1.How old are you?

Having analysed the responses from survey monkey, I was able

to create a graph for the quantitative results. This graph
allows my group to make our thriller appeal to people aged 15-
30, as the graph connotes that the majority of people that
watch thrillers are those in this age range.
 2 . How highly do you rate the thriller genre in
general?

From the graph it shows that the majority of the people watch
thrillers regularly, given the thriller genre a medium rate.
Therefore the graph gives us an insight that people do watch
thrillers and do enjoy watching them.
 Please explain you answer to the question above .
Stating either what you like or dislike about the
genre ;

“I love the suspense of a thriller, and

i would have said that I rated the
genre "highly", but they are not my
favourite genre in the film industry,
as the option states. I enjoy
thrillers highly.”
“The exhilaration in a thriller is
immense. You don't know what will
happen and the majority of stunts are
top class.”

Having picked, a couple of the best responses, it tells us that my

target audience enjoy the suspense of a thriller and the fact that
you cant predict what will happen next. This information will help
us in our production as it will allow us to make it an
unpredictable thriller which create suspense for the audience.
4 . Please state your favourite thriller film ;

dark knight, copycat, sixth sense,

The Bourne Trilogy. irobot, the cube

The Usual Suspects 2012

Memento
Dead Mans Shoes

The results that were given, were quite different. However, “the
usual suspects” has a twist, which we plan to use in our
production. The thrillers suggested all have the “edge of the
seat” effect and that suspense feeling.
What makes this thriller film more enjoyable than
others? ( i . e Could include comments on key scenes , plot ,
acting etc .)

“The usual suspects : The unexpected

twists and turns. Also that the genre
really makes you think!”
“2012 : A lot of suspense.”

“unexpected end, interesting minor characters”

“Memento: It's very dark and the non-

linear narrative structure is a
brilliant device that causes frequent
shifts in perspective.”

Memento is another film that will help us in our production

as it has a non-linear narrative structure. Also, we will use
the ‘twists’ similar to the usual suspects. From these
responses they suggested that, that is what they enjoyed
about the films.
 6 . Which of the following sub - genres do you
prefer?

The majority of the people prefer Action thrillers, like The

Dark Knight, which will help us in our production as we may
like to use action as our target audience enjoy this sub-
genre. Also, another sub-genre that was popular was a
psychological thriller like, Red dragon, which could also
help us by thinking about making our thriller psychological.
7 . Why do you prefer this sub - genre? ( i . e specific aspects
or conventions )

“you can realy feel what hes going through, its very
realistic, being set in a phonebooth, the claustraphobia adds
to the tension: no escape. the heightened tension through
music probably, makes it more enjoyable to watch. the fact he
has a time limit makes you really get involved with the
action and want him to succeed”

“They get in your head and affect you

“The adrenaline rush.” deepest. Plus they generally involve
paranoia harking back to the novels of
Philip K. Dick of who I am a huge fan.”

The responses to this question allows us to know that people

like something that seems to be realistic and something that
you can relate to, also, the audience enjoy sub-genre’s that are
exciting but also work in a psychological matter. This will
help us in our production as it will allow us to think to
involve elements of these reactions in our opening sequence.
Analysing the graph it allows me to see that the majority of
the people enjoy thrillers that give the “edge of the seat”
effect, also people enjoy the suspense, intrigued and scared
feeling. The graph helps us with our production as it allows
us to add factors that will make people feel this way.
You have been asked to create a thriller ; acting primarily
on personal taste , what ideas would you like to include in
the film?

“A good action story line with a few

twists and turns”

“Excitement, a plot which turns

dramatically, interesting storyline”

“A strong sense of paranoia, an

ambiguous ending, immoral or amoral
characters.”

These few responses, all want something that will be exciting,

yet different from others. Therefore, this will help in our
production by allowing us to create an interesting storyline
that develops throughout and also something which the audience
was not expecting.