Research and Planning: Questionairre Results Analysation

Q1- ''What type of Editing would you expect to see?''

We were pleased with the results from this question as initially we wanted to use fades to black, jump cuts, straight cuts, slow paced and fast paced editing, and these were all mentioned in our questionairre which is great. We will also definitely look into the other ideas we got given to see if it works or not.

Q2- ''Do you think we should have a Voice Over for our Trailer?''

Although the voice over got the majority vote for yes, we are still unsure about whether to use one or not. However, this is not an issue as we can look at both voice over trailer and non-voice over trailer and see which one is better so it is definitely an option thanks to the questionairre's results.

Q3- ''What shots are typical for a Horror Film?''

All of the shots suggested in the results from the questionairre were very helpful and unique; we'd been open to do any kind of shots but hadn't really thought about canted and high/lows shots of the villain/victim. We will definitely be looking into these results as we feel they could be effective in our trailer so the results here were extremely helpful.

Q4- ''What location would you expect to see in a Horror/Fantasy Film?''

The woods was the most popular answer to this question, which we are greatful for as we wished to make the main location the woods. This has ensured us that we are most definitely going to be filming in the woods, we thought about it at first but after our feedback it is now a definite we think.

Q5- ''What Non-Diegetic music would you expect to hear?''

“Slow eerie music contrasted with fast paced high pitched music” was the most interesting answer we got in our result in my opinion, and we will definitely try it out for our trailer as it sounds as if it could be really effective and unique. All the other suggestions were helpful too, but this one stood out for me most.

Q6- ''Do you prefer films in First, Second or Third Person?''

The majority vote on this question went on 1st person and our group respect the results given, however we feel that because there was no brief storyline given to the audience, they went off their own initiative for us but a First Person narrative wouldn't really get the whole message of our plot for our trailer and wouldn't be as effective. So on this occasion, we have decided that it would be better to do our trailer in Third Person.

Q7- ''Do you think the main characters should be Male or Female?''

The audience gave the majority vote of Female which is interesting, we haven't specified what gender our main character is yet however we know that the villain is female which contrasts to a usual horror villain that is stereotypically male. One of the answers said that a male victim would be ''not stereotypical for a horror'' which could make our trailer more unique on the market. We will look into this more closely in the future.

Q8- ''How do you think we could create suspense?''

All the ideas suggested will most likely be used and played around with to fit the genre and tone of our trailer as I think they are all really good and effective answers that have helped us. I like the sound of 'contrasting music' as it sounds interesting and different.