Question 1
Majority of the people that completed the questionnaire were from the age 15-19. Since it is a large majority, we have to take inconsideration of their decisions since it could be a bit different than the other group ranges.
Question 2
The results from the questionnaire show us that it was an even cut of votes, both 10 males and 10 females took this questionnaire.
We decided to play it safe and do an equal amount of what both male sand females like, this will give us an idea of what both like and so when our promotional package has been created, we would be able to satisfy both males and females.
Question 3
There is a lot of variation in this question which allows us to take in information of what people like to watch other that horror movies.
"Comedy" and "Crime and Thriller" scored the highest out the rest. This could mean that we should add some elements of thriller since its the most appropriate with a horror movie.
Other - "Bollywood
and Animation"
The feedback that we recieved for this question could help us determine what other sub genre we would like to feature in our movie narrative.
Question 4
The people that were asked this questionnaire picked "Orphan" as their favourite horror movie. Orphan is a psychological horror movie and so we could use some elements from the movie such as sound effects and cuts that will make our target audience like our movie trailer. Regarding the fact that Orphan was the audience most favourite movie, our movie will feature an antagonist which is thought to be phsychotic and so there is potential for our target audience to like the film we are creating since we give off slight distrurbed elements like the ones in Orphan.
Question 5
Please State two reasons of your choice:
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The Exorcist: It was cool when the bed started
moving by itself and it was the first horror movie that I watched
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The Sixth Sense: The twist in the narrative,
e.g. that Bruce Willis’ character is dead, and the delicious scare created by
the haunting.
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What Lies Beneath: The plot is interesting and
has an unexpected twist. The way the Director builds tension is excellent.
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Dead Silence: The idea of inanimate objects
being alive, the story-line and the plot twists.
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Orphan: A lot of horror movies aren't directed
as well as this one, in my opinion, and the story is good and thought
provoking.
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Orphan: The different story line; the kid is 30ish
years old! The setting was good.
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Orphan: Made me jump and was a good story line.
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The Ring: Psychological terror rather than gore.
Plays on fundamental fears, having limited time to live etc.
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Saw: Scary and gruesome.
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Saw: It’s gruesome and it makes me laugh.
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Disturbia: Good story line and kept me on the
edge of my seat.
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Final Destination 5: The creative deaths and the
unpredictable test.
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Paranormal Activity: Realistic imagery and
incredibly frightening.
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Blair Witch Project: Interesting plot. The way
the movie is presented, with point-of-view camera, makes it seem more
realistic.
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The Orphanage: Because it keeps you in suspense
throughout, and the ending is predictable.
o 28 Days Later: I friggin’ love zombie films,
it’s awesome.
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None: I prefer comedy films; the characters
annoy me when they don’t help themselves by running upstairs or locking
themselves in a room.
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None: I don’t watch horror because they are too
scary.
These are the results that we received and the majority of the people love the movies they chose because of the story line or how "on edge" it kept them. This means we should get a really good movie narrative and also add jumpy moments.
Question 6
From these results, we can clearly see that the most influence to make someone go and watch a horror movie is the trailer. This means that our aim for our project is that we need to create a good, strong, high quality trailer which would influence the target audience to watch it.
Other - "Friends"
Question 7
IIf anything, what makes horror movies less
appealing to you?
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Nothing.
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If a horror has too much gore and is too silly
and/or predictable, I won’t enjoy it.
o Gallons of blood and gore.
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It’s scary.
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The fact that characters don’t help themselves
by running upstairs and locking themselves in a room.
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Predictability
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Poor ratings and reviews.
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Excessive gore overtaking story-telling.
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The constant need for scenes to be ever more
gory then the last, and the fact that I watch a movie to be cheer up and
possibly excited, not scared and frightened by what will be coming next,
therefore making me not watch on.
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Story lines which don’t make sense.
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The actors.
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A poor story line.
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Typical horror film narrative.
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Too much blood cliché.
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Unrealistic such as aliens.
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They’re scary.
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Ones that scare me thoroughly and give me
nightmares.
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A bad story line.
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They’re too twisted and give me nightmares.
We would have to make sure that our movie storyline isn't too predictable or unrealistic. The more subtle we do it, the frightening it will be.
Question 8
"Possession" got the most votes of 11 out of 20 for being the most effective.
with "Amityville Horror" coming in at second with 5 votes, its clear to say the main image of "Possession" has grabbed the voters attention. The reason why our target audience have chosen the "The Possession" poster is because it gives off a very haunting feeling which will be scarred in the audience's memories, this poster becomes memorable and so it is the most effective one. The font the style and the way it is presented makes the audience fear it but attracts them to look at it and keep focused. the haunting image is something we would consider trying to create into our promotion packages since it caught a lot of attention and also the layout of the poster.
Question 9
Please state two reasons for your choice:
Amityville
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The bright red writing. The creepy image of the
house and the man makes you want to know more.
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Looks dark and scary. The house looks like a
face.
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It shows a character from the film. The image
effect is awesome.
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Dark and grainy. Context and font.
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Simplicity and the colours used.
House At The End Of The Street
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The use of reflection plus the view through the
window adding effect to the poster. Plus giving you a better understanding on
what the movie is going to be about. The colour is not just a simple black, the
use of black, grey, and white makes the situation in the poster stand out, and
those looking for something other than a dark, scary film will go straight
towards the centre one without a look at the others.
o Simple, but it gives all the information needed. Doesn't overwhelm you.
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Creepy.
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Because it looks scary.
Possession
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The image combined with the name suggests a
narrative involving character possessed by the spirits/the devil; I prefer
supernatural horrors and find them the scariest. The reference to it being
based on a ‘true story’.
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The subject appears isolated, adding to the fear
factor. The bright light draws your attention.
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Draws attention to one part of the poster.
Simple.
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It’s very contrast. The person isn't standing
normally, like they’re distorted.
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The character looks freaky/scary. The darkness
creates scary mood.
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Stands out more than the other two. It’s not as
typical as the other two.
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Looks appealing and seems horrific
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Shows a solitary figure in dark which creates
interest. Isn't as cliché.
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The lighting. The person has no human elements.
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The lighting hides any human features and the
font is effective.
o The lack of colours gives it a creepy feel and
combined with the light and her
clothing make her seem ghost like.
Due to the feedback we recieved, we have to focus on the font and the main image of the promotional package. A typical code and convention between them would be a symbolic link and the same mode of address, this will attract the audience more and would find it more professional.
Question 10
From the table that is shown here, you can see that the most effective feature in a movie trailer is the sound track, this means we should add and focus on the soundtrack which will draw in the target audience. From these results, we would make sure that the sound track of the trailer stands out to the audience and fits well in whats going on, on scene.
