Basic Questionnaire Findings + Focus Group Selection

Having given out 20 of my Basic Questionnaires, I decided the best thing to do would be to combine my findings with the first stages of my Focus Grouping into one Post.

My Questionnaire was handed to people of around my age (i.e 15-18) as I have already established that this age range will be the group most likely to see my product. The results I obtained were quite surprising, as I expected no-one to say that they preferred Psychological films, however one person did answer so.

Based on my findings, I now know what people expect to find in both Horror, Thriller and (in one instance) Psychological films. These are my findings;

1. Males are more likely to watch both Horror and Thriller - This data IS accurate, as i distrubed questionnaires equally between genders. However, both boys and girls agree that the protagonist (regardless of genre) survives until the end of the film.
2. 70% of the people who were given my questionnaire said they preferred Horror or Thriller - and they all said that they would expect to hear some variation of Rock, Piano or simply "Creepy" music in the film.
3. Every single person answered "Yes" or "If it drew me in enough" when asked if they would watch a film again if they did not understand it. This means that in order to create the re-watch factor, I need to make my piece quite challenging to the viewer, aswell as making it good to watch.
4. 80% of the people I asked to fill in the Questionnaire said they DO like films which make them jump. This means I will have to research the Horror genre to understand how and why this is done.
5. When asked what their biggest fear was, many people answered with something along the lines of being alone. This is interesting as it plays very well towards my genre.

This information gives me an insight into what the public at large would want from a film. And I now know the criteria I need to fill for those who perhaps do not often watch films of  a Psychological Horror/Thriller nature.

Focus Group Selection
Based on the results I obtained, it was relatively easy for me to choose which people I would include within my focus group. This is an important stage, as I want views and opinions which are both specific to genre and public opinion. My Focus Group is as follows.

- Callum Bates
- Kelly Baldwin
- Kirsty Roberts
- Phillip Roberts
- Elliot Parkes

These people will give me an accurate and relavant insight into what viewers want from Psychological films. This information will be invaluable when at the planning stage of my course.