Emily Ross ASMedia

Monday, 11 November 2013

Questionnaire links.

In order to see what our target audience expect from a thriller opening my partner and I created a questionnaire and had our friends and family fill it out. Underneath you will see the links to the two part questionnaire.

Thriller Questionnaire Part 1
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?PREVIEW_MODE=DO_NOT_USE_THIS_LINK_FOR_COLLECTION&sm=qDlzg764fYf9qb2bCnuHktM5neHLf%2fhQSp0v64AyFYw%3d

Thriller Questionnaire Part 2
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?PREVIEW_MODE=DO_NOT_USE_THIS_LINK_FOR_COLLECTION&sm=nIe4cXeAAxBSfV6FY5vAbgQdadYBBDw%2fbSkatGBUf60%3d

Questionnaire analysis part two

Out of the three titles we made up, most preferred the name ‘slender psychosis’. The final outcome does not have to have this title, however it lets us know the word/vocabulary type our audience is most pleased by.

The results show our audience prefer cyclical – this is useful as it will help influence us on making the final footage; using a cyclical timeline creates confusion and tension which are key in any thriller.

It can be seen that our audience prefer flashing scenes in the opening of a thriller films – this is an edit in footage that we can use.

Our audience prefers a build up. This gives us something to think about when filming.

This answer shows that the audience prefer a mysterious opening with no apparent plot.

The results from our question on colours gave feedback that showed our audience preferred a dull colour scheme for a thriller. (a stereotypical colour pallet for this genre.)

We asked what style of font was best appropriate/well suited to the credits of a thriller. As predicted, a lot suggested a bold font, easy to read however slightly distorted to reflect on the thriller mood.

Over all, this questionnaire was of great use as it gives us an idea of the type of thriller out audience expects. Its content will help guide our decision making from colour schemes, to locations, to camera editing and lighting.

Questionnaire analysis part one

http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/28011433

Monday, 4 November 2013

Thriller Ideas

One:

At the start everything seems normal, film starts showing the main character.
Slight character introduction, the character could have moved to a new school in a new place because of parents job. When in new school makes new friends and we find out about the characters (main) background.
As film goes on the friend that the main character made is represented as being odd (something seems off about them) and the main character also grows closer to a crush.
Character is invited around crush's house and friend warns not to go, main character takes it as jealousy and goes anyway.
Crush turns out to be a psychopath (everything the freaky friend who we believed to be the psycho said is true) represetation changed.
Friend saves/helps main character and psychopath ends up in jail.

Two:

Family move into a house in an isolated small town.
Teenager of the family hears weird noises in house late at night (screaming etc)
Teenager finds out that house has had bad history of murder and suicide
When teenager tells parents they don't believe them think it is just an excuse to get them to move back to their old house.
Odd things start happening to the family.
Found out it is a spirit in the house. Parents finally believe teenager.
Family try to leave, but cant get out.
Only teenager survives and they end up in a hospital for the mentally insane because no one believes them.

Three:

Girlfriend and boyfriend are really happy together when the girl starts to go slightly insane (or so the boy thought). She claims an urban legend (something close to slender man) is after her.
Boy doesn't believe her.
Girl commits suicide. Boy is devastated and doesn't believe she would do that and then thinks that everything she was saying was true.
He then researches into this urban legend using his own research and the girls
in the end the legend (or monster type thing) comes after the by and he will either escape or die and everyone just thinks he killed himself because of the depression of loosing his girlfriend to suicide and know one ever knows the truth.