Question 1a was ' Have you watched a psychological thriller at some point within 2016?', 97% stated that they had and the remaining 3% said they had not. From the following up question I was able to see a correlation between the genre and the amount of individuals that saw the genre in film. This allowed me to understand that our controversial film would appeal to a wide audience within the film market and would therefore attract paying customers.
From Question 2a) it established which genres seemed to have the greater appeal other the other genres. 26% of my 40personsmaple said that 'psychological thriller' was their favourite genre that they mostly watched in cinemas or on DVD. However surprisingly only 2% said that they watched 'action'. Typically action and Superhero films do allot better within the film industry as their narratives are more chronological and target a winder demographic audience as most tend to be PG or U. From this result it give my group positive insurance in that our film 'Purity' would have an already pre-established audience.
From Question 3a) the results were vastly positive. Films that target to subvert the norm of what is shown within films tend to only target a niche market. However these results show that this growing subversion within films are being a new norm and are interesting a winder demographic audience.
On the following up question 3b)' extra space for any additional comments'. One individual who will remain anonymous stated ' I think its wonderful and fresh to see films highlighting such taboo topics. Definitely a film I would consider watching. From this we were able to establish that due to out film offering controversial themes, this would not limit the growth and success of out film, as only 5%stated this would be an issue.
From Question 4a) it allowed me to get an insight to whether the film title 'purity' actually denoted that the film was on the lines of a Psychological thriller. This also helped myself ad my group feel confident in that our film had the right groundings to attract both out target audience of 15 and to attract fans who were intrigued into watching psychological thrillers.
On the following up question: 4b) 'Can you explain why you either chose 'yes' or 'no'. One individual who will remain anonymous(due to confidentiality) stated 'it indicates that maybe 'purity' doesn't have the simple connotation of 'pure'. It leaves me wondering to what is seen as pure?'. From this comment we had set out what he intended to do: intrigue. Many psychological horrors set out to leave the viewer unsure at first and this is what gets the viewer to watch the full film.
In conclusion, if I was to conduct a questionnaire again I would certainly broaden my recipients to over 40. This is due to that a sample of 40 is not necessarily a reliable sample due to the small size. Additionally I would also offer more questions, even though this would be more timely the results I would get back would generate allot wider and more useful results. Initially giving myself and my team more criticism and positives to what we needed to change within the film and what to keep the same. Overall I feel the questionnaire that I handed out offered the subject to actually put across their opinion as well as answer short closed questions, if time was an issue for them. The results also generated enough information for myself and my team members to see whether our film met all or most of our intentions and whether it would be a success.
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