FOCUS GROUP

My group and I have come together to present to you horror film trailers, posters and magazine front covers

and ask you a few questions about them.

Thank you for coming along today, let’s begin...

FILM TRAILERS...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9uEkTPchIo&safe=active– HIDE AND SEEK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ywOPNNii9w – THE ORPHAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0eeAQGGwCU – THE UNINVITED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10ETZ41q5o&safe=active – THE CONJURING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKqFfkassgo – TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

• Did this trailer scare you?• Does this trailer suggests to you the narrative/plot of the film?• Does this trailer appeal to you?• Which horror conventions or common features did you indentify in

this trailer?• Would you watch this film, if so why? If not, why?• Which type of sub genre do you think this film belongs to?

Psychological, possession, slasher... How was this revealed to you?• Did you think the non diegetic sound (sound not heard in the film

world) added to the scariness of the trailer and made it more effective?

• If you could change anything about this trailer to make it more scary what would you do/not do?

FILM POSTERS

• What does each poster reveal to you about the narrative/plot of the film?

• What sub-genre do you think each poster belongs to? Slasher, possession, psychological...how can you tell?

• Would you watch the films that each poster is advertising? If so why? If not why?

• Do you dislike anything about each poster?• Can you tell that the posters are promoting horror?

how?• What you change/keep the same about each poster?

Horror magazine front covers...

• Does the design of this front cover appeal to you? The font, the image, gifts etc

• Which magazine would you be most likely to read? Why?

• Would you change anything about these magazine front covers to better them?