After asking people to fill out our questionnaire, we feel as if we have enough information to start making more creative choices for our film, and feel confident that our viewers will enjoy it.
What is your gender?
- Male 50%
- Female 50%
We wanted to make sure we had a balanced argument so decided to ask an equal amount of both male and females.
What is your age?
- 10-12 2%
- 13-15 41%
- 16-17 50%
- 18+ 7%
Most of the people that took the questionnaire were aged from 16-17 because we are hoping to make the certificate rating of our film a 15 to maximise our audience. so we wanted to get as many people from the ages of 15 or higher.
What elements in a horror scare you the most?
- Darkness 13%
- Fear of the Unknown 45%
- Eerie Music 25%
- Fear of the Unknown 45%
- Eerie Music 25%
- 'Jump' moments 10%
- Death scenes 5%
- Chase scenes 2%
- Other (Please Specify)
From this we can focus more on how to build the suspense to scare our viewers. We can also study more on the music for our film and how to create 'jump moments' to thrill our audience. The results were what we expected and will be able to think of a lot of creative ideas from this.
Where is the most effective location for a horror to be set?
- A domestic setting 20%
- A rural setting e.g forests 44%
- In a house 36%
From this information we can situate our location in a rural location as it was the most popular choice, it will add to the building up of tension as it is not a relatable scene.
Do you want to be frightened when watching a horror film?
- Yes 75%
- No 25%
The information suggests that we should be scaring our audience during our opening scene, to do this we should incorporate more 'jump' moments. the results were as we expected as they match the typical conventions of a horror film.
What trait do you value most in a horror antagonist?
- Creepy 35%
- Violent 14%
- Ugly 12%
- Possessed 39%
We could focus on making our antagonist a creepy or possessed character to add an exciting plot to our film, my choosing the most popular choice it can maximise the amount of viewers we have. Making our character possessed is going to be a lot more complicated; we do not have the money to create such amazing effects to make it obvious that our antagonist is possessed. Because of this, we are probably going to move in the direction of a creepy antagonist which is the second most popular and will be just as effective.
- Other (Please Specify)
From this we can focus more on how to build the suspense to scare our viewers. We can also study more on the music for our film and how to create 'jump moments' to thrill our audience. The results were what we expected and will be able to think of a lot of creative ideas from this.
Where is the most effective location for a horror to be set?
- A domestic setting 20%
- A rural setting e.g forests 44%
- In a house 36%
From this information we can situate our location in a rural location as it was the most popular choice, it will add to the building up of tension as it is not a relatable scene.
Do you want to be frightened when watching a horror film?
- Yes 75%
- No 25%
The information suggests that we should be scaring our audience during our opening scene, to do this we should incorporate more 'jump' moments. the results were as we expected as they match the typical conventions of a horror film.
What trait do you value most in a horror antagonist?
- Creepy 35%
- Violent 14%
- Ugly 12%
- Possessed 39%
We could focus on making our antagonist a creepy or possessed character to add an exciting plot to our film, my choosing the most popular choice it can maximise the amount of viewers we have. Making our character possessed is going to be a lot more complicated; we do not have the money to create such amazing effects to make it obvious that our antagonist is possessed. Because of this, we are probably going to move in the direction of a creepy antagonist which is the second most popular and will be just as effective.
What type of non-diegetic sounds do enjoy most from a horror(soundtrack)?
- High pitched 55%
- Dramatic music when reaching the climax 30%
- No sound 15%
When deciding our choice of soundtrack, we could lean towards music that is high pitched and gets louder creating a dramatic effect, the results were as we expected and we are looking forward to using a lot of scary and unnerving types of sounds.
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