THRILLER DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

FINLEY SINCLAIR

Q1:

This bar graph of my data shows that women go to the cinema more than men as 55% of people that took the survey were female. This may be because women usually go to films in groups or with a friend or boyfriend.

Q2:

According to the data it appears that psychological thriller is the most popular sub genre as it has the highest percentage at 30%. This data helps with the creation of my thriller opening as now I can use psychological conventions which will appeal most to my audience as this was the favourite option.

Q3:

By analysing this data I can infer that The Call is a very popular film within my target audience of 15-24. This data helps with my thriller opening as it means that I can analyse the conventions used in The Call and use them to my advantage to create an opening that will entice my target audience and persuade a good reaction.

Q4:

According to the data I have collected I can infer that my target audience would prefer the location of a thriller film to be in a city rather than a countryside, dark area or light area; this is as it got the highest percentage at 40%. This helps with the creation of my thriller film as this means I can base my thriller film around a city location to appeal to my target audience.

Q5:

Due to the data I have gathered I can assume that my target audience prefer a male in the leading role in contrast to a female; this may be because it is very stereotypical for a male to be in the main role. This means that I can have a male in the leading role to appeal to my target audience.

Q6:

It appears that my target audience prefer a male as the antagonist in a thriller as 80% of my responses were male. This may be because it is stereotypical for the antagonist to be a powerful male which may have influenced their responses. This means that I can have a male as an antagonist to appeal to my target audience.

Q7:

By this data I can infer that 45% of the respondents that took my survey chose neutral. This does not help with the creation of my movie opening as if most chose strongly agree, I could make the opening very scary and provoke emotion out of my target audience.

Q8: I can infer that most respondents in my target audience prefer a plot twist in a thriller movie. This would hep in the creation of my opening as I can use a plot twist at the beginning to create a sense of mystery and provoke emotion out of the viewer to attract interest.

Q9:

The data in this graph allows me to understand that I could put hints of the plot in the opening scene to provoke interest in the audience.

Q10:

I can infer from this data that my target audience prefer suspense to be built moderately slow before a potential jump scare. I can use this in my opening to create false peaks of suspense and also scare the viewer.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

I used a social media site named Instagram to share my survey to my target audience to get as many responses as possible, so that I can collect data and create the best opening possible to appeal to my target audience.