Questionnaire Findings

I conducted a questionnaire to try and help me find out different peoples feelings on Horrors, Romantic-Comedies and Thrillers.

-What their favourite film from each of the genres was
-Which type of killer they most like to see in a horror film
-What their favourite aspects are within a horror film
-Whether they like pre-title sequences or prefer to jump straight into the action
-Which gender they prefer the protagonists in a horror film to be
-What kind of music they expect in a thriller
-Whether they prefer English or American Rom-Coms
-And finally, which of the three genres is their favourite

Out of the 9 responses I got, 2 people picked 'Scream' and 'Saw' as their favourite Horror films. Other choices were 'Jeepers Creepers', 'Case 39', 'The Orphan', 'Paranormal Activity' and 'House of Wax.' This shows that with Horror films, due to the amount, people have very different tastes in Horror Films and different things they like.

With Rom-Coms, 4 people chose Love Actually as their favourite, the other 4 were all different. They were 'Just Like Heaven', 'The Wedding Planner', 'Bridget Jones' and 'The Proposal.' One person didn't vote, showing that they do not like films from this genre. Due to the fact Love Actually is clearly very popular I think its clear that people tend to look for the same thing when watching Rom-Coms.

With Thrillers, 4 people chose 'Seven' as their favourite. Other films picked were 'Saw', 'Scream', 'Shutter Island', and 'Red Dragon.' These results show that some people do not know how to define films, as 'Scream' is a slasher film and 'Saw' is a horror film. It also shows that people like films that have big twists at the end, like 'Seven' and 'Shutter Island.'

When watching Horror films,  of the 9 people I asked, four prefer the antagonist to just be a plain old Serial Killer. Two people prefer the killer to be a Terrorist, two people prefer Mutated Freaks, and one person prefers a Psychopathic Killer. This shows that due to the wide variety of horror films out, people have different opinions of what makes a good horror film.

Peoples favourite aspects of Horror films, for the most part were "when you don't learn who the killer is until the end, as it builds the tension, plays on your mind, and often ends in a twist." Other popular answers were; "the scary parts" and "the killings." I think this shows that most people look for the same thing in a horror film really, and generally know what they are going to see.

5 of the 9 people asked prefer the protagonist in a horror film to be a male character, the other 4 prefer females to be the protagonists. As this is almost a 50-50 split I believe this shows that males asked prefer male protagonists and females asked prefer female protagonists.

When asked what music people expect at the start of a Thriller film 5 of the 9 people said "eerie, creepy piano music that builds up tension." Other choices were "loud, thrashy music" and "jumpy, twisted music." Again I think the limited responses show people think that generally you get the same thing at the start of most Thriller films.

5 people prefer English Rom-Com's to American. 3 prefer American, with the final 1 saying they are the same on the most part and not making a choice. I think people prefer the English versions because they can probably relate to them more, and I think people chose American because they tend to be a lot happier than the English equivalents.

I found that 5 people prefer Thrillers, 3 prefer Rom-Com's and only 1 prefers Horror films. This shows the difference in taste that people had. I am surprised that only 1 person prefers Horror films as usually they are very popular with the 16-18 year old audience, which is the age range of the people asked for this questionnaire.