Questionnaire - Results and analysis

Analysis: I decided to ask how old the people answering my questionnaire first as it is the perfect introduction to my research. This will help me to consider the age demographic for slasher horror films in general. This therefore allows me to create a film that appeals to the most common age and due to this, my film will be successful. From the 50 people i asked, the majority of them were of the younger generation. This tells me that slasher horror are generally aimed at a younger audience rather than an older one. This helps me to understand that my age demographic is for an audience aged 16 and above as this is the age that is easy to scare and truly express horror. The fact the ages who answered my questionnaire was 16 shows i should make my film a 15 so everyone who answered my questionnaire can watch it. I have also taken into account the older people who answered my questionnaire as the ideas within the narrative could appeal to more middle-aged adults.

Analysis: I decided to ask what gender my general audience would be because it would help me to understand the demographic for my film. This therefore allows me to create a film that appeals to the most common gender and due to this, my film will be successful. From the 50 people i asked, it was exactly half male, and half female. This allows me to get a varied questionnaire as the number is 50/50. This tells me that slasher horrors are created to appeal to both genders however from my research, i know that it was intentionally made for the male audience. From the ideal slasher horror, i will attempt to make my film appear to both demographics. I will present this through the narrative that i create and within this narrative i will attempt to keep the representations of both genders similar. The similarity in age demographic appeals to a wider target audience as it means different genders of different psychographics can watch my film. For example, females may decide to watch my films with their friends to females and males may watch this film as a couple.
Analysis: I decided to ask this question because i felt that it was relevant to my questionnaire. By capturing a respondents ethnicity or culture may influence their responses to my survey questions. The answers they give may be influenced by their experiences with the survey topic. For example, someone raised in a rural native American culture may respond to the questions i have asked differently to someone who was raised in an urban culture. In this questionnaire, all of the respondents were in this case were White English which is very convenient for me. This helps me to understand the demographic and who would be viewing my film. By knowing this now, also helps me to apply a known understanding as to how to engage with my audience more.

Analysis: I decided to ask this question firstly because to me this questionnaire gives me a good idea as to what kind of killer my audience would like to see featured in my film. Each of these killers are all very different which is why i chose them. By using these characters gives me a very clear idea as to what my audience wants to see in my film which is seen through the killer. Additionally, by using a varied amount of killers gives me insight as to what they most like about horror villains, for example with the scream killer, i could infer it is the unknown of who it is and with Michael Myers, it could be the sheer insanity.

Analysis: From this question i can now see that the scariest weapon featured in a Slasher Horror film is a chainsaw which also helps me to see that that is the weapon my target audience intend to see in my Slasher Horror film. By knowing this now helps to understand what my target audience want to see and also how they would like me to do it. I found this question helpful because originally, i had decided i wanted to use razor claws but i can now see that my audience wouldn't;t have enjoyed the film as much because they want to see a chainsaw as opposed to razor claws. This could have meant that people might not have watched my film because i had used the most unpopular weapon which certainly could have meant my popularity would have decreased.

Analysis:This response shows that my target audience seem to find the woods the scariest setting for my film as opposed to the other options. This means that i will base my films plot line around this setting in order to give the audience what they want to see. By doing this, it makes it different to other films with the same setting because i will try and make it different. I will make it stand out and unique to other slasher horrors which wi;; hopefully attract a larger audience as it combines reality with the peoples fears.

Analysis: For me i felt this question was important to ask as it would help to stick my Slasher horror them perfectly and also make my poster fit to this genre. By asking this question i will also allow me to have a wider audience as if i put green on the poster, people might not associate my film as a horror film as green can symbolise peace and nature. The fact my questionnaire results showed black and red to be the colours associated with slasher horror shows that they associate blood and darkness with my genre. This can help me to to infer what my audience are looking for in my film such as red, blood and black, darkness or death.