I created a questionnaire and handed it out to 30 people. Although I know that the sample I have will not be completely representative of the larger film watching population, the answers given will give me some indication of where to begin.
Below is some analysis on the questions:
50% of the people I gave my questionnaire to were in the age range of 15-18, this will help me when deciding what age to classify my film as. I will probably have it as a certificate 15, as this is what my largest audience is likely to be and I will make sure that the content in the trailer is age appropriate.
I asked my audience what most appeals to them in a film trailer and the most popular answer was 'an engaging story line' so I am going to make sure that I write a script that it is intriguing without giving away too much of the story. Although this wasn't the most popular answer, I want to make sure that there is plenty of suspense within my teaser trailer to make people want to watch it.
The most popular sub-genre of thriller was a psychological thriller, I think this sub-genre would be very interesting to film as it is different from typical thrillers. The suspense is mainly driven from a mental threat, rather than a physical one.
However, the killer sub-genre was also very popular so I will also need to consider this too. I need to make sure that I come to a final conclusion about which sub-genre to choose because they are very different to one another and the moods that are conveyed will be dissimilar also.
The most popular answer given for the location of my trailer was a house, I feel that this will be an appropriate location to film in as I will not need to ask for permission (that is if its in my own house) and I can spend as much time as I need filming it and altering things to make it suit my trailer. I am however likely to use other locations too as I want to make sure that there is a range of mes en scene within the teaser.
I asked my audience whether I should have a cliff-hanger or not and 60% answered yes. I'm not sure exactly how I am going to interpret this into the teaser trailer, but I will try and make sure that I do not give everything away in the trailer and that the audience is left wondering how the story will end.
90% of my audience said that the antagonist should be a male. I think this would be good as it would be following typical stereotypes of the "badies" always being male, however it could also be interesting to challenge this stereotype by having a woman as the main antagonist.
I wanted to also gain feedback for ideas on the poster for the film and most people said that the image on the poster should be like a still from the film, I like this idea as I think that it would really capture the mood and atmosphere of the film, but I also enjoy conducting photo shoots, so I may do both and compare them to which image I prefer.
I asked whether the colour scheme for the poster should match the magazine cover and most people answered yes. I agree with this as I want there to be continuity within my whole project.
Doing this questionnaire has helped me a great deal and I have been able to explore certain ideas and come up with final decisions for my media product.
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