To find out what people look for in a horror film, i composed a questionnaire (crudely seen above) and handed it out to people for them to answer. I handed out 20 copies of the questionnaire to random students in my college, to ensure a good range of answers.
From my returned questionnaire, found out that;
From my returned questionnaire, found out that;
- Most people looked for suspense, realism, blood, and surprisein a horror film.
- The most common favourite sub-genre is "horror comedy"
- On average, the people i asked watch 3 films a week.
- The predominant hobbies people had was socialising with friends.
- Peoples friends opinions on media consumption can influence the person.
Although genre wise, it wasn't what i was hoping for really, I will still taken away what i learnt when it comes to finally making my own.