AS Media Questionnaire

For my media coursework I am planning and making an opening sequence of a movie. I have chosen the horror genre. This questionnaire is hopefully going to help me finalise my sequence. I have couple of ideas but feel asking people from my target audience will make most of the decisions for me. If you enjoy the horror genre to a certain extent, and fall between the age group of 18-30 please could you complete the questionnaire and return it completed to me. Thank you.

1 a) Do you prefer the sub-genre (genre within a genre) of slasher or supernatural? (Please tick) Slasher Supernatural -

b) Why is this? (Please explain)

2) When watching a horror film, do you prefer the opening to establish setting, introduce the antagonist (bad guy) or start with an introduction of the protagonist/s (people undergoing the action/good guy/girl)? Could you please order them number from 1-3, 1 being the most significant, 3 being the least significant. Please include a short explanation why. 1

3 a) Which sub-genre tends to scare you the most (makes you jump)? (Please tick). Slasher Supernatural

b) What is it about this sub-genre that scares you (makes you jump)?

4) When considering titles, do you prefer the titles to appear over the footage, or do you prefer them both to be separate? (Please include short reasoning) Answer:

5 a) Due to budget being very minimal, I want to invest in either costume or props, obviously I will include both but which one would you say is most significant to a horror? (Please tick) Costume Props -

b) Why is this (please explain)?

6) In the horror genre, how important do you think the aspects of music, location and sound effects are? (Please rate each between 1 and 10, 1 being pointless, 10 being extremely significant, please could you accompany each with a short justification of the rating given) Music

Location

Sound effects

7 a) As stated before I will be putting together an opening sequence. How scary do you believe the opening of a horror should be? (Please circle a number below, 1 is very brief, barely scary and 10 is terrifying) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

b) Please give reasoning for the number chosen above:

8) Focusing on music, how should I approach music in my opening sequence? (Please circle) Silence brief scenes with music half/half (mix of silence and music) All music through out

Mostly music with brief scenes of silence

9) Still considering the question above, why did you circle this option? Explain your choice:

10) Is there anything I havent mentioned/asked that you feel could be significant to my opening sequence? (If so please list and justify why below)