Questionnaire

My Questionnaire consisted of several questions which would influence my final decision on my movie. I have a rough idea of what i am going to do for my movie, but this questionnaire can make minor adjustments to the final piece that will hopefully make it better.

I had a total of 7 people fill out the final questionnaire and this is my feedback:

QUESTION ONE

Age (Open) 

This i put in so i could determine the average age of the people who might watch this movie and for also how much this would influence my movie. Because my movie might be an 18, 16's and 17's wont be watching this so it might not have a huge influence on the final production.

The average age of the people who filled out my questionnaire:

16-17

QUESTION TWO

For A Serial Killer Thriller, would you prefer to have...?

A. The character loosely based upon a real killer

B. The character strongly based upon a real killer

C. The character is fictional

I used this because i wanted to know how i was going to film the killer. If i was going to base it very strongly on a serial killer, i would have to research a lot about the killer and learn what he did to his victims, how he did it and why did he do it. If i were to loosely base it upon a real killer, i would still have to research about the killer, but not to such a great extent. Finally, if i were to completely make up this killer, i could make up a lot of the story line.

2 People chose A

3 People chose B

0 People chose C

This shows that people would prefer the movie to be strongly based upon a real killer.

QUESTION THREE

What does the name 'Killing For Company' mean to you? (Open)

I had chose this name prior to making this questionnaire so i wanted to see what impression it gives to people.

2 People said Lonely

1 person said Mentally messed up

3 People mentioned killing to gain bonds or to be with people

1 Person mentioned old man

This shows that the killer might be killing because he's lonely or because he wants to be with people or kills for people, so a hit man.

QUESTION FOUR

What kind of locations are you expecting to see?

A. Normal Home

B. Old Shack

C. Abandoned Factory/Big House

D. Major City

E. Countryside Cottage

I asked this to people to find out where they think a thriller should be located, especially if it is based around a serial killer.

1 Person said Normal Home

0 People said Old Shack

5 People said Abandoned Factory/Big House

3 People said Major City

1 Person said Countryside Cottage

This shows that people associate thrillers with big cities and huge houses/factories.

QUESTION FIVE

What do you expect when you hear the genre 'Thriller'?

Im using this question to help gain an insight into the publics view on the genre of Thriller?

2 People said Adrenaline

2 People said Jumpy

1 Person said People to die

By this i can see that not only do people expect adrenaline junkies and fast paced action scenes, but also quiet scenes that will make the audience jump.

QUESTION SEVEN

Im going to miss out six because it isn't relevant to the creation of this piece.

If there were to be music what would be the most appropriate for a serial killer thriller?

A. Fast Paced Techno

B. Heavy Metal

C. Blues

D. Jazz

E. Pop

F. No Music

G. Other (please specify)

I used this question because if i were to include music into my production i would like to know what kind of music my audience would associate with thriller and what would help create suspense.

3 people said Fast Paced Techno

5 people said Heavy Metal

0 People said Blues

1 person said Jazz

0 people said Pop

2 said other as Orchestral

QUESTION EIGHT

Do you think there should be a high number of enigma codes presented at the start or just enough to keep the audience gripped?

A. High

B. Low

C. None

D. Just Enough

I used this question to think about how much i am going to make the audience think during the opening sequence, do i want them to have many, many questions in their mind or do i want to have a few things in their mind that will bug them for the rest of the movie until they are revealed.

2 People said High amount of Enigma codes

0 People said Low

0 People said None

5 People said Just Enough

QUESTION NINE

If i were to base this movie upon a serial killer, should i give information on the killer through narrative/text during the opening sequence or leave the film to fill in the gaps?

A. Give information through narrative

B. Give information through text

C. Give information through both

D. Leave the film to fill in the gaps

I put this question within my questionnaire as as i was unsure whether to take the route of a movie like Texas chainsaw massacre, where it is like a criminal record with the typewriter kind of text at the start, or to go down a less (thriller) conventional route of using narrative, like Notting Hill.

1 Person said Use Narrative

2 People said Use Text

0 People said Both

3 People said Let the film fill the gaps

CONCLUSION

From my questionnaire i have gathered sufficient information from nine relevant questions, i shall be sure to take the answers into account when making my movie.