I produced a questionaire to understand why my target audience watched horror films, this helped to decide which conventions i should include in my film.The questions asked were not complicated and provided both me and will with answers to help produce a fantastic film. before we made the questionaire i looked at the target audience on the uk film council.
Four clear questions were asked to a potential audience.
Question One was, 'Do you enjoy watching Horror films?' - Both the male and female said they enjoy watching horror films this was a positive response so this helped to understand who our target audience is.
Question Two was, 'Why do you enjoy watching Horror films?' - The male said he liked watching something other than television and the female said she likes being able to snuggle up to someone if she gets scared. The female response helped to show the enjoyment of fear but also had a stereotypical feel to it because of the female being scared and the male there to help.
Question Three was, 'Whats your favourite Horror film and why?' - The male said he enjoyed watching The Ring because it scared him alot but what came with this was slight dislike which in the end brought enjoyment to the film viewing. The female enjoyed watching saw because it was gory and violent, but also there was a relief when people got free. Both these answers told us we need fear in the film and teasers for the audience to say eg; someone nearly escapes.
Question Four was, 'Whats your favourite sub- genre of a Horror?' - Both male and the female said they enjoyed psychological horror because it makes them think about whats going to happen alot more and this creates enigma.
While doing the questionaire we realised that the best film seller at the time was paranormal activity three which was good because it is a horror film.
All the information we got from the questionaire helped us to produce our film, because we used ideas from the films mentioned eg; shots, lighting, music, conventions. Eg; the shot of the hammer from our film was very similar to the shot in Pyscho where he raises a knife. This was a good shot for our film because it allowed the audiencew to relate to another film. Also the point of view shot of both women from both films related because of their reactions to the hammer or knife eg; pov shot. We stuck to most of the conventions to attract a larger audience so they can see this as a stereotypical horror.
I would promote the film on social networking sites (because alot of people use them), YouTube (because its the most used video site on the internet, and word of mouth (because everyone would become aware of our film alot quicker if people talk about it).
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