Audience research 2- analysis

Analysis

From my set of results that I collected from my questionnaire, I have seen that 5 out of 10 people had said that the opening sequence of a film is important and 3 people had said they see it as being very important. This results in 8 out of 10 in total who find it important. Some had said different reasons why they find this but the majority had said that it makes them more interested and draws their attention, this is important as it will make them want to carry on watching the film.

9 out of 10 people had said they have seen a thriller movie before. The reason I have chosen to create an opening sequence for a thriller film is because it builds tension in the first 2 minutes and makes the audience question things which is a good thing as it makes them feel as though they are more involved.

In my questionnaire that I created I had asked what people expect when they are watching the opening sequence of a thriller film, the highest votes was for the setting this is important as the audience get an idea of where the film is going to be based around. Low key lighting was the second highest vote and this shows that people look for darkness in a thriller movie as it brings more tension for the audience and makes them feel more scared but excitement at the same time as they won't know what is going to happen. Also darkness is seen to be a fright for people and this shows it in the questionnaire results as within a thriller that's what they expect.

There is also a certain representation that people have of what the character will look like and the majority of people had said, strong, scary and creepy! This shows that people expect the characters to be un-normal in a thriller movie and expect to be a bit frightened by them.

In conclusion I am going to use a certain setting which can represent the story line effectively and low key lighting. This is because after I got my results back from the questionnaire that i handed out the majority of people had said that this is what they would look for in an opening sequence. This means that to use it would be more effective and would interest the audience a lot more. Another thing is the characters would need to look in a certain way or be dressed in a certain way as if the film is a thriller, the characters within the opening sequence would need to be able to represent this.