Target Audience Questionnaire

We are producing a horror film opening to fit the age group of 18-25. We will therefore conduct a questionnaire to get an idea of what the target audience want from a opening of a horror film. We plan to ask a group of 20 people.

Question 1
What sort of lighting do you usually associate with horror films.
- Low level (13)
- High level (7)

Question 2
Do you think suspense is built better using colour or black and white?
- colour (9)
- black and white (11)

Question 3
What type of sound do you see in the horror film opening you watch?
- diegetic (6)
- non diegetic (10)
- both (4)

Question 4
Do you think the opening should include a scene of blood?
- yes (18)
- no (2)

Question 5
if yes do you think a killing should be included?
- yes (10)
- no (10)

Question 6
Do you think building suspense in the first few minutes of a film is an important factor?
- yes (17)
- no (3)

Question 7
What type of camera movement do you think works best in horror film opening?
- steady cam (5)
- hand held (8)
- normal tripod filming (7)

Question 8
What type of setting do you think should be used?
- House (7)
- Forest (9)
- Road (2)
- Big open space (0)
- Other (please specify)
factory
boat house

Question 9
How often do you watch horror films?
- Always (5)
- Often (7)
- Sometimes (4)
- Rarely (3)
- Never (1)

Question 10
If your answer to question 9 is never please explain this, so we can find the faults and improve them.
- Horror films are too graphic and the way technology has advanced things seem more realistic and are set in everyday places which adds to the feeling of realism.

Evaluation.
Using these results we will produce a set of objectives labelled under the headings of; Genre, Techniques and resources.