Focus Group

Evaluation And Results Of Thriller Survey

This is an evaluation of the thriller questionare on survey monkey that I did and displayed below are the results:

1. How Old Are You?

• 17 (x5)
• 16 (x4)
• 21 (x1)

2. Do You Watch Thrillers Often?

• Yes All The Time (x1)
• Yes Often (x7)
• Not Very Often (x2)
• Not At All (0)

3. Whats Your Favourite Thriller?

• Casino Royale
• Skyfall
• A Team
• Limitless
• Physco
• Twilight
• Unknown
• The Departed
• Taken 
• Vertigo

4. Why Is This Your Favourite Thriller? (briefly)

• Has Lots Of Action (x4)
• Good Elements Of A Thriller (x1)
• Storyline Was Great (x1)
• The Plot Had Me Intreged (x2)
• Kept Me On Edge (x1)
• Shocking End and Great Characters (x1)

5. What Do You Think Makes The Best Thriller?

• A Twist (x6)
• Suspense (x5)
• Hero & Villain (x3)
• Good Characters (x2)
• Just If Its Entertaining I Guess (0)

6. Which Would Your Prefer To Be In A Thriller Out Of The Options Below?

• Happy Ending (x2)
• Traumatic Ending (x1)
• Cliffhanger (x7)

7. Which Device Do You Think Is More Effective During A Thriller?

• Narration (x3)
• Flashbacks (x5)
• Traditional Middle Beginning End (0)
• Red Herring (x2)

8. Do You Think There Always Has To Be A Hero & A Villain?

• Yes (x9)
• No (x1)

9. What Is The Worst Thriller You Have Ever Watched? (optional)

• Unanswered (x4)
• The Birds (x3)
• Unknown (x1)
• Momento 

10. If You Was Going To Make A Thriller What Woukd Be One Key Thing You Would Do?

• Suspense (x3)
• Hero & Villain (x1)
• Strong Plot (x2) 
• Originality (x1)
• Fast Paced (x1)
• Unclude A Twist (x1)
• Unknown (x1)

The survey above has helped me to come to the conclusion that the best type of thrillers include all of the thriller elements with strong characterisation and good plots! It also encourages me to go ahead with the theme of a 'hero and villain' and also develop further the ideas about 'a twist' and a 'cliffhanger'. Lastly my target audience is clear (ages 15-22).

Title Sequence

A Title Sequence is to show the audience a sequence of patterns in which are going to happen in the film. It should include information such as the title of the film, the logo and production company, names of characters\main stars, who the music, screenplay and editing is produced by. The official producer and the director. 

The order in which the information is presented to the audience is usually in a pattern which looks like this: 

• The Production Company e.g. Warner Bros
• A Film by e.g.
• Actors
• Title (or)
• Minor Actors 
• Casting By
• Costume Design
• Edited By
• Director of Photography 
• Screenplay by 
• Produced by 
• Directed by 
• Title (or) 

An example of this is SE7EN as shown below: