Questionnaire Results

1.       Are you Male or Female?

From the results gathered I seemed to have a larger percentage of females answering the questions. This shows that predominantly the answers I have gathered are largely from a female target audience.  60% Female to 40% Male.

2.       Age Group?

The age group indicated that I had a younger age group ranging from 11-20; however had I recreated the questionnaire I would have narrowed down the age group further into young teens, and young adults.

3.       How much do you like horror movies?

We found that the majority of the people asked either liked or loved horror movies!

4.       Ideal Horror cross genre?

Horror Thrillers proved to be most popular followed by Horror Comedy and Horror/Sci-Fi. This means that when it comes to creating our film trailer, we should aim it towards a Horror Thriller genre, and adhere to those codes and conventions.

5.       Characters and Themes?

Serial Killer based movies come out on top but only just with 22%, closely followed by Vampires 20%, Zombies 18%. When it comes to our theme we need to aim towards these top three answers if we want to appeal to the largest target audience. Serial Killer would suit our project as we have limited funds and special effects tools for Vampires or Zombies.

6.       Age Classification?

15-18 proved to be most popular with an over whelming 52% choosing an 18 certificate. With a higher age rating the audience prefer to have their horror films with more adult themes, and more scenes of violence and gore. This also means that we are less restricted in what we can show. 

7.       Release Dates?

The most popular release for our film indicated an October-December showing. With 68% of the people asked opting for this time frame. With the arrival of Halloween and longer nights, the atmosphere is a better setting for an audience to watch a new release of horror film. 

8.       Settings?

Horror films set with in an old dilapidated house environment seemed to be the most popular choice for a horror film setting, followed by a forest and residential estate. These could be due to the fact that the audience relate better to these environments allowing them to easily immerse themselves with in the story. If an audience can sympathise better with the characters, they find the traumatic situations and emotional trauma that much stronger. 

9.       Lead Role?

59% of the people asked indicated that they preferred a male lead role for a horror film. One participant quoted “I would prefer a male lead role, because had the roles been reversed with a woman, I think I would have possibly felt more guilty, and harder to watch.”