The Questionnaire

Questionnaire:

1.What gender are you?

2. How old are you?

3. How many horror films have you watched this year at the cinema?

4.What is your favourite horror film?

5. How much would you rate this film out of 10? (10 being the best)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6. Who is your favourite horror villain?

7. What scare tactics in this film did you find effective?

8. Where do you prefer the setting of the film to be?

9. What type of horror film do you prefer?

• Vampire
• Serial killer
• Zombie
• Monster
• Alien
• Other

10. What is your favourite murder weapons in horror films?

• Knife
• Gun
• Chainsaw
• Disease
• Bite
• Other

Questionnaire results

1. Eight Females. One Male.

2. Five 16year old.

Two 17year old

One 19year old

One 50year old

One 22year old.

3.

• 2
• 1
• None
• 3
• 5
• 1
• 1
• 7
• None
• 1

4.

• Paranormal activity
• Alien
• Jeepers Creepers. x2
• Haunting in Connecticut
• One missed call
• The unborn
• The Grudge
• Orphan
• Drag me to hell

5.

• 8
• 8
• 7 and 5
• 8
• 7
• 8
• 7
• 9
• 8

6.

• Hannibal Lecter
• Hollow man
• Jigsaw
• Jason x2
• Freddie
• The old lady from drag me to hell
• Michael Myers
• Doesn't have one x2

7.

• Sudden movements with loud music
• Silence, sudden loud noise effects.
• Jumping scarecrow.
• Music, sound effects, quick camera movement.
• suspense, music.
• Thing that make you jump.
• Sound effects.
• Surprise use of everyday objects.
• The way in which people are made invisible.
• Sound and camera shots.

8.

• Deserted houses/areas
• Mansion
• Outside
• Homes x3
• The woods x2
• Forest
• On the moon or in space.

9.

• Ghost/ spirits
• Alien
• Serial killer x3
• Other x3
• Monster
• Vampire
• Zombie

10.

• Knife x4
• Other
• Chainsaw x5
• Disease
• Bite

Conclusion

From these results i can conclude that this now gives more of a direction on what path to take in what to put in the clip. The answers from the audience of horror films has let me know what is favourable in horror films and what excites them, and type of characters scenes and settings are enjoyable to watch.This will help the group to now make decisions on what would be appropriate to include in the clip. The use of the feedback from the questionnaires will be very helpful.