Friday, 1 January 2010

Film Questionnaire

Questionnaire

How old are you?
10-16 17-25 26-35 36-45 46-60 61+

What gender are you?
Male Female

How many times a month on average do you watch films?
0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 5+

What is your favourite genre?
Action Thriller Horror Romance Comedy Psychological Horror

Do you feel psychological horrors are only for girls?
Yes No

Why?.................................................................................................................

What is the film that you most associate with the psychological horror genre?
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Who is the usual victim in the psychological horror genre?
Boy Girl Man Woman Stranger

What is the personality of the main character typically?
Shy Confident Loud Geek Popular Mentally insane

What is a typical ending?
Happy Sad Cliff-hanger Death Other ………………………..

What would you change about psychological horror if possible?
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What conventional costumes would the characters wear in the psychological horror genre?
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What is the main lighting type you would expect to see?
Low Key Neutral High key Ambient

What are the main areas of a plot you would expect to see?
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Magazine Research Questionnaire Results.

Here are the results of the questionnaire, they will prove important in the production of our film magazine.


1.How old are you?
10-16 (3) 17-25 (7) 36-45 (5) 46-60 (1) 61+ (1)

2.What gender are you?
Male (10) Female (10)

3.How many times a month, on average, do you read film magazines?
0-1 (5) 2-3 (8) 4-5 (4) 6+ (2)

4.What are the names of the film magazines that you read?
(The most common film magazines that our target audience read are ‘Total Film’, ‘Empire’ and ‘Sight and Sound’)
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5.What colours do you usually associate with film magazines?
(Our target audience found that the most conventional colours for magazine covers are reds, blacks and whites while other colours such as orange, yellow, silver and greys are also used)
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6.What genre do you feel should be advertised more on film magazine covers?
(Our target audience felt that genres such as psychological horrors, horrors and thrillers should be more heavily advertised on the front of film magazines. Other genres were action, fantasy and romance.)
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7.Do you think it is conventional to have an image of the films main character as the main focus of the magazine cover?
Yes (13) No (7)
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8.What type of stories do you expect to be advertised on the front cover of a film magazine?
(Our target audience felt that interviews and articles containing celebrity or movie gossip should feature on the front cover of film magazines more often. Other ideas such as additional information or dates and times of movies etc could also feature.)
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