Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Section 4: Audience Research - and research into BBFC film classification system

Questionnaire which was decided upon to used:-

1. What gender are you?

Male
Female

2. How old are you?

10-15
16-20
21-30
31-50
50+


3. What do you expect when you watch a thriller film?

4. What is your favourite type of thriller?

Psychology
Fantasy
Old fashioned
Futuristic


5. Do you think ‘Playground’ would be a good name for a thriller film?

6. Would a children’s playground be a good set for a thriller?

7. What gender would you prefer the main character to be?

Male
Female


8. Which narrative would you prefer?

Predictable
Unpredictable
Hard to solve

9. Do you enjoy cliff hangers at any point of a thriller film?

10. Do you prefer to see the film from the characters point of view or have your own opinion on the situation?

11. Do you like to have obvious heroes and villains or do you like to discover your own?

12. Would you enjoy violence in a film and how much?


13. Do you like films that make you scared and jump?

14. Which do you think can be more effective?

Backing music
Silence


15. Do you think that music can affect the mood of a film?

16. Does a well known soundtrack persuade you to watch the film?

17. Would you watch a thriller if the actors were not well known?

18. In your opinion, how many deaths would make a successful thriller?

0-5
6-10
11+

19. If a film had numerous suspects instead one suspect, would it make it more interesting for you as a spectator?

20. Would you find the use of children in a thriller creepy?



The general feeling that people want to get when watching a thriller film is scared, linking in to the most popular type of thriller that we found; a psychological thriller, which is what our film plans to achieve.


The charts show that most people approve of the thrillers choice of name, therefore hopefully getting a good reception.








Classification-


We chose the film to be classified as a 15. This is aimed at our target audience.


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