Research Questionnaire

Questions:

1. Name?
2. Age range?
3. Favourite film?
4. Favourite film genre?
5. Least favourite film genre?
6. Favourite film opening?
7. Thoughts on age certificates?
8. What 3 things do you look for in a film?
9. What do you like to experience when watching a film?

I used both video interviews, as shown above, and contacting them through Twitter to complete my research.

All those asked on Twitter were within the 18-25 age range and those asked in the video interviews were a wide range of ages.

In terms of genre for a film, majority of the market seems to like thriller or horror films (8 out of 14 asked) which fits well with the genre we originally pitched. In addition, those who didn't mention thriller films liked to experience tension and edge-of-your-seat moments when watching a film, which is something that we hoped to include in our film opening.

Protagonists were seen as important to those asked, including protagonists who were complex and not perfect people. We were thinking that our protagonist would play an important part in the opening, rather than many establishing shots of scenery so this helps to back up our idea.

10 out of the 14 asked said that they are hooked by an opening that did not reveal much of the plot, so that they were left wanting more, also, half of the people asked said that they liked an opening with nice cinematography otherwise they may find the opening boring and therefore not continue to watch the film.