AUDIENCE RESEARCH: People based - Aidan



BELOW IS DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUDIENCE REASEARCH - PEOPLE BASED WHICH I CONDUCTED.

Created and Edited by Myself (Aidan)



1) Questionnaire on Surveymonkey.com (It allows you to create your own survey and to distribute it digitally to a target audience)

I had 24 respondent's which took part in my questionnaire, this helps me as I can get a more accurate idea of what I need in my opening sequence of my thriller opening.
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Results of Questionnaire: 


Q1): 'What age are you?''

 

Q2: 'What is your gender?'



Q3) Do you like the 'Thriller' genre of movie?







 Q4) What sub genre of thriller do you prefer?















































Q5) What is your favourite thing about a Thriller?




Q6: How important is the use of props, costumes and

makeup in a thriller opening sequence?



Q7) How much of the plot do you think should be revealed in
 the opening sequence of a thriller?

Q8) How do you think the opening sequence should open?

Analysis of each question.

Q1) It shows my target audience being around the age of 11-20 as 87.5%. This shows me my main audience which my thriller is targeted to.

 Q2) I can see that from my audience research more males are interested in thrillers compared to female, however there is a large interest from female at 41.6%

 

 Q3) I can see that more people like thrillers compared to those who don't.

75% yes

some reasons:

-They are exciting and never get boring

-I enjoy the adrenaline

-I like the fact that most thrillers always build up to a significant event.

 25% no

some reasons:

-Not the specific genre the respondent likes.

 

Q4)I can see the popular sub-genres which people enjoy are Psychological, Conspiracy, Supernatural and Spy. This gives me ideas of which I can perhaps create my opening sequence towards.

 

Q5)I can see the two popular choices was violence and interesting plot along with plot twists. The other comment which the respondent said was ‘Doesn’t really interest me, I'm more of a romantic, comedy, sci-fi, action and Disney film kind of person!'

Q6)I can see that overall props, costumes and makeup is beneficial in a thriller opening and perhaps this indicates we should use it in our openings.

 

Q7)I can see it is important to give a clear image of our plot away in the opening sequence; this might be to give the audience an image in their mind at the beginning of the clip.

 

Q8)The plot being a flashback seemed to be the most popular with my respondants. In addition to this a chase scence, a everyday life scenario, and finally a flash forward were popular choices too. This could hep me plan ideas in my own opening sequence for the plot.

Overall the questionnaire was successful and has helped me in the Audience research of thrillers and types of opening sequences.

2) Focus group

This is my focus group with my friends, their age ranges from 16-17 which is quiet helpful for me as I plan my to have an age rating certificate of 15 for my thriller opening.



3)Interview

This is my audience research interview with Giordano, I got some very helpful feedback and answers from Giordano and I plan to try and use this to help my thriller.