)

Death Chase Everyday Life Flashback Other


11. Which of the following thriller films have you seen?

Psycho
Seven
Silence of the Lambs
Sin City
Jaws
Grand Prix
Seconds
Hostage
Signs
Walk on the wild side


12. What is your favourite thriller film? _______________________________


This is our questionnaire. We chose these questions based on the information we wished to receive from our target audience. Firstly we used the questionnaire to establish who are target audience was and then decided to make a film classed as a 15 certificate. We also used this questionnaire to see which sub genres of are most popular and which conventions of Thriller they most prefer to see as well as what plot twist and story lines people like to see in a thriller film. We will put this research into graphs in order to see what the most popular answers were and what our audience want to see. From this information we can evaluate our ideas and make improvements to our film ideas based on our research.