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PercentageComment
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Question 1 - Male or Female?
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Male1872%The results of our survey show that 72% of our audience where male meaning that 28% where female. This means we must take into account that the results will be slightly biased towards the male ideologies.
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Female728%
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Total25
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Question 2- Age?
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0 to 11Our Survey feedback shows that the larger percentage of 56% was made up of people between the ages of 12-16, with 22-36 being the second largest demographic at 28%. The rest was made up of the smaller age groups of 36-49 and 50+. We referrred back to these percentages while analysing the rest of the results to understand the different age groups and their preferences.
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12 to 161456%
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17 to 21
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22 to 36728%
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36 to 49312%
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50+14%
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Are you a fan of the Thriller Genre? Yes or No and Why?
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Yes, love the suspenseThe results of this question reveal that a larger percentage of 72% enjoy the thriller genre compared to the 28% who didn’t. This means that the later question results will be a good sample of our target audience and what they prefer.
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Yes, keeps you guessing
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Yes, its scary
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Yes, I like the suspense and intrigue
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Yes, I enjoy the escapism of the film, but especially films that make me concentrate and has twists in the plot.
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Yes, I belive the story is more involved and results in a better film experience
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Yes, enjoy action/mystery
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Yes, because of the suspense and surprise element
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Yes, because of the suspense and I can watch with my husband
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Yes its interesting
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Yes I enjoy the mystery and suspense
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Yes because they keep you on the edge of your seat escapism
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Yes because there is normally some action.
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Yes
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yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes1872%
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Not really a fan but will watch them occasionally
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No they don’t entertain/interest me
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No I am a comedy guy
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No don’t watch a lot
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No
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No
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No728%
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What is your favourite element of a thriller film?
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Suspense832%Our survey results leant towards the psychological element Thrillers with 40% of the vote and the suspense element holding 32% of the votes. We will use this information when we write or adapt the storyline of our Thriller.
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Mystery520%
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Tension28%
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Pyschological1040%
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Action624%
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Other
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How do the trailers convince you to watch the thriller film?
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By leaving mysterious cliffhangersWhen analysed as a whole the different comments on what trailer aspects convince a viewer to watch the actual film are exciting, fast paced cuts, tension and ambiguity. It also seems like a brief, but telling summary of the storyline is valuable, but we must find a happy medium between providing information and holding back plot points for intrigue and ambiguity.
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They show the mystery so you will want to know what will happen.
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Show tension
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They don’t
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Not very much
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If they look decent
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They don’t
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Don’t watch trailers
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Building of the tension and mystery
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Fast paced, action and mystery
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Intriguing
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If they are exciting I will want to watch it
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Intrigues you
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Most of the time
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if they look exciting and apeal to my age
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Demonstrate a mixture of plot elements and good action elements
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Provide a brief storyline of what the film is about
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Give a snapshot of the story and leave you wanting to see more
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Short snippets without giving too much away, creates suspense in a few main scenes.
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By showing the exciting parts of the storyline and leaving the viewer wanting to know how it ends
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If they leave me wondering what one of the several directions the plot may take
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By showing the highlights
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Build intrigue
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Don’t
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By giving a brief preview of the film and its characters and actors
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Do you like thriller films that subvert the typical concentions?
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A resounding 86% wanted our Thriller film to subvert the typical conventions of a Thriller so we will take this into account when choosing characters and settings etc.
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yes, like a twist but not a poor ending
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yes although I am also a fan of thriller films that follow the conventions
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yes
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yes
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Yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes
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yes1986%
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not particularly
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no
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No314%
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I don’t like thriller films