Target Audience Results - Miss Miller

Within this post I will be talking about the results, me and my group produced from our Target Audience Questionnaire. Our Questionnaire consisted of both open and closed questions, we did this as we felt it give the person answering a chance to give their point of view. 

What's your favourite age certificate? 

This pie chart was very interesting to look at as surprisingly, there isn't a percentage for U age certificates. The majority of the people asked preferred an age certificate of 15, shortly followed by an 18 certificate.  

 What interests you in watching a thriller?

 Even though we left an extra box for people to add in their own idea's, it seems as if the top 3 were already within the questionnaire. Tension which had 37.5% seemed to be the thing which interested the audience the most. I believe this is as people enjoy the feeling they get as tension is building and their adrenaline is rising. 

What do you expect to see in thrillers?

Within thriller films there are several different things that make the film scary and full of suspense. These include, Killers, victims, blood and many more. From the questionnaire we found out that the most popular thriller expectation was Scary music. This relates to the pie chart above as it links into Tension. Music within a film helps build tension, without the music the audience wouldn't have the same experience. The next thriller expectation behind scary music was other. However this had an enormous gap of 10% between the two. 

Do you like sequels? 

The results were 50/50 for this question, which made it hard to figure out if making a sequel would be successful of not. I think that this question has to be a personal one, as within the questionnaire, 20 people answered yes and the other 20 said no.

What type of sound would you like to hear in a thriller?

The people answering my questionnaire chose screams as their favourite sound to be heard in a thriller, I believe that this as it makes the film more realistic.


 

                                                     What type of setting would you like to see?

The majority of people said they would prefer a different setting to the three typical setting which we chose. I think, this is as these settings have been used so fequently that the eerie feeling has been lost. Therefore I think as a group we need to either combine two or three settings or make an orginal one, to make sure the audience are still interested.

Would you enjoy other sub - genres to be used?

Looking at my results, I have noticed that including open questions has allowed the people answering a chance to include their own thoughts. Also I have noticed that looking at the pie charts, the ones which including options saying other, do not allow us to know what these other opinions were.

However my group are going to take into consideration the answers we have gathered, and hope that these will allow us to make a opening scene which suits the majority of peoples tastes.