Graphs

Graphs

From the questionnaire I have created, I have collected information about thriller films they view or enjoy viewing and also the reason behind their liking; from a variety of different people to be able to help me make a final decision based on their opinions and ideas.

This information was helpful as it notified me about the audience, and helped me decide upon what age certificate I should base my opening scene on. As seen above we could analyse its mainly the ages of 16-21, for this instance I could clarify that a 15 age certificate would be most suitable.


This information was important as both genders would have an impact on one another, so I had to create an opening that both would enjoy. If not it could effect the film being viewed as thrillers are known to be watched with a partner or friend and not usually alone. So from this information I have taken into consideration for each genders likings and how to make something that suits both interests.



The information may not be as reliable and important as the rest, however still plays a major role. Occupation may be important as to knowing whom has more time and money, and could actually view the film. For example if someone is unemployed, their opinion may not be as useful as they may not be financially stable enough to pay and watch a film.


This is the most important question throughout the questionnaire... If a person replied no, their information would be invalid and doesn't even have to be read and took into consideration as they don't even watch the film genre being created.


The information based on the sub-genre could really effect the narrative and setting of the film. As this determines what sub-genre interests the wider number of audience, and from looking at the graph, it is easy to tell it is crime.


The lighting is important as it could change the mood of the scene dramatically. For example if someone was being chased by a masked figure in bright lighting it may not be as effective and scary to if it was a dark scene.


Similiar to lighting, the setting plays a major role within a film. The setting could start giving out clues about the narrative. As we could interpret from the graph above. A house or graveyard is thought to be more convenient to a thriller genre film than a city. This may be because a city is more populated and is easier to get help.


Knowing peoples age certificate preference could help introduce new ideas thats more extreme, or on the other hand remove ideas which may be too disturbing for the audience. As introduced above; 15 is the most preferred film age certificate. For this purpose I will be taking out my extreme ideas and replacing them with ones less disturbing.


The identity of the villain is really important, specifically within a thriller film. This is due to the fact that the mystery should be kept secretive and hidden to boost tension and curiosity. I could see that the audience that have filled in the questionnaire would agree, so I would be keeping the identity hidden.


This question may be similar to one above, however it provides us with information such as which questionnaires are most important to us. The people who have the thriller genre as their favourite may be more reliable than those who don't.


Black-outs are known to cause tension since they are typically used when there is an unexpected pop-up. I figured that the higher percentage also agree, and for this reason I would be introducing black-outs within my opening scene.


Censoring is really important; because there may be unsuitable material for the viewers of the specific age certificate; and by censoring it would be available for viewing. However censoring may cause annotation within the audience. I will be taking censoring into consideration and try use it only a limited amount of times.


Fast pace and slow pace have an absolutely huge effect upon the audience; especially within a thriller as they could both increase tension. However for a opening scene the wider amount of audience have chosen slow paced as it gradually drags the audiences attention.

 
Mysteries and secrets are really convenient to a thriller as it is part of the thrill to solve and discover what is not openly portrayed. Thrillers are based upon hidden sources which is needed to be found in order to solve the dilemma.




Music was seen as being very important as it boosts the level of emotion and feeling within the scene. The reason for this is that it works another one of the five senses which gets the audience more involved within the film and drawn in better.