Target Audience Questionaire

1. What three words would you use to describe the thriller genre?

2. What is your favourite thriller film?

3. Do you prefer a tense opening sequence or an opening sequence with more backstory? Circle your answer.

Tense                              Backstory

4. What makes you want to watch certain films?

•   Celebrities

•   Popularity of film

•   Film trailer

•   Poster

•   Other________________

5. What thriller sub-genre appeals to you the most?

•   Supernatural Thriller

•   Crime Thriller

•   Mystery Thriller

•   Psychological Thriller

•   Action Thriller

•   Romantic Thriller

•   Other _________________

6. What do you find builds up suspense in Thriller films (Circle all that apply)?

•   Music

•   Lighting

•   Costume

•   Setting

•   Sound Effects

•   Dialogue

•   Other ________________

7. What don't you enjoy from Thriller films (Circle all that apply)?

•   Story line

•   Jump scares

•   Crime scenes

•   Characters

•   Complex ideas

•   Other _________________

8. What location are you more interested in when watching Thriller films?

•   House setting

•   City setting

•   Abandoned setting (forests,fields etc.)

•   Other __________________

9.  What lighting would you prefer to watch?

•   Low key lighting

•   High key lighting

•   Lots of shadows and silhouettes

•   Other __________________

10. What do you think is the most important part of Thriller films?

•   Costume

•   Props

•   Lighting

•   Setting

•   Story line

•   Sounds

•   Other ________________