We produced a questionnaire as a source of research into horror films by finding out the views of a variety of people from our selected target audience. This information helped us to see the type of horror films people are interested in and what they feared in a film which helped us structure an idea for our own opening title sequence. We gave our questionnaire to a variety of different aged males and females above the age of 15 so our results weren't unreliable.
Which sub-genre of horror most appeals to you?
What do you fear most in a horror movie?
Which type of villain do you find most frightening?
Which type of setting do you prefer in a horror film?
How do you prefer the scenarios to be in a horror film?
Which sub-genre of horror most appeals to you?
- Paranormal IIIII
- Zombie IIIIIII
- Slasher II
- Thriller
- Monster
- Other I (Vampire)
What do you fear most in a horror movie?
- Suprises (causes you to jump) IIIII
- Gore III
- Scary Character/s IIII
- Real life circumstances III
Which type of villain do you find most frightening?
- Ghost/spirit/demon IIIIII
- Zombie IIIII
- Human killer IIII
- Alien
- Vampire
Which type of setting do you prefer in a horror film?
- A generally safe place (eg A Hospital, school or church) III
- A generally scary place (eg A Haunted house or abandoned mental asylum) IIIIIII
- Somewhere completely isolated (eg A mountain or cabin in the woods) IIIII
How do you prefer the scenarios to be in a horror film?
- Realistic IIIIIIIII
- Unrealistic IIIIII
The results from our questionnaire show that the most popular sub genre of horror films is zombie. The statistics show almost half of our audience voted zombie as their favourite sub genre. This suggests to us that this may be a good idea for our own opening title sequence, as if it is a popular genre we may generate a larger audience and more people will be interested in watching it.
However in contrast to this result, our questioned audience said that they find ghosts, spirits and demons the scariest type of villain/killer in a horror. This makes our decision very difficult as our aim is to scare our audience and our questionnaire suggests a paranormal film may do this the best.
Also from the results of our questionnaire we plan to make our opening title sequence very tense and jumpy, we plan to surprise our audience frequently as this is what will scare our audience the most.
The results from our questionnaire point to a realistic, zombie film set in a scary place with lots of surprises to make our audience jump. We thought this was very similar to the description of World War Z (2013). This is a very realistic take on a zombie horror and it is very tense with many scenes that make you jump. Although it is set in a variety of locations there are a few which are typically unsafe, for example a dark, tall block of flats.
Therefore our questionnaire suggests that our audience enjoy horrors similar to World War Z (2013).
Using the results from our questionnaire we have decided that zombie would be a successful sub genre for our opening title sequence as it is very popular and this will therefore attract a large audience. We are also going to take a lot of inspiration for our opening title sequence from the film World War Z as our questionnaire shows this kind of horror is preferred.
Also from the results of our questionnaire we plan to make our opening title sequence very tense and jumpy, we plan to surprise our audience frequently as this is what will scare our audience the most.
The results from our questionnaire point to a realistic, zombie film set in a scary place with lots of surprises to make our audience jump. We thought this was very similar to the description of World War Z (2013). This is a very realistic take on a zombie horror and it is very tense with many scenes that make you jump. Although it is set in a variety of locations there are a few which are typically unsafe, for example a dark, tall block of flats.
Therefore our questionnaire suggests that our audience enjoy horrors similar to World War Z (2013).
Using the results from our questionnaire we have decided that zombie would be a successful sub genre for our opening title sequence as it is very popular and this will therefore attract a large audience. We are also going to take a lot of inspiration for our opening title sequence from the film World War Z as our questionnaire shows this kind of horror is preferred.
MG