COMPLETED QUESTIONnAIRE
We asked 15 individuals of a range of different ages to talk about what they liked and disliked in a horror movie so we could consider this in our own OTS.
1. What age bracket are you in?
a) 15-18 IIIII IIII
b) 19-25 I
c) 26-30 II
d) 30+ III
2. What sub genre do you most prefer?
a) Psychological II
b) Sci-fi III
c) Zombie I
d) Slasher IIIII III
e) Paranormal I
3. Which of these horror movies do you prefer?
a) The Conjuring II
b) Woman In Black II
c) Aliens IIIII
d) Scream IIII
e) Saw II
4. What type of antagonist scares you the most?
a) Clowns I
b) Masked killers III
c) Zombies I
d) Ghosts or other paranormal entities IIII
e) Psychopathic Killers IIIII I
5. Which do you prefer?
a) Realistic horror movies IIIII IIIII I
b) Un-realistic horror movies IIII
6. Do you think you watch a lot of slasher horror films?
a) Yes IIIII II
b) No IIIII III
7. What do you like most in a horror movie?
a) Stereotypical female victims o
b) Suspense I
c) Based on true story IIII
d) Unpredictable IIIII
e) Plot twists IIIII
a) 15-18 IIIII IIII
b) 19-25 I
c) 26-30 II
d) 30+ III
2. What sub genre do you most prefer?
a) Psychological II
b) Sci-fi III
c) Zombie I
d) Slasher IIIII III
e) Paranormal I
3. Which of these horror movies do you prefer?
a) The Conjuring II
b) Woman In Black II
c) Aliens IIIII
d) Scream IIII
e) Saw II
4. What type of antagonist scares you the most?
a) Clowns I
b) Masked killers III
c) Zombies I
d) Ghosts or other paranormal entities IIII
e) Psychopathic Killers IIIII I
5. Which do you prefer?
a) Realistic horror movies IIIII IIIII I
b) Un-realistic horror movies IIII
6. Do you think you watch a lot of slasher horror films?
a) Yes IIIII II
b) No IIIII III
7. What do you like most in a horror movie?
a) Stereotypical female victims o
b) Suspense I
c) Based on true story IIII
d) Unpredictable IIIII
e) Plot twists IIIII
This questionnaire helped us to determine the nature of our opening title sequence: when asked which sub-genre they prefer, the majority of the participants chose slasher indicating that slasher movies are popular at the moment and it would therefore be a wise decision to create an ots of the slasher sub-genre. The questionnaire also highlights psychopathic killers as the participants favourite type of antagonist and a preference for realistic horror movies. This information will help us tailor our ots to the audience's preference. Slasher films tend to be realistic as a masked killer murdering people is completely plausible and happens in reality. It is also easy to create a psychopathic killer within slasher as most, if not all, murders have to lack a certain amount of empathy in order to actually carry out the murders.