1) Does
Music Affect You When Watching A Horror Movie? If So Please State How Below
From the
answers I received it seems that music is a key part in people’s perceptions of
what makes a good horror movie. The majority of the responses stated how music
builds suspense and tension and should be used just before a key scene, such as
a killing or a scene in which I wish the audience to jump as it adds more drama
to the scene.
2) What
do you prefer in horror movies?
Being
Made To Jump
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78.9%
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15
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Blood
And Gore
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21.1%
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4
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From the
results gathered the majority of people I asked stated they prefer “being made
to jump” over “blood and gore”. However due to a fact that I am going to try
stick to the conventions of horror movies I may include some blood and gore
although not too much as I still would prefer to make my audience jump.
3) Do
you think the representational characters in a horror movie are too cliché?
Yes
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57.9%
|
11
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No
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10.5%
|
2
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Don't
Care
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31.6%
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6
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From the
results gathered it shows that most find the representational characters in the
movie to cliché. This may be quite advantageous as I am hoping to change the
audience’s perspective of certain characters, thus subverting the typical
horror genre characters.
4) Do
you find young children in movies scary?
From the
results gathered it shows that everyone I asked finds young children in movies
scary. This is extremely important as now I know that having young children in
my movie is a must.
5) 5.
When the Movie says "Based on true events ". How does it make you
feel?
Makes the movie scarier
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36.8%
|
7
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Makes you think more
about the story line/narrative more
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52.6%
|
10
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Makes you think they're lying
as it couldn’t be real
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10.5%
|
2
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Doesn't affect how you
feel
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0.0%
|
0
|
From the
results gathered it seem that I should definitely include how my movie was
based on true events as it either makes the audience think more about the
narrative or makes the movie seem more scarier. And by doing this I am somewhat
following another horror convention.
6) How
much of an influence does the trailer have on you? And if yes please state why.
From the
answers I received it seems that the trailer of a movie is key to the success
of the movie. However some answers were that the trailer can sometimes ruin the
movie as it can sometime create too high of an expectation or all the best bits
will be in the trailer thus making the movie somewhat less scary.
7) What
Props/objects scare you the most in horror films? And why?
From the
answers I received it seems that sharp objects such as knives are what people
consider to be most scary. Although due to the fact I want to make m audience
jump and am aiming for more of a ghost type horror it may be include this.
However people also stated how the way in which you could use a mirror could be
somewhat scary, this is rather helpful as I am hoping to do the same thing.
8) Please
state your favourite horror movie. And please state why it is your favourite.
From the
answers I received it seems that there are two clear favourites, these are
Orphan and Paranormal Activity. Orphan seems to have been chosen due to its
narrative and how surprising it is, I also believe it’s due to the fact a young
child was used the reason I believe this is because of my previous data.
Paranormal Activity was chosen due to the fact that hand held cameras were used
and how that made the audience jump more and made the film seem more realistic.
This is very helpful as I am also using handheld cameras to film my trailer and
from the results gathered it seem that if I am able to film the trailer
successfully then it should be a convincing horror movie.
My ideal target audience are teenagers aged between 16-19, they are likely to be students who have a small disposable income who enjoy horrors, therefore meaning they are likely to fall into the band E on the demographic table which includes people who are unemployed,students, pensioners and casual workers. Due to the fact I'm targeting people at my school its clear the large majority will be made up of students. As well as being in the demographic group E my audience may be considered to be Mainstreamer's as they are likely to want to stick to the conventional horror movie as they are against change. although my audience may be aspirer's as they may be attracted to the "packaging of the movie" and tend to prefer the look of the movie rather than the actual movie.
