EVALUATION

Evaluation

Evaluation one- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation Two- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our Opening Title Sequence doesn't really focus on any social group in particular, but our target audience for the film however is between 15-35, which is quite a big age range considering our film is a Horror-Thriller Genre. 

When brainstorming ideas about our opening title sequence we wanted to use or challenge the typical character conventions used in horror-Thriller Films, for example in many films the typical 'Bad Guy' Character is a tall, dark, frightening male, which would normally not be dressed in casual clothes as the 'bad guy' would need to stand out in the opening title sequence. Although In our film we wanted to challenge the typical character conventions by having our 'Bad Guy' Character portrayed as a female dressed in casual clothes so that the audience will be intrigued to watch more. By our Characters we can begin to develop a social group, like working class as the 'Bad guy' is  dressed in the non-typical casual clothes, giving the audience the constant question about the 'Bad guy' Character within the first 2 minutes. 
For our opening sequence we decided that Lauren Gavagan would fit the part as the 'bad guy' as she wouldn't be seen as the typical bad character, Which is exactly what we wanted.

Our Age range for our film is large because our Horror-Thriller sequence doesn't have a specific target age, although as it is a Horror we decided that it should be at least over the age of 15, because we used People just above that age range we thought it would appeal more to them. There are many target audiences for films, for example Teenagers between the ages of 13-17, and young adults between the age of 18-25 and then adult between 26-35, But as our target age is between 15-35 we aimed our film to appeal to anyone of any age and any Social Group.

Evaluation Three- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

As My opening title sequence and film is represented as the genre Horror-Thriller I think a media institution that represents the Horror genre would be the best to distribute my media film.

Twisted Pictures- I think that Twisted Pictures would be one of the best distributors as

its an American production company that mainly creates films of the Horror Genre. They have been associated with films like the saw trilogy's which are a bit more graphic than our film but they have also been associated with a film called Catacombs which is a little less graphic, I think this media institution would distribute our film because it revolves around the same genre and is a little different to normal horror movies which could be seen as interesting and more exciting.

Hammer Film Productions- I also think that Hammer film productions would be another good distributor as it is similar to Twisted pictures but it is based in the UK and is best known for its "hammer Horror" Classic Films. Hammer Film Productions has been associated with more psychological thrillers such as  Paranoiac (1963), which i think relate more to my film as my film has elements of psychological suspense and has mysterious twists in, which Hammer Film Productions have also been associated with.

Evaluation Four- Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Five- How did you attract/address your audience?
To attract my audience I used characters that were near the same age range as the start of my target audience, so we thought that it would get our target audience to be interested as they are of the same age range. Another thing that we did in our group to try and attract our target audience was the use of sound and Mise en scene, as throughout our opening sequence there is fast paced music that creates tension and suspension that is expected in a typical horror-thriller film.

Keeping  with the conventions  of Mise en scene the location of our opening sequence was set in Charlotte Hunter’s House as we thought that it was the perfect set because we wanted a house that didn't look suspicious or eerie to confuse the audience as to what may happen within the opening sequence.

Audience Attraction 
As our opening sequence is a horror-thriller genre, there are many conventions and common themes used in these type of films, and the audience would expect to see these common themes within the first 2 minutes of the opening sequence, including the lead character that is introduced, the expectancy of death or character being murdered, the expectation of being scared and the thrill of the tension and fear in the opening sequence. Our  group made sure that we included this into our 2 minutes sequence so that it would attract the audience and want them to watch more.

I believe that adding in these specifically common themes will help our audience understand the genre and the story as well as getting into the film by the use of constant question and anticipation throughout our first 2 minutes.

Introduction to the lead character-

Expectancy of Death-

We also appealed to the audience through the use of our pre and post production by using a lot of eye-catching shots and camera angles, so that it would attract the audience and so that they would feel the intensity derived from the opening scene. 
We used the editing to create enigmas, such as the sound bridging, we used the sound of a Camera taking a photo of each of the victims, we used this to try and confuse the audience as to why there are the camera noises, but we used them to
interpret the aftermath of the murders, like a crime scene investigator taking a photo as evidence for each victim, which we thought gave the audience an idea of the story and how the ending would turn out without giving away too much.


Evaluation Six - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
When creating my opening sequence I learnt a lot as we used a lot of technology to create our 2 minute clip, one programme that I used for my film to do the editing was Adobe Premiere Pro, and this programme enabled me and my group to be more creative and complex with how we wanted to edit our piece together.During the process of shooting I developed my knowledge of the equipment available to me, such as the lighting, the camera and the editing. it allowed us to add in sound and take out sound that we thought didn't go with our work, the programme allowed us to go through all of our filming and decide what was good and what we wanted to include in our film. Throughout this process I developed a lot of skills on how to add in and create certain effects to make our film flow more.

For our group we discussed a lot of things in the earlier stages of editing and experimented a lot with the effects that could be used. One thing that I personally did and learnt whilst editing was merging all the clips together to become our final piece, we used the technology to slow down some parts of filming that we thought would create an effective turn instead of the normal speed, as well as half way through our film, we stopped and rewound the whole first part as we thought it would create suspense and confusion to the audience, giving them the question of what will happen next?. Another important thing that I learnt whilst Filming this time was how to use a proffesional camera and how each shot could improve our film, because the more range of shots and camera angles used the more effective it portrays to the audience, However when working with the camera I learnt that using the tripod creates an easier way of making a shot steady, Our film includes a lot of different close up shots to show off the characters emotions, we thought this would create a tension towards the audience. I also explored some other equipment available to me such  as the light reflectors, we used this whilst filming to help create effective lighting to highlight the characters face again to show off their emotions and features which we were aiming to create throughout the filming process.

Evaluation Seven- Look back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at my preliminary task I thought that we improved a lot as we showed a lot more of our skills of filming and editing, for the preliminary task I found many faults as it wasn't as great as it could be, although for both the preliminary task and the main task we stuck with the same theme of the horror-thriller creepy genre as we felt confident in the ideas that we had for that genre. In our preliminary task our lighting wasn't very good and most of the shots that we used were blurry and very dark and it was very hard to see the characters, we learnt from this and made sure that our lighting in the main task was much better and clearer for the audience to see the expressions on our characters faces.

Bad lighting in our preliminary task

Better lighting in our main task

The progression from the preliminary task to the main task has taught me a lot in the sense of technology and how to work to the best of my ability. Both of these tasks had a similar story line but were very different in themselves.

Looking back at the preliminary task i thought that all of my skills and knowledge of media was not fully put in to the making of that task, so i then knew that i had to concentrate and put my full attention and knowledge into the final task, to make it the best it can possibly be.

Throughout this experience i have learnt a lot about the way films are made a produce, and how everything takes a lot of time and dedication to create a masterpiece. after working on the Prelim task, it really helped me to approach our planning and filming with care. Our main task provided us with a lot more complicated technology and gave us a lot more scope regarding how to create the opening sequence. It helped my group to think about the target audience and social group that we wanted, before fully getting started on the task, it helped us to understand a lot more of what the audience enjoy and what they expect in the film genre's such as the horror-thriller genre like we did for our final task. This showed us the importance of planning, and how crucial it was to check what the audience wanted.

During pre-production of the prelim, there wasn't much planning involved which i thought showed in our final product, there was no re-shoots, so it showed us how important it is to have everything planned before shooting. Personally i thought that the preliminary task taught us how to manage our time better and that wasting time is not an option if a film is opted for greatness.

Although during the filming of our prelim task we learnt that not everything can be done in one shooting session because when starting to film the main task we found out that we had to re-shoot a few things due to the lighting change at important moments.

The preliminary task, was very helpful towards preparing us for our final main task as it gave us a chance to use the equipment, so we could be familiar with it and see if we would need anything special for filming the main task, for example if we need to use a light reflector in our main task or if we needed a tripod to create better shots, one of the most important thins i learnt in the preliminary task was to shoot more footage than actually needed, even if we are not going to use the footage in the end, it is better to have back-up shots to use in case one of the shots doesn't flow with the rest of the film, or if something was to be crossed over another to create a specific effect. 

Including taking more than one shot even if everything went right within one shot, it was better to have a safe back up shot, another thing that have many different extra shots is they could be used for minor things like close-ups, wide shots, or any othere shot to create a better effect.

In the preliminary task we editing the shots together i learnt that lighting is one of the most important things to include in a film and if it is dark and gloomy like our prelim task was then the actors faces and emotions wouldnt be emotted into the film and could put the audience of the film, And when doing the editing in our main task there was an obvious difference in how we edited everything together and how we were careful about each of the shots we had filmed and how they would be edited together, to make sure that it creates the most enjoyment and excitement towards the audience that we are aiming for. Of course another thing that i learnt more whilst editing the main task was that there was a lot more editing software available to use to create a more effective outcome, This was very useful in making the main task be the best it could be.

Overall I found that the preliminary task was the best and most useful thing for practise and preparation for the main task, as it gave us a lot more awareness on what we had to do for the main task and what was needed to make the audience enjoy the opening sequence. The preliminary task gave me more confidence and determination as it made me concentrate a lot on making our film the best. Finally i enjoyed creating this project as it taught me a lot about the ways of media and filming and how it can be hard to make a film and it gave me a great insight on the cinematic media world.

Final Film Draft

This is our final film Edit!-

Editing

Editing

After finishing our filming we went onto editing our film, we first looked at all of the shots that we filmed and picked out the ones that we were going to use for our short film,  as a group of four we all decided that we would equal out the editing like we did whilst filming, we first placed all the shots together just to see what they look like together and how long the film is all together, we then began to edit things in and out of the film to make it flow better. Whilst editing we saw that for an opening scene the shots that we have used are a bit too much so we had to work around the shots we have to try and make it look less busy and flow more.

During the editing process we realised that we would have to put a lot of effort into the final part of our film, because it was such an important task. We took it in turns to go through the editing process and stages, such as the sound we would use, some of the shots we would take out and put in to give off the full effect of the film. 
One thing that I discovered whilst filming was that a lot of the effects that were given on adobe premier pro could be used in our film as the more editing we used the more effect it got, and we wanted to match all the things that are expected from a horror-thriller genre film. One thing that I made sure was included in our project was the right amount of editing, so not too much and not too little, so it was just the right amount to make our film the best it could be. One thing that I did personally was go through all the clips that we had shot and choose which one we would use in the final task, I firstly merged them all together, which made the film cut after every shot so I used a lot of the editing choices to make sure that the film wasn't jumpy and didn't cut after every shot so that it would flow more and look more like an opening of a film.
We used the editing to speed up some of the filming that we did, and to also slow down some of the filming. Although one major thing that we did in our final main edit was to stop on the "bad guy's" face and then rewind throughout the whole first minute to give it a creepier effect and to draw the audience in to the film.

Filming

Filming

After choosing all our locations,actors and props we began to plan out what we will film first and how we could use a range of different shots to put into our film, to see which ones would look the best overall. Our short film is based on the genre of horror-thriller as we liked the ideas that we had for this genre.

Whilst filming we took photo's showing our group using the equipment as well as photos of the actors that we used in our short film, dressed up in their casual costumes and their horror type make-up.

Whilst filming we all took turns so that we would have an equal advantage for our group, we each shot different scenes and put in ideas to change the way something was shot if we needed to, we came up with a filming schedule so we each had the same amount of filming time, although we had to change some parts of our filming schedule when we realised that people who were meant to be filming were infact in the scene, so some peoples schedule times were swapped so it would be more convenient .

Mon 27^Th Feb – Filming first 8 scenes

· Katie M – Scenes 1 – 5

· Lauren G – Scenes 6 & 7

· Katie M – Scene 8

Wed 29^Th Feb – Filming scenes 9 – 15

· Charlotte T – Scenes 9 – 13

· Lauren G – Scene 14

· Charlotte T – Scene 15

Thurs 1^st March – Filming scenes 16 – 24

· Charlotte H – Scenes 16 – 20

· Katie M or Charlotte T – Scenes 21 – 23

· Charlotte H – 24

This is the filming schedule that we based our group filming on.

When filming and looking through some of the shots that we had already filmed and completed we came up with a few problems as we were filming over a 3 day period we realised that the lighting was different in some of the scenes, so we had to try and compromise that and either re-shoot some scenes or edit them to look the same as some of the other scenes. This took a lot of our time up and we had to rush our first edit, although we still got good marks in it we all thought that we could do much better for the second and Final edit, but instead of re-filming anything we editied the lighting and added in some forms and conventions that would appeal more to our audience, making our final edit for the opening sequence much better.

For some of the research we did before filming we wanted to see what our audience liked in a thriller film and we sent out a question to 30 people and 25 people replied with their answers and suggestions. Here are the answers from the 25 people in a tally chart style. We used this information throughout filming and preparation so that we could aim for our target audience to enjoy the opening sequence.

Questionnaire response

1) How old are you?

15-18 ||||||||||||

19-24 ||||

25-30 |||

31-40 ||||

Other ||

2) What is your favourite type of Thriller?

Horror-Thriller |||||||||

Psychological Thriller ||||

Sci-fi Thriller ||||||

Action/Adventure Thriller |||

Conspiracy Thriller |

Spy Thriller ||

Other        

3) What is your favourite part of a Thriller movie?

The Fear and tension generated ||||||

The Story ||||||

The Characters |||||||

The opening sequence ||||||

Other

4)What do you think is the most important part of a thriller?

The opening scene ||||||||

The Characters |||||||

The Story ||||||

The Ending ||||

Other

5) At which point in the introduction do you think the title of the film should be displayed?

Right at the start |||||||||

During the credits ||||||||

Right at the end   ||||||||

6) What in the opening scene would make you want to continue watching the film?

The majority of people that answered said that the tension and fear given throughout the opening sequence would want the to continue on watching the film and also some people said that the story and the characters that are introduced in the first two minutes are interesting and would make them want to see what happens throughout the rest of the film.

Film First Draft

This is the First draft-

Planning

Planning

Brainstorming

For our main task film we first had to plan out everything that we would do and every record every detail about the main task, we first started off by planning out the story and if we were going to go for a certain sub-genre thriller, we first decided that it would be an action-adventure genre but then we decided that horror-thriller would best fit in with most of the ideas that we had.

First we talked about some of the ideas that we had that we would incorporate into our short film, we did this by brainstorming our ideas into a mind map, so we could get a clear idea on the final ideas for our film.

This is the ideas that we came up with including some of the characters, some of the shots and editing we will incorporate in our film.

Storyboards

We then as a group discussed some of our ideas on our brainstorming sheet and decided that we would combine all of our ideas together so that we all got a chance to create our own scene in our film. We then talked about how our film would be set out and which scenes would go after each other, we planned this out by using a storyboard so that we had a clear idea of which scenes go after another allowing us to have a clear final idea of what our main task short film would look like.

This is our storyboard that includes the final structure for our film.

Filming Schedule & Risk Assessment 
We first discussed about some of the things that we would need for the film such as the actors, props and the locations as well as the planning out the filming schedule, to see which days that we would film and what props we would need to use on each day. 

We decided that each day we would spread out the filming so that in our group we all had a chance to film.
With the risk assessment we all went over it together because we had to figure out what would be risks during our filming sessions, but as our location is at Charlotte Hunter's House we thought that there wouldn't be much risks that came up. 

This is the Final risk Assessment that includes all the possible risks during filming, as well as  the schedule  for some of the props that we would need to get to create effect in our film.

 Filming Schedule

Mon 27^Th Feb – Filming first 8 scenes

·         Katie M – Scenes 1 – 5

·         Lauren G – Scenes 6 & 7

·         Katie M – Scene 8

Wed 29^Th Feb – Filming scenes 9 – 15

·         Charlotte T – Scenes 9 – 13

·         Lauren G – Scene 14

·         Charlotte T – Scene 15

Thurs 1^st March – Filming scenes 16 – 24

·         Charlotte H – Scenes 16 – 20

·         Katie M or Charlotte T – Scenes 21 – 23

·         Charlotte H – 24

Location

For our location we wanted to just go with a simple house that we could then make up to fit our horror-thriller genre, after some discussion we decided that Charlotte Hunter's house fits in perfectly with some of the things that we needed for our thriller film, for example 

The kitchen is used because it is where we first discover a body and start to get an idea of the film.

The dining room is used as another one of the murder scenes , where some of our  props are used such as the teddy bear and the rope. 

The bathroom is used in the last scene showing the murder of the third victim.

This is one of the first shots seen in our short film suggesting that it is just a normal house but then inside is a whole different story.

Costumes

These are some of the costumes that we all thought would look best on each of our characters and fit the horror-thriller theme that we are aiming for..

The Mother Character

The Daughter Character

The KILLER!

The Father Character

List of Props

-Voodoo doll

-Needles

-Rope and Noose

-Fake Blood

-Face Paint

-Make-up

-Ribbon

-Teddy

-Little Girl dress

-Apron

-white t-shirt

Research

Research Task

 

On Monday (30/01/2012) we were shown the main task assignment and what genre our short film would be about, the genre turned out to be thriller and we were then shown some opening clips of some popular thriller films including inception, and how these films gave the audience a thrill that something exciting is about to happen within. we first had to research into the genre thriller so that we had a full understanding of the genre, and so that researching would give us ideas for our own short thriller film.
On Friday (3/02/2012) and Monday (6/02/2012) we continued with our own individual research and then briefly discussed some of our findings and ideas, and continuing on with our blogs as well as sending out a questionnaire for research into what audiences look for in thriller movies, one of questions included do they enjoy thriller films or watch thriller films?

Thriller Opening Scenes
The opening titles/scenes of a film portray alot to the audience as if the film gives off excitement and suspense to the audience then it will desire them to watch the rest of the film. 

Inception
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXkUzf1et4

Inception is an example of a thriller because it gives the audience excitement and suspense throughout the whole film, fitting in with the genre of thriller. Inception is seen as a science fiction thriller because it incorporates hypothetical, science-based themes into the plot of the film.
The Advertisement for the film such as the posters  show that the film has a lot of mystery within it because it gives the audience the sense of unexplored locations which fits is with the science fiction thriller theme. In the opening scene/titles of inception there is a shot of a man washed up onto a beach with shots of children playing in the sand, at first there is the question of how he got where he is, where he is, and why he is there with children playing on the sand, it gives off a sense of mystery, intriguing the audience with what will happen next. As the sequence goes on we see that the children are not actually there and that it must be a mere memory of his childhood or his own children, giving off more questions of why they are there, who they are and that they must be significantly important to be included in the beginning of the film. As the sequence unfolds more the audience see that the man must be the main character or at least on of the main characters as the first sequence revolves aroud him and those children,
The scene continues on showing mystery as it then shows that he has washed up on either a secret base or a restricted area that trespassers are not permitted on, as he is taken away subtitles appear showing that he is in a foreign country, there is then a man shown only by the back of his head, suggesting that he could be important, giving the audience the question of who he is, and why he presents himself as important. As the man is shown the main characters belongings such as the gun, he shows no sign of concern towards the weapon but whilst reaching out for his glass of wine he is shown a spinning top which he then stops and turns in concern to see the main character being dragged in, producing more questions on why he would stop when shown the spinning top but not when shown a weapon, giving the audience the sense of mystery and wanting them to watch more into the film to discover the answeres to all these questions. There is then one significant shot of the spinning top spinning, with the main character looking up confused, which also shows his dirty rugged clothing, which then swiftly changes into shots of other men joining him all clean and smartly dressed. As the scene continues the answers to some of the questions unfold such as where he is and who he is, towards the end especially the scene switches to him and the other men asleep in different rooms, with explosions and screaming noise outside in the background, confusing the audience as to how and why the shots suddenly changed giving off supsene and tension and wanting the audience to watch more to understand the opening scene.

This is the beginning scene when we see the main character wash up on the beach

This is the shot when we see the spinning top a significant part of the film.

The Woman in Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCR4tfQBd6w

The women in black is an example of a thriller because it makes the audience feel tension and suspense throughout the film the whole film, fitting in with the genre of thriller. Woman in black is a horror-thriller film because incorporates the typical genre of horror but also shows the typical conventions of the genre thriller because it creates supense, tension and 'edge of the seat' feeling.
The Advertisement for the movie such as the posters shows that the film is eerie and mysterious, and gives the audience the sense of a thrilling story fitting in with the horror thriller genre. In the opening scene/titles of the woman in black there are a few shots of a children's tea set, and children playing with them and their dolls. There is then a shot of three little girls having a tea party and smiling happily, giving the audience no sense of a threat so far, but as the sequence progresses there is a sudden shiver of tension and suspense that slowly builds around the little girls.
The shot then turns to the three little girls staring at something, with the look of horror in their faces, which gives the audience a sense of confusion and question what they are staring at and why the mood suddenly changes, The music in the background of the sequence creates tension and suspence as the audience are now expecting something to happen because the three little girls have changed completely and are now focusing on the three windows opposite them, the little girls then start to walk towards the windows dropping all of there tea sets and toys like they don't care anymore, or they are possesed by something pushing them towards the window, as the scene reveals more it shows that the little girls are going towards the windows to jump out of them, this makes the audience want to watch more of the film so that they can discover why they suddenly jumped out of the window, As the starting scene closes we see a faint shadow of a figure standing in the corner, overshadowing where the little girls were playing suggesting to the audience that the figure was the thing that frightened or possesed the little girls to jump out of the window, this starting sequence shows the typical signs of a horror thriller genre as it shows the creepy, eerieness or horror and then shows the cliffhanger, tension-driving part of the thriller genre.

This is the shot of the three little girls playing happily

The moment when the three little girls are pushed to jump out of the window, with faint screams in the background.

The figure that could suggest to the audience is the thing that made the girls jump out the window.

Thriller Genre

The genre thriller are types of films that revolve around suspense, tension and anticipation  as the main element. The aim of Thriller Film's are to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats, the typical theme for thriller films are set against a problem such as an escape, a mission, or a mystery. 
The Genre Thriller was introduced in the mid 1920's with a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock calledThe Lodger which was one of the first ever silent 'jack the ripper' thriller films, he then went on to directing 4 other thriller films.There are many different types of thriller films also known as sub-genres, as some films are different such as the action-adventure thriller which normally is set on a mission or a mystery, but still giving the audience the sense of excitement, anticipation and tension. Many thrillers are based on ture events, and while most are fictious in nature, they could happen.

Sub-Genres 

• Action-Adventure Thriller-which is based around a mission and a journey to find treasure or a lost archaeological site, or if the film is more like an Action Thriller then it would use physical action to create suspense within the film. this sub-genre will often include continuous motion and action including physical stunts, chases, fights, battles, and races. some examples of action/adventure thriller films are- die hard, the Bourne identity and indiana jones.
• Conspiracy thriller-In which the hero/heroine confronts a large, powerful group of enemies whose true extent only s/he recognizes. Some examples of Conspiracy thriller films are- Awake, Snake Eyes and Edge of Darkness.
• Crime thriller-This particular genre is a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime or crimes. These films often focus on the criminal(s) rather than a policeman. Some examples of crime thriller are The Usual Suspects, The Fugitive and Jagged Edge. some examples of crime thriller films are The Usual Suspects, The Fugitive and Jagged Edge 
• Psychological thriller-In which the conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical. Characters, either by accident or their own curiousness, are dragged into a dangerous conflict or situation that they are not prepared to resolve. Some examples of psychological thriller films are the Alfred Hitchcock films Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, and Strangers on a Train.
• Spy thriller-In which the hero is generally a government agent who must take violent action against agents of a rival government or (in recent years) terrorists. They often revolve spies who are involved in investigating various events, often on a global scale. Some examples of Spy thriller films Casino Royale, the Mission: Impossible franchise, Notorius.
• Science fiction thriller- incorporates hypothetical, science-based themes into the plot of the film. Traditionally, a Science Fiction film will incorporate heroes, villains, unexplored locations, fantastical quests, and advanced technology. These elements can be used in a Science Fiction Thriller to create anticipation and suspense. Some examples of Sci-fi Thriller films are Aliens, Inception, District 9.

These are some of the sub-genres in the thriller genre that i found, some others that i found were religious thriller, medical thriller, supernatural thriller, legal thriller, historical thriller, disaster thriller, techno thriller and serial killer thriller. 

Example of films

-The dark knight (2008)

-Se7en (1995)

-Psycho (1960)

-Inception (2010)

-The silence of the lambs (1991)

Example of Directors

-Alfred Hitchcock
-Gregory Hoblit
-Stephen Hopkins
-David Fincher
-Carol Reed

Audience Research Questionnaire

Questionnaire

 1) How old are you?

12-18    

19-25    

26-32    

33-39    

40+                       

2) What is your favourite form of thriller?

Just a basic thriller          

Horror Thriller   

Action thriller    

Comedy Thriller               

Sci-fi Thriller      

Political thriller 

Other   

3) What do you find appealing about a thriller?

The characters 

The story            

The fear and tension generated               

Other         

4) Which do you think is the most important convention of a thriller?

Story    

Introduction      

Characters         

Other   

5) At which point in the introduction do you think the title of the film should be displayed?

Right at the start             

During the credits           

Right at the end               

 6) What in the opening scene would make you want to continue watching the film?