Below shows my results for male and female results as I want to find who my target audience are. I have handed out fifty questionnaires to find out how many men and women like to watch Slasher films between the ages of 15 upwards.
What Gender are you?
Male Results
From the list below, which would you consider your favourite?
Why is it your favourite?
15- 20years old
From asking this question I had a range of different responses about why they like a specific film and certain aspects that they liked. I found out that people liked Nightmare on Elm Street because of the complex background behind the killer which allowed them to create their own story behind the killer and they also liked the way in which the killer killed his victims. Psycho was the most popular response from asking what their favourite film was and this meant I wanted to find out why it was the most popular film and they said that “by not seeing the killer it created suspense, which was effective” and this is something that is constantly referred to “the killer and their background” and from this I will need to focus on the background of the killer.
21-30years old
The most popular results within this category was Halloween and Psycho a they are both ‘older films’ and allowed the audience to become more involved with the film. “I feel Halloween is a good film as it allows me to be more involved, and revealing the killer at the end of the film makes it more interesting.” From these results it has also shown me that the killer is something that I need to concentrate on within making me own Slasher film, and maybe revealing the killer’s identity at the end would be something to consider.
31-35years old
This age group were varied within their results although their responses are still helpful. An example of what someone said is “By setting the film around a certain time of year such as Halloween it allows the viewers to become more connected to the film as this is when people often think of death etc.” This is another idea for my Slasher film.
Overall, from this question it has given me some ideas into what people remember about Slasher films which is something that I need to use in my Slasher film and from the information provided I found out that having background information about the killer and placing it around a certain time of year. For my own Slasher film I feel that the idea of having background information on the killer and revealing it at the end is something that I want to include.
Question Six
What would you like to see within Slasher films?
What sort of narrative would you like?
What would you like to see at the end of the film?
If you could improve Slasher films how would you?
From these results I have found out that males wanted more background on the characters esp. the killer which is different compared to the females which wanted the killer to be more unusual and I will use both of their options to make my Slasher film different and original.
Question Ten
What main reaction would you get from a Slasher film?
I have compared the results from the males to females and from the males I discovered that the majority of men would feel agitated by the film compared to women being sympathetic although I would need to try and get both reactions from my viewers.
Question Eleven
What original aspect would you like to see within a Slasher film?
15-20years old
The people aged 15-20 found it hard to tell me any original aspects that they thought could be used to make Slasher films more effective as they said “they have all been done before” although one person did say that they felt “use a mixtures of killers, not just one” which is something that would be effective although hard to do within the 10 minute slot to make my own Slasher film.
21-30 years old
This age group said that they felt “old and more effective Slasher films were more effective e.g. Psycho because even though it wasn’t so gruesome it still created a mixture of emotions” which I feel would work well within the 10 minute slot and this is something that I would want to use within the film to try and create all of the emotions. Another comment was that “use a unusual area such as a bus” which would be effective although not conceivable in the 10 minute slot.
31-35 years old
This age group has shown me that they wanted a variety of different things such as they should use "a different weapon" to murder people with although they didnt know what they could use to make it orginal aswell as effective. They also thought that I could film it in a different location such as setting in a place like maybe in a "old peoples home" would be effective. From this information I thought setting it somehwere different would be effective although I feel it will be to diffcult to film in a "old peoples home" due to my time limit.
Careful analysis has been completed to determine the target audience and develop an idea. Some of the analysis is unclear though regarding male and female responses. Bar charts would have been useful to visualise this. It could have potentially split the audience down further as well.
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