As part of my research into horror films i created a questionniare and handed this out to people within the age range of 16 and 40, as this is the age that i want to appeal to most through my film. In this questionnaire i asked the specific questions that i felt ranged in all of the areas of a horror film and that were the most important elements of the film from the audiences point of view. I also asked the questions that i felt were nessersary for the questionnaire. Here are my questions and the answers that were given.
1) What gender are you?6 male and 11 female
2) How old are you?16, 17, 18, 24, 30 and 38 were the most popular answers
3) How many horror films have you watched this year at the cinema?0,1,2,3,4,5
4) What is your favourite horror film?The Shining, Scream, Saw, I Know Who Killed Me, Halloween, Jeepers Creepers, Ring (Japeneese version), Audition, The Orphan, Nostfaratu, Haunting in Conneticut, Disturbia, The Ring
5) How much would you rate this film out of 10 (10 being the best)6,7,8,9,10
6) Who is your favourite horror villain?Freddy Kreuger, Sada, Esther (orphan), Jigsaw, Dracula, Chucky, Samara (the ring), Jack Torrance, The Joker, Hannibal, Jason X
7) What scare tactics used in this film did you find effective?Lack of music, visual effect, story, shocking gruesome scenes, element of surprise, psycholgical and physical torture, entrapment, sound effects, the suspense, masked killer, silence, wide angled lense, large empty spaces,frame flickers, screams, someone being followed.
8) Where do you prefer the setting of the film to be?anywhere that's rundown and haunted, quiet countryside, big house, isolated and dark, old building, graveyard, inner city, forest, hotel, suburbs.
9) What type of horror film do you prefer?
Vampire 3
Serial Killer 8
Zombie 2
Monster 2
Alien 1
Other 4 (Ghosts, Religious, Slasher and Unknown creature)
10) What is your favourite murder weapon in horror films?
Knife 4
Gun 3
Chainsaw 6
Disease 3
Bite 3
Other 7 (killed myteriously, sword, tourture, ropes, machete, axe
From this analysis i can see that the most popular types of horror fims are a serial killer and the most popular murder weapon used in horror films are Chainsaw and other methods of killing people. From the other questions i gained the inforation on what details of the film are prefered by the audience such as the location and scare tactics that they feel works on them and their inner most fears.
From this inoformation i can now consider all of these elemensts when deciding on my final story for a film and what details I am going to use to make it effective and appealing to my target audience. I will also know what is most likely to work in the film and be successful and what elements are less likely to have an impact and make and be less successful within the film and the storyline.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment