Wednesday 7 December 2011

Analysis of Trailers; Saw and Primal

Horror Questionnaire results

Horror Questionnaire results
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From the questionnaire me and my group conducted, we received feedback on people's preferences on the horror genre. We found that the majority of people liked the mystery in horror films; finding out who the killer is. Suspense was also something that most viewers enjoyed, which we were glad to find out as we had some ideas on revealing the killer at the end. This structuralist film theory would help people identify that it is a horror trailer. However there were some factors which affected my groups creative decisions. When we asked people what component in horror films scared them the most, a very small percentage said darkness. This affected our creative ideas as we were going to film in a very dark outside atmosphere, as the dark tends to play tricks on people. Initially we thought the darkness would cause fear and tension in a person as their ability to see is restricted, and people are very afraid of the 'unknown'- according to our findings. On the other hand we were pleased that our idea to add realism to the trailer was voted as what most people liked to have within a horror storyline. 

Question 15, Which one of the following horror film posters encourages you to see that film?

Thursday 1 December 2011

Horror Questionnaire

I have developed this questionnaire which will assist me and my group in making a decision about what to base our horror trailer on. It will help to find out people's interests, such as where they would go to view a horror film or most people's prefrences about horror films, for instance what storyline they like in particular. The results will allow me and my group to create a trailer for our target audience.