Saturday, 3 January 2015

GROUP: AUDIENCE RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE


Audience Questionnaire

What is your preferred horror genre on a low budget? Place the numbers 1-4 to indicate your preference – 1 being the best and 4 being the worst.

(  ) Slasher – a series of gruesome killings carried out by an often masked antagonist.

(  ) Psychological – a  subgenre relying on the character’s fears and emotional instability to create suspense and tension.

(  ) Road trip – a subgenre that follows a group of protagonists on a trip, killed off one by one

(  ) Body – anatomically incorrect placement of limbs to create 'monsters' out of human body parts.

 

What is the best feature of Horror? Rank in order of your preference – 1 being the best and 4 being the worst/least important.

(  ) Slow building tension

(  ) Seeing gory action

(  ) Intense sounds
(  ) Character interaction

 

How important is graphic horror in an opening sequence? Indicate your preferences through circling

 Absolutely pivotal 1  2  3  4  5 Totally unnecessary

 

What is your preferred pace of horror film? Indicate preferences through circling

Slow building of tension 1  2  3  4  5  Intense, immediate action

 

 

What are your preferred characteristics of an antagonist? Indicate preferences through circling

Psychopathic 1  2  3  4  5 Sane

Calm 1  2  3  4  5 Frantic

Unorganised 1  2  3  4  5 Meticulous, overly attentive

 

What is most effective use of sound in an opening sequence? Indicate your preference through circling

Dialogue 1  2  3  4   5 Soundtrack

What is the most effective way of understanding the antagonist’s character? Indicate your preference through circling

Dialogue 1  2   3  4   5 Actions

Learning about their past 1  2  3  4  5 Seeing their current situation

 

How important is a single vulnerable protagonist in an engaging Horror story? Explain

 

 

 

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