Audience Research

Questionnaire

As part of my research for my own opening sequence film, I conducted a questionnaire in London to 10 people with various questions in order to help me get ideas of what type of Thriller film people enjoy.

Question 1: What's your favourite Sub-Genre of Thriller? 
1. Action 2. Crime 3. Religious 4. Mystery 5. Psychological
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Question 2: What Thriller actor is your favourite out of this choice?
1. Leonardo DiCaprio 2. Sylvester Stallone 3. Al Pacino 4. Samuel L. Jackson 5. Christian Bale
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Question 3: What Thriller film is your favourite out of this choice?
1. Se7en 2. Rocky 3. The Dark Night Rises 4. The Silence of the Lambs 5. Saw 

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Question 4: What is your favourite Thriller director out of this choice?
1. Alfred Hitchcock 2. Christopher Nolan 3. Joel Coen 4. David Lynch 5. Sidney Lumet
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Question 5: What film rating is your favourite? 
1. U 2. PG 3. 12A 4. 15 5. 18
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Question 6: What do you expect to see in Thriller films?
1. Chase 2. Killer 3. Flashbacks 4. Cliffhanger 5. Mystery
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Question 7: What would make you not want to watch a Thriller film?
1. Slow opening 2. Bad acting 3. Long duration 4. Cliffhanger 5. Humour
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Question 8: What do you find most effective in a Thriller movie trailer?
1. Setting 2. Sound 3. Costume 4. Opening Credits 5. Lighting
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Question 9: What platform do you usually watch movies on? 
1. Cinema 2. Netflix 3. Stream 4. TV 5. Other
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Question 10: How important do you think a opening sequence is?
1. Very important 2. Important 3. Neutral 4. Marginal 5. Not important
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