section 4 Audience Research

Questionnaire

Media Questionnaire

1. How old are you?

2. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
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3. Do you Regularly see this genre? Yes No

4. Do you like thrillers? Yes No


5. What is your definition of a thriller?

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6. Do you prefer thriller or horrors?

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7. In a thriller film do you find that they are better if the age restrictions are higher? Please state why

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8. Do you believe violence and gore in a thriller is necessary? Please state reason

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9. Would you go see a thriller that has no violence at all and is more focused on an independent story? Yes No

10. Do you believe thrillers all follow a similar pattern? Yes No


11. Do you think a thriller that focuses on a problem to be solved is more effective as one with violence and gore? If so state why

Questionnaire Results :)

after making the questionnaire we sent it out to 30 people between the ages of 16 and 46 and by analyzing these results we worked out the majority that took the questionnaire were aged between 16-18 years old, this shows that the quiz is of a young persons perspective.
from the results we also noticed that roughly 60% selected 'yes' as there answer to ' do you like thrillers' and also stated what a thriller was, the majority described a thriller as a film with puzzles, suspense and scary, by these explanations we can clearly note that they know what a thriller contains.
60% of the people also said they preferred thrillers to a horror and 65% said they believe thrillers are better with the age restriction higher as it has the ability to show things they cant in a lower age restriction.
50% said that they feel violence and gore is necessary in a thriller but also 50% said they would go see a thriller even if it didn't have violence in it. following on from this we also asked if they believe that a thriller follows a similar pattern in each film and nearly 75% said they thought it did and also agreed that a thriller that focuses on a problem to be solved is more effective than one with violence and gore.