Survey results. from LindsayB96
This is the powerpoint presentation that we made presenting our results from the questionnaire about people's thoughts on horror films.
Q3) How often do you watch horror films?
From this question, we learnt that the majority of people prefer to watch horror films quite often; either once a month or once a week. This shows that most of the people in our target audience enjoy watching horror films as they may prefer to watch them rather than movies of other genres in their free time.
Q4) What do you expect to see in a horror film?
From this question, we discovered that the majority of people associate horror films with blood, death and murderers. This shows that the main conventions that are noticed in horror films are the fact that there are a lot of murders, death and blood and people are more likely to notice these conventions over the other conventions of a horror film. This will inform our work on the opening sequence because we will put conventions suchas death and murder into our opening sequence.
Q5) Where do you prefer to watch horror films?
This question showed us that most people prefer to watch horror films at home rather than the cinema. This means that people may prefer to watch at home because there may be a better atmosphere for a horror film at home whereas at the cinema, it may be harder to acheive an atmosphere suitable for a horror film. This is because a lot of horror films are set in a house so a more frightening atmosphere can be acheived at home.
Q6) Why do you like to watch horror films?
From this question, we discovered that a lot of people enjoy watching horror films because they find them exhilarating which gets their adrenaline pumping and because horror films hold a lot of suspense and make the audience jump. This shows that people watch horror films for the excitement of the plotline and because it has a lot of tension. To fit this, our plot will include suspense and tension by putting in danger and death.
Q7) Where do you expect a horror film to be set?
Most of the responses from this question showed that people expect to see locations in a horror film such as dark places, woods or forests and abandoned buildings. These settings are usually associated with a horror film because they connote danger and they have a grim, eerie atmosphere. Characters who are seen in this locations in a horror film are generally in a lot of danger and they are seen as vulnerable because the setting is unfamiliar to them. This information will inform our work because we will have a location such as a woody area in a park to set our opening sequence in.
Q8) What characters do you expect to see in a horror film?
From the questionnaire, we discovered that people would normally see a murderer and a stereotypical villain and hero. When watching horror films, people expect to see a villain or a murderer who needs to be stopped by the hero. In our horror film, we are going to have the conventional characters of a villain and victims of the villain.
Q9) What kind of music do you hear in a horror film?
In horror films, people hear intense, slow music that builds up as the amount of danger that the characters are in builds up. This music puts people on the edge of their seats as they know that something bad is going to happen to the characters on the screen at the time. This informs us of what music we should put into our opening sequence; slow, low pitched and quiet music that gradually builds up as something is about to happen.
Q10) When watching a horror film, how does it make you feel?
The majority of people who took part in our questionnaire said that horror films make them feel nervous, scared and puts them on the edge of their seat. These feelings are caused by the build up of tension and the danger that the characters are facing. This informs us of how we should plan the plot of our horror film because we should plan an opening sequence that puts people on the edge of their seat because of the suspense that is being built up.
This is the powerpoint presentation that we made presenting our results from the questionnaire about people's thoughts on horror films.
Q3) How often do you watch horror films?
From this question, we learnt that the majority of people prefer to watch horror films quite often; either once a month or once a week. This shows that most of the people in our target audience enjoy watching horror films as they may prefer to watch them rather than movies of other genres in their free time.
Q4) What do you expect to see in a horror film?
From this question, we discovered that the majority of people associate horror films with blood, death and murderers. This shows that the main conventions that are noticed in horror films are the fact that there are a lot of murders, death and blood and people are more likely to notice these conventions over the other conventions of a horror film. This will inform our work on the opening sequence because we will put conventions suchas death and murder into our opening sequence.
Q5) Where do you prefer to watch horror films?
This question showed us that most people prefer to watch horror films at home rather than the cinema. This means that people may prefer to watch at home because there may be a better atmosphere for a horror film at home whereas at the cinema, it may be harder to acheive an atmosphere suitable for a horror film. This is because a lot of horror films are set in a house so a more frightening atmosphere can be acheived at home.
Q6) Why do you like to watch horror films?
From this question, we discovered that a lot of people enjoy watching horror films because they find them exhilarating which gets their adrenaline pumping and because horror films hold a lot of suspense and make the audience jump. This shows that people watch horror films for the excitement of the plotline and because it has a lot of tension. To fit this, our plot will include suspense and tension by putting in danger and death.
Q7) Where do you expect a horror film to be set?
Most of the responses from this question showed that people expect to see locations in a horror film such as dark places, woods or forests and abandoned buildings. These settings are usually associated with a horror film because they connote danger and they have a grim, eerie atmosphere. Characters who are seen in this locations in a horror film are generally in a lot of danger and they are seen as vulnerable because the setting is unfamiliar to them. This information will inform our work because we will have a location such as a woody area in a park to set our opening sequence in.
Q8) What characters do you expect to see in a horror film?
From the questionnaire, we discovered that people would normally see a murderer and a stereotypical villain and hero. When watching horror films, people expect to see a villain or a murderer who needs to be stopped by the hero. In our horror film, we are going to have the conventional characters of a villain and victims of the villain.
Q9) What kind of music do you hear in a horror film?
In horror films, people hear intense, slow music that builds up as the amount of danger that the characters are in builds up. This music puts people on the edge of their seats as they know that something bad is going to happen to the characters on the screen at the time. This informs us of what music we should put into our opening sequence; slow, low pitched and quiet music that gradually builds up as something is about to happen.
Q10) When watching a horror film, how does it make you feel?
The majority of people who took part in our questionnaire said that horror films make them feel nervous, scared and puts them on the edge of their seat. These feelings are caused by the build up of tension and the danger that the characters are facing. This informs us of how we should plan the plot of our horror film because we should plan an opening sequence that puts people on the edge of their seat because of the suspense that is being built up.
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