Personal Information:

Age: Male/Female Regular Cinema Goer (at least

once a month): Y/N

Favourite Film Genre/s:

Questions on the opening of ‘Captive’:

What genre do you think the film is?

Is it a mainstream blockbuster type of film, or a smaller independent film?

What type of cinema would you expect it to be shown in (big multiplex like
‘Vue’ or ‘Cineworld’, or an independent one off like ‘Screen on the Green’,
or ‘The Phoenix’)?

Who do you think the film is targeted at (age, gender, tastes etc)?

Can you identify the characters you have seen (who they are, what are
there relationships)

What do you think this film is actually about? (themes eg revenge,

stalking, romance)

Do you think the opening sequence works (does it introduce the film
successfully, the characters, the genre, the narrative)?

What works particularly well in this opening sequence? What could be

improved?

Would you want to watch the rest of the film, based on what you’ve seen
so far?

Rate this opening sequence out of 10?

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What certificate/rating do you think this film should be?: