In order to start my final project I wanted to acquire a deeper understanding of my audience’s preferences so that I could ensure that my film opening would truly resonate with them.
To achieve that I conducted a questionnaire using Google Forms I picked a set of questions that would guide my visionary choices.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBz8vJu0ucXPPmX4mJHieZgpjuQIuqRXNuuCk-FBQss3-_lQ/viewform
I focused on aspects like genre and storytelling aspects which are crucial for shaping a captivating thriller.After picking the most relevant questions, I shared the questionnaire with my colleagues and friends. To get as many responses as possible I sent the link via email and asked participants to forward it to others which allowed me to reach a wider audience. This process was essential as not only did it confirm that my target audience would find my concept engaging, but it also provided fresh perspectives that helped me difine my vision.
The first question was “How important is the film opening of a movie to you?”
Since my final project is a thriller film opening this question helps me understand how much impact the opening scene has on the people watching it. If most people find it extremely important I will focus on creating a intensely suspenseful introduction to immediately draw viewers in but if the opinions vary I could experiment with different narrative to increase tension.
The second question was “What’s your gender?”
Because knowing the gender of the people that responded helps me analyze if thriller preferences vary between different audience profiles.
The third question was “What genre of movies is your favorite?”
This question helped me check if my audience enjoys thrillers or prefers other genres.
The fourth question asked the responders “How old are you?”
As different age groups may have different tastes in films and over all genre so this helps me adapt my project by maybe introducing certain traits of another genre in my final project in order to enlarge my target audience.
The fifth question was “How often do you watch movies?”
Which shows me if my audience consists of frequent movie watchers which could affect how familiar they are with thriller conventions.
The sixth question was “What type of device do you most commonly use to watch movies?”
Which was crucial because knowing this helps me consider how my opening’s visuals and sound will be experienced.
The seventh question which was “From where do you usually gather your information before watching a movie?”
Helped me understand how people discover films which could be useful for marketing strategies in a real world scenario or if i decided to publish the movie opening.
The eighth questions asked “What film opening would you prefer?”
Which directly informs me how I should structure my thriller opening. For example whether it should start fast paced, slow or with a character introductions.
The second last question i choose was “Tell me the title of 3 movies that you enjoyed watching.“
In order to get an insight into the types of films my respondents like and what genre and style choices might be more appealing to them.
The last question was “On what platform do you usually watch movies?”
Which I choose in order to check if my viewers have access to a wide choice in the genre I’m gonna approach with my project
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